Lean Safety Gemba Walks: A Methodology for Workforce Engagement and Culture Change
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| Rating | : | 4.73 (874 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1482258986 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 173 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-05 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
A Lean Safety Gemba Walk is a walk through the work area (Gemba) that focuses on the continuous improvement of safety. When conducted in a respectful manner, by skilled facilitators, Safety Gemba Walks can have a dramatic long-lasting impact on the culture of a business. Lean Safety Gemba Walks: A Methodology for Workforce Engagement and Culture Change is a follow-up to the author's bestselling book, Lean Safety, published in 2010. As the stories unfold, readers are transported on a journey of discovery through the Gemba and begin to see safety differently just as those who physically participated. It is a natural progression from the philosophical overview provided by Lean Safety to the reality of the application of those principles in facilities
Five Stars . "He kept on bringing up words like ergonomics without providing an indication of the quantitative assessment" according to Patrick Till. The author was redundant and full of himself. He was dismissive of safety disciplines other than his own, and he violated one of the primary Lean tenets by failing to lead with humility. He kept on bringing up words like ergonomics without providing an indication of the quantitative assessment resquired for ergonomics. He demonstates a fundamental lack of knowledge about behavior-based safety and the continuous improvement aspects associated with this discipline.
Employee safety is the ultimate responsibility of any leader. I think most Lean practitioners do the reverse - they look for waste in the production cycle, fix that, and then trust that the process improvement also makes the work safer. The question is whether management can keep up.Wayne Burton, Manufacturing Manager, Bricks East Coast, Boral Clay & Concrete . Hafey, in his second book on the combined topic, shows us how leaders can use safety to deploy Lean principles on the Gemba to supercharge the performance of any organization.Dan McDonnell, VP Integrated Supply Chain, Ingersoll RandThe idea of recognizing safety risks as opportunities for Lean improvement is unique. But having a worker-centric point of view makes the whole Lean improvement idea more personal and grounded in ethics, which makes sense to me.M
His first book, Lean SafetyTransforming Your Safety Culture with Lean Management, was the first to link the topics of Lean and safety. This positioned him to build a successful Lean consulting businessRBH Consulting LLC.Mr. Hafey, an operations and Lean professional, spent over 40 years working in manufacturing at U.S. Steel Corporation and Flexco. .