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How to run a Gemba Walk: a step-by-step guide
Six steps from picking a process to closing the loop, plus the ground rules that stop a walk turning into an inspection.
4 August 2026Why gemba walks fail (and how to fix the follow-through problem)
The iceberg of ignorance, the silence loop, and the four delays that decide how fast your floor can actually change.
3 August 2026Muda, Mura, Muri
Waste is the visible enemy. Unevenness and overburden are the two that put it back after you have removed it.
31 July 2026Why Continuous Improvement doesn't stick
Five reasons improvement gains slide back, and the one habit shared by the programmes that hold.
30 July 2026Respect for people: what it really means
Deming on systems versus people, and the missed follow-up that quietly ends the conversation.
29 July 2026The recap that changes the walk
Why the most valuable screen in a Gemba tool is the one you see before the walk starts, not the report you write after it.
28 July 2026Gemba latency: the number nobody measures
The days between an event happening on your floor and a countermeasure landing. Measure it once and most other metrics start to make sense.
14 July 2026Why your walk report takes an hour
An honest breakdown of where the time goes after the walk, and which parts of it are genuinely worth a human's attention.
30 June 2026Impact × frequency: deciding what to fix first
A two-question scoring model your front line can actually use, and the 3×3 grid that turns twelve observations into one decision.
16 June 2026The seven wastes, tagged on the floor
Muda taxonomy is worth nothing in a workshop and everything at the point of observation. How to make the tag a two-second decision.
2 June 2026How to run a 15-minute supervisor walk
The daily walk is the one that decides whether the whole cadence holds. Here is a structure that fits inside a real shift.
19 May 2026Why operators stop telling you things
Silence on the floor is almost never apathy. It's a rational response to a loop that didn't close the last four times.
5 May 2026A walk is not an audit
The moment your walk starts to feel like an inspection, the floor stages a clean version of itself. Here's how to tell which one you're running.
21 April 2026Rolling the routine out across sites
One plant proves the habit. Five plants prove the standard. What changes between the two, and what has to stay identical.
7 April 2026