Chapter 8 - Bob Rush

Bio: Bob Rush currently is a Lean Manufacturing Group Leader for Tesla Motors in Fremont, CA. Bob has over 35 years of op- erations experience and has had over 25 years of Lean practice. His experience is in companies ranging from startups to Fortune 100 companies, and title levels that ranged from shipping clerk to VP of operations. In addition to Tesla, some of the companies he has worked with, and for, include Hewlett Packard, JDS Uniphase, and Idex Corporation. His journey includes ten years of consulting experience, where he had only himself to blame if things didn’t work out. His Lean journey started with World Class Manufacturing, which led to Lean manufacturing, where he was fortunate enough to learn kaizen events from the Shingijutsu Consulting group. He continues to work with a love of kaizen as a way of life and has led more than 500 kaizen events over the course of his practice of Lean. He has been trained that respect for people is the most critical pillar of Lean and he shows it with all people that he works with. Bob lives in San Jose, CA with his wife and two of his four sons. Connect with Bob on LinkedIn71. Note from Mark Graban: I noticed Bob’s posts on LinkedIn under the banner of “Lean observations from an old guy.” The stories and tone completely reminded me of what we’re doing in this eBook, so I asked him if I could edit the posts and share them here. Thanks, Bob!