Video
LEI's Lean Transformation Model Animated
Need a simple way of explaining lean thinking to your team? LEI has released a new animated video of how real lean change happens across…
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Article
Transforming Healthcare is Complex, Start with a Model Cell
John Toussaint from the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value explains what he's learned about how meaningful organizational change happens from visiting and working with over…
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Article
Beware the Comforts of Waste
After a major move, lean thinker Rose Heathcote reflected that with lean thinking comes the responsibility to look inward at oneself before looking outward to…
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Example A3: Lean Institute Brasil - Summit Sessions (from Managing to Learn)
An example of an A3 from Lean Institute Brasil, developed during attendance at the Managing to Learn workshop, included as a sample in some printings…
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Podcast
Seeking the Right Problems to Solve: Catch the WLEI Podcast with Author Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg
Learning how to frame your problem will help you solve it, suggests author Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg. He describes how in this episode of the WLEI podcast.
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Podcast
Designing the Future: A WLEI Podcast with Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe and former COO Jim Morgan
LEI explores the early days and product development strategies of electrical-vehicle startup Rivian.
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Article
Say Goodbye to the Report Out
"If we want to improve coaching, let’s build the requirement for it into the daily management process," writes Dave LaHote. "Change the process from reporting…
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Podcast
Engaging Leadership in Lean at MassMutual
LEI talks with Mary Nell Egan and Lisa Karam on championing change at MassMutual, a leader in financial services
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Press Release
Lean Enterprise Institute Announces San Francisco Curriculum of 14 Lean Management Workshops Covering IT, Manufacturing, and Services
The workshops are aimed at continuous improvement professionals, line managers, function heads, and change agents in companies implementing lean business systems.
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Atlanta Lean Management Training Opens for Registration
The curriculum, designed for continuous improvement professionals, line managers, change agents, and function heads, focuses on lean leadership, tools, and concepts.
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Lean Enterprise Institute Announces Keynote Lineup of “Game-Changers” for Annual Summit
Executives and change agents from solar energy, IT, and restaurant businesses will reveal how their lean transformations are disrupting industries.
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Senior Advisors and Staff
John Shook
John Shook learned about lean management while working for Toyota for 11 years in Japan and the U.S., helping it transfer production, engineering, and management…
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Faculty
Beau Keyte
Beau is President of The Keyte Group. In this role, Beau teaches, coaches, and facilitates on two important transformation fronts: changing the work processes and…
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Faculty
Karl Ohaus
Karl Ohaus received a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Duke University, School of Engineering, in 1980. For the first 10 years of his career he…
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Faculty
David Verble
A performance improvement consultant and leadership coach since 2000, David has been an LEI faculty member for 17 years. Recognized as one of the first…
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