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LEI and Social Media

The Lean Enterprise Institute's mission, since its creation in 1997, is to advance lean thinking throughout the world. This can only be accomplished by reaching the community of lean thinkers and potential lean thinkers. Below are not only a few of the tools to help you stay up-to-date with the latest happenings at LEI and within the lean community but also tools to help you spread lean knowledge and encourage learning within your organization. So, please take advantage of these social media outlets and continue your lean learning.

Twitter

Follow us on Twitter

LEI uses Twitter to quickly share information, not only about what's new at LEI, but what's of importance and interest to the entire Lean Community.

You can follow any or all of our feeds on specific topics, or you can follow all official LEI tweets via this list.

 

Account Topics
@LEInstitute LEI columns, e-letters, general LEI updates, and news from the web

@LEIevents Tweets about LEI summits, online community efforts, and more

@LEIstore Info on LEI publications and products, along with the best from other sources

@leanthinking News and information from around the web and the lean community, including the latest resources from LEI

@leandotorg New features and functions or the lean community plus, the latest on webinars, videos, and interactive media

@LEIhealthcare Healthcare updates & news

@LEIeducation The latest LEI Workshop offerings and schedule

@HCVL Updates about the Healthcare Value Leaders Network

Youtube

YouTube LEI has an official YouTube Channel where you can find short videos featuring Jim Womack and other thought leaders, faculty members, authors and staff.

Some sample videos:

 

LEI Connection Center

Network with other Lean Thinkers The Connection Center is a free LEI service that members can "opt-in" to use. As a participant in this service, you will be able to search for other participants and contact each other via messages on lean.org. You can search by Sector (industry), Country, Last Name, and Area(s) of Interest. Looking for a benchmarking partner? Or a fellow Lean Thinker in the same region or industry? Use our safe and secure Connection Center to make contact.

Facebook

Facebook If you are a diehard Facebook user, you can keep up with our latest columns, videos, workshops, lean case studies, events, and other announcements through our LEI fan page. New LEI content will show up in your News Feed. You can comment and start discussions with other LEI followers.

LEI Forums

LEI Forums The LEI Forums are a great place to pose questions to the lean community, respond to others’ inquiries, or just peruse what’s on the mind of other lean thinkers. Check out the different sections such as Healthcare, Manufacturing, Services, and several others. Sign up to receive daily or weekly notifications based on categories or keywords.

iPhone App

iPhone users now have a new way to stay connected with LEI, a free App that you can download from the App Store via iTunes or directly from your iPhone. You can preview the App here or view additional screenshots.

In this App, you can view and interact with:

  • LEI books: info and descriptions
  • LEI workshop calendar and descriptions
  • LEI YouTube videos
  • Columns from John Shook and Michael Ballé
  • Jim Womack's e-letters
  • Streaming audio from past LEI webinars
  • Tweets from LEI staff members
  • Lean People

and more!