In the newly updated, second edition of his book, Follow the Learner: The Lean Dentist, Dr. Sami Bahri describes how he and the staff in his dental practice transformed their work and their thinking from a traditional batch-and-queue approach to one focused directly on the needs of the patient.

Managing to Learn: Apply A3 thinking & management, working through an A3 about a real problem from work. At LEI, Oct. 20 - 21. Enroll.

Strategy Deployment: Engage & develop people around organizational objectives. At LEI, Oct. 18-19. Enroll.

Lean Supply Chain & Distribution: See lean methods in action at an operating warehouse/supply chain center; 2 unique workshops, Florence, KY, Oct. 4-7. Enroll

Don't start with a 20-mile run! Effective change often begins with small tweaks to behavior, which build on one another and grow self-efficacy in the Learner. You can explain a different behavior, but abstract goals and information generally don’t work if they aren’t tied to specific behaviors -- or "Starter Kata" -- that can be practiced by the beginner.

Most of our 30+ workshops can be taught at your facility by our faculty of lean management professionals, who have years of experience implementing what they teach. Call 617-871-2900 for more information about tailoring on-site workshops to your specific needs.

In this ongoing series, we talk to past winners of the Excellence in Lean Accounting Award, presented by LEI at the Lean Accounting Summit, to learn what impact it and a matching scholarship have had on how recipients teach and practice accounting. In this new installment, a college professor explains how it affected his classroom work and career.

Making Slow Ideas Go Faster
by Jim Womack

How it is that some ideas and innovations spread like wildfire while others are slower to take roots? It is clear that lean thinking belongs to the latter category, but how can we speed up its diffusion?

There is a natural path for you and your teams to follow in order improve your lean thinking and practice together. This way to lean was laid out over the trilogy of business novels written by Michael and Freddy Ballé – The Gold Mine, The Lean Manager, and, most recently, Lead With Respect – all Shingo Research Award winners. Michael explains how to use the trilogy in your training.

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

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