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Gemba Walk poster
Go to the real place. Look. Ask why.
Gemba means the place where the work actually happens. Walk it with your eyes open and a timer running - everything you capture on the way is tagged to the walk, and the summary writes itself at the end.
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Free to download, print and use in your own workplace. Please don't resell them or strip the credit. © 2026 Plapl Games.
The four steps on the poster
- Start the walkThe timer marks what you find
- Go seeThe real place, not the report
- Ask whyRespectfully, of the person doing it
- The summaryEverything captured, one card
Also on the poster
- Walk the processFollow the work, not the org chart - goods in to goods out.
- Capture as you goWaste, ideas, actions - each one tagged to this walk automatically.
- Ask, do not tellThe person at the bench knows things no report contains.
- Close itDuration, captures, notes - the walk ends as a record, not a memory.
The line to remember
Nothing in the office knows what twenty minutes on the floor knows.
In the app
The poster comes from Lean Day Toolkit, where it opens from Floor → Gemba walk, next to the tool it describes. Get the app: App Store · Google Play · Amazon Appstore for Fire tablets.