Gemba in Da Field: Lean in action at Deerfield Assisted Living

 Project is an active jobsite.  PPE is required, hard hat, high vis vest and closed toed shoes.   LCI events, including Community of Practice (CoP), whether in person or online (“LCI Event”), may be photographed and/or recorded to provide our services to you, improve our programming and training, gather information, or pursue other legitimate interests […]

GEMBA Tour – New Nissan Stadium

      Speaker: Mike Gallagher, Project Executive for Turner Construction, has worked for Turner Construction for 15 years in multiple locations throughout the country and internationally.  Since relocating to Nashville in 2019, Mike has worked on BroadWest, Healthcare projects at St Thomas Midtown Campus, Peabody Union, and the New Nissan Stadium Project. Visitor parking within […]

Heartbeat of Innovation: A Gemba Walk Through Advocate’s Cardiology Center

PPE Required – Hard hat, vest, closed toe shoes LCI events, including Community of Practice (CoP), whether in person or virtual (“LCI Event”), may be photographed and/or recorded to provide our services to you, improve our programming and training, gather information, or pursue other legitimate interests of LCI. By attending an LCI Event, you are […]

GEMBA – Inline Electric Site Tour

  Speakers: Logan (LW) Canter, Inline Electric,  is a second-generation Lighting Specialist with 27+ years of lighting experience both as a manufacturer’s representative and an electrical distributor in the Nashville market.  He has watched, helped design, renovate, or been involved in the construction of Nashville’s skyline as well as the rural and suburban factories and everything […]

Clear Vision: Gemba Walk for Operational Excellence

  Speaker: John Zachara, Integrated Facilities Solutions John is Vice President at IFS and is responsible for business development, marketing and strategy.  With almost 30 years of project management experience, John works with teams to unlock their full potential and eliminate waste.  John is an active member of the Lean Construction Institute (LCI), serving as […]

LCI Integrating Gemba Walks for Continuous Improvement

<br /><br />Registration for this webinar will close 30 minutes before the webinar starts and you will receive an email with the webinar registration link immediately after registering. If you register the day of, you will receive your confirmation directly before the start of the webinar. <br /><br />Please use the registration link email to […]

LCI-CPD-Candidate-Handbook-May 25

[…] 2 11 Target Value Delivery – Part 1 & 2 12 Set Based Design – Part 1 & 2 13 A3s – Part 1 & 2 14 Gemba Walks – Part 1 & 2 SECTION 1: Candidate must complete all seven prompts SECTION 2: Candidate must complete four of seven prompts Capabilities Assessment Content […]

LCI-CPC-Candidate-Handbook-May 25

[…] тАУ Part 1 and 2 11 Root cause analysis / Five why тАУ Part 1 and 2 12 Process mapping тАУ Part 1 and 2 13 Conduct gemba walks тАУ Part 1 and 2 14 5S Implementation тАУ Part 1 and 2 SECTION 1: Candidate must complete all seven prompts SECTION 2: Candidate must […]

LCI Candidate Handbook_v14

[…] – Part 1 and 2 11 Root cause analysis / Five why – Part 1 and 2 12 Process mapping – Part 1 and 2 13 Conduct gemba walks – Part 1 and 2 14 5S Implementation – Part 1 and 2 SECTION 1: Candidate must complete all seven prompts SECTION 2: Candidate must […]

2025 Safety in Construction Week – Lean Construction Institute

[…] manufacturing project for a confidential client. With an aggressive schedule and simultaneous construction of multiple buildings, the team applied Lean principles such as the Last Planner System®, Gemba Walks, and a focus on Respect for People to optimize workflow and minimize safety risks—particularly high-risk labor at heights. Through their submission, Jacobs strongly advocated using […]

LCI-CPD-Candidate-Handbook-April 25

[…] 2 11 Target Value Delivery – Part 1 & 2 12 Set Based Design – Part 1 & 2 13 A3s – Part 1 & 2 14 Gemba Walks – Part 1 & 2 SECTION 1: Candidate must complete all seven prompts SECTION 2: Candidate must complete four of seven prompts Capabilities Assessment Content […]

Lean Apprentice Quiz Results

[…] an exciting next step in your Lean journey! Here are some key Lean tools to familiarize yourself with as you begin to strategize how you will implement Lean concepts in your workflow: 5S A3 Daily Huddle Gemba Walk Kaizen Last Planner System® Last Planner System® for Design Transparency & Visual Management View All Lean Topics

LCI-CPC-Candidate-Handbook-April 25

[…] тАУ Part 1 and 2 11 Root cause analysis / Five why тАУ Part 1 and 2 12 Process mapping тАУ Part 1 and 2 13 Conduct gemba walks тАУ Part 1 and 2 14 5S Implementation тАУ Part 1 and 2 SECTION 1: Candidate must complete all seven prompts SECTION 2: Candidate must […]

Lean Links

[…] Forum Project Production Systems Laboratory Construction Industry Research and Education Center (CIREC) Lean Construction Lighthouse Lean Construction Network Lean Project Consulting The Change Business Ltd Enovio Consulting GEMBA Research® The papers on this site are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution- Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, click here. If you wish […]

A Collaborative Roadmap for Navigating Complex Projects

[…] promote value alignment, minimize the risks, and enhance design and construction flow. The team developed a collective framework for project success by applying additional Lean tools like Gemba and Genchi Genbutsu to pinpoint shared lessons learned from similar projects and applied them to the UCSF LPPI project.   We will demonstrate the success of […]

Lean Builds People to Build Better

[…] best practices. Lean encourages us to vigilantly identify and eliminate eight forms of waste found on every job site and workplace. Tactics like a Keep-Stop-Start discussion or Gemba Walks can help teams identify pain points and waste so they can strategically work towards better processes and outcomes. Lean will NOT solve all of our […]

04_LCI-Design-Forum_Lean-Transformation-of-Design-Enterprise_Final

[…] you chase profit you will lose quality. If you seek quality you will find profit . What’s Lean?Toyota? Elimination of waste? Voice of the customer? Going to gemba? Value Stream Mapping? What’s Lean? You should submit wisdom to the company. If you don’t have any wisdom to contribute, submit sweat. If nothing else, work […]

Lean Construction Institute Holds Record-Setting LCI Congress Event in Chicago, Illinois

[…] market for public and private owners alike. In addition to its two primary general session days, the event featured three days of deep-dive training sessions and ” Gemba” walks of Lean construction project sites. The Congress general sessions included speakers’ panels designed specifically for owners, the design community, general contractors and trade partners. “Because […]