Lean Leadership Learning Tour
See how Toyota, GE Appliances, and Summit Polymers build leaders who make lean succeed. Learn what works, avoid common pitfalls, and bring home insights you can apply immediately.
May 11-14, 2026 | Lexington and Louisville, Kentucky
What is Lean Thinking & Practice?
Rooted in purpose, people, and process, Lean Thinking & Practice is a practical way to create more value with fewer resources.
I want to know how lean thinking can help me with
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From Fiction to Navigation: Using Cynefin to Choose the Right Improvement Method
Article by Nigel Thurlow
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BridgingStrategy and Execution: How Daily Management and Hoshin Kanri Work Together
Article by José R. Ferro, PhD and Mark Reich
Executive Leadership
Wait, That’s My Job | How AI Exposed the Organizational Immune System Nobody Wanted to Talk About
Article by Tyson Heaton
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Executive Leadership
The Management Brief | TPS Taken to Companies across the UK
Article, Podcast by Julian Ball, Josh Howell, Mark Reich and Simon Rowley
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Executive Leadership
Lean AI Webinar: A New Way to Learn, Practice, and Apply Lean Thinking
Video, Webinar by Tyson Heaton, John Shook and Art Smalley
Featured Article
Executive Leadership
Four Moments from the 2026 Lean Summit that Stayed with Me
Article by Art Smalley
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Events & Training
Featured Learning
April 08, 2026
In-Person Course
Lean Warehousing and Distribution Operations
Toro Company, Plymouth, WI
Improve a distribution center’s efficiency, quality, safety, and space utilization.
View eventMay 08, 2026
Live Online Course
Managing on Purpose with Hoshin Kanri
Coach-Led Online Course
Learn how to develop strategy and build alignment.
View eventMay 11, 2026
Learning Tour
Lean Leadership Learning Tour
Lexington and Louisville, Kentucky
Where Billion-Dollar Decisions Meet the Shop Floor
View eventThe A3 course from LEI has helped shape our course of action on problem-solving. While we don’t necessarily complete an A3 for all problems yet, the class has helped train our thinking, holding back on jumping to countermeasures before asking basic level questions, and working through PDCA.
Jon Yoder
Research & Development, Veada
First, I want to extend a huge thank you to you for giving your time and talent to helping me develop during the Lean Summit. I am continuing to work on the A3 and have so many ideas as we move forward with audit improvements. Thank you for opening your schedule to the workshop participants Again, I am very thankful for your time and for helping me develop professionally. I am confident that growing these skills will assist in providing the means to improve outcomes for children and families!
Heather H. Kestian
Deputy Director of Strategic Solutions and Agency Transformation Indiana Department of Child Services
I thoroughly enjoyed the training as well as my coworkers. Thank you for making the training memorable and engaging. Now to put it to use!
Jennie Thomas
Quality Systems Manager, HP Hood LLC
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