Rooted in Purpose, Process, and respect for People, lean is about creating the most value for the customer, while minimizing resources, time, energy, and effort used.

A meaningful purpose is not what you are doing or how you are doing it, argue Joanna McGuffey and Tom Richert. It’s why your team is doing anything in the first place. When teams do not know why they are doing what they are doing, there is a tendency to disengage due to lack of ownership and passion.

Books on lean thinking and practice, management, instruction, and stories of transformation.

Learn from leading lean practitioners and colleagues who have faced the same challenges you face now and enjoy the industry's best networking of lean thinkers. 

In-person, in-depth training at LEI build skills in fundamental and advanced lean principles. Enroll yourself and your team today!

LEI established the JPW Fund to advance how lean thinking is taught in schools and learned through practice at the Gemba.

Listen to WLEI Podcast: What’s the Problem: A conversation with Matt Lovejoy on how LEI is trying to create more lean thinkers coming out of university »

Available on your favorite podcast apps; Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify and more.

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