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One of a kind learning experiences encompassing the core of personal and enterprise transformation.
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Designing the Future Summit

June 27-28, Traverse City, MI

Join some of the most successful LPPD practitioners, from a wide variety of industries, as they share real-world insights on – “Creating New Value Through Lean Development.

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Lean Principles Speed Workflow in New Product Development

After successfully implementing lean principals in manufacturing, Solar Turbines took them to product development processes, reducing firefighting and boosting development velocity. LEI’s Chet Marchwinski recently talked about the effort with Solar Products Manager Howard Kinkade.

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New and Noteworthy

Announcing the James P. Womack Scholarship & Philanthropy Fund

Problem: There aren’t enough lean practitioners nor successful lean transformations.

Our proposed countermeasure is to create a fund – named after our founding CEO – to develop the next generation of lean practitioners, scale up the number of transformations, and improve people’s lives. We’ll begin testing our hypothesis this summer.

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Social and Technical Training

Upcoming lean training will address both the social and technical skills required for successful lean management efforts. Reserve space today for you and your team members:

April 23-24: Building a Lean Operating and Management System
May 1-2: Change Agent Skills
May 7-9: Improvement Kata

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Getting Home

Getting Home is the inspiring story of how a nonprofit used lean principles to help rebuild homes for desperate survivors faster and wound up reconstructing the entire disaster recovery process.

Learn how one question started SBP's journey of continuous improvement.

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Custom Training

Bring Lean Learning In-House

LEI will teach any of our workshops or develop a customized program to build capability in your team.

Let's work together to create a lean learning plan for you, your team, or your organization

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Got Questions About Lean Management?

Are you new to lean management thinking and practice? Or maybe you’ve started a lean transformation but have questions about the next step? Then check out our helpful Lean 101 Learning Path page. It’s a flexible, concise guide to training resources – many of them free – on this site.

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Lastest Webinar

4 Types of Problems: The Keys to Better Organizational Problem Solving

In this free one-hour webinar and Q&A, veteran lean management practitioner Art Smalley explains how you can avoid the all-too-common trap of reaching for the same old problem-solving approach for every business problem.

New Online Course!

Introduction to Problem Solving

Level set lean training for your team easily, quickly, and cost effectively.

How can I help middle managers handle contradictory instructions from top management?

Michael Ballé

Dear Gemba Coach, As a lean coach, how can I help middle-managers who are faced with contradictory instructions from top management?

Improvement Kata & Coaching Kata

VSM and Toyota Kata

Give us 20 years and we'll learn a lot! This month's Kata SlideShare features perspectives from Mike Rother and Jeff Liker on the 20th Anniversary of the 'Learning to See' book. Useful input for anyone who utilizes VSM.

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Learn how companies are using Lean Product & Process Development (LPPD) to create a sustainable system for consistently delivering great products and profitable value streams.

Want to learn more? Visit our LPPD community page.

Official online publication of the Lean Global Network

The official online magazine of Lean Global Network, Planet Lean brings you the best insights on lean management from around the world.

We share examples of successful applications of the lean methodology in all industries, hands-on advice on how to make lean principles and lean tools work in your organization, and thought-provoking articles that will help you to reflect further on the opportunity to achieve operational excellence.

Upcoming Workshops

Change Agent Skills for Lean Implementation Leaders
May 1-2

Improvement Kata / Coaching Kata
May 7-9

Change That Sustains
May 14
Improvement Kata / Coaching Kata
May 14-16
Using Humble Inquiry Questioning in Coaching
May 14
Value Creation - Starting with the Work: Gemba-Based Workshop
May 14-15
Influence Skills for Lean/CI Leaders and Coaches
May 15
Lean Problem Solving
May 15
5S - Visual Workplace
May 16
The Lean Profit Model
May 16

Lean Warehousing and Distribution Operations: Gemba-Based Workshop
May 14-15

Lead with Respect: Practicing Respect for People to Enable Engagement, Teamwork & Accountability
May 15-16

Managing to Learn Remotely: A3 Management - At Your Pace, At Your Place
May 24 - July 12

Join with healthcare leaders from North America and around the globe to learn, share, and connect as we celebrate the 10th annual Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit. The premier event for healthcare leaders, the Summit offers the latest insights in how to create sustainable organizational change.

Lean in Service: A simulation-based workshop
June 18

Strategy Deployment and Alignment through Hoshin
June 19-20

Practicing Lean Fundamentals in an Office Environment
July 16-17
Integrating Visual Management Tools and Leader Standard Work
July 18-19

Key Concepts of Lean
July 23-24
Developing and Cascading Hoshin Kanri Directional Management KPI's
July 25-26

Building a Lean Operating & Management System
August 6-7

Designing the Future: A Lean Product Development Immersive Learning Experience
September 25-26

Lean Warehousing and Distribution Operations: Gemba-Based Workshop
October 9-10

Improvement Kata / Coaching Kata
November 5-7

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