Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
Most lean practitioners spend their careers trying to change the minds of adults who have been doing things the same way for decades. Ted Pendergrass decided to start earlier. Over 20 years coordinating a career technical education program at a California high school, he brought 5S, practical problem-solving, and Yellow Belt certification to students who had never heard of lean. The conversation covers what actually stuck, what surprised him, and what the rest of the lean community could do to help.
“If you have to ask if it’s good enough, it probably isn’t.” – Ted Pendergrass
Ted’s seniors earned Yellow Belt certification as a capstone to a three-year lean program. If that kind of structured progression interests you for your own team or organization, the certification path is worth a close look.
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If you had two hours with a classroom of high school students, which lean concept would you start with and why?