What is a Co-Learning Partnership (CLP)?

LEI’s Co-Learning Partner Program is for leaders looking to transform their enterprise and contribute to the lean thinking and practice (LT&P) body of knowledge. Together, you will solve your business problems and achieve breakthrough performance.

As an LEI CLP Partner, you gain access to exclusive learning opportunities:

• Hands-on, expert coaching to tackle your toughest business problems and develop your organization’s problem-solving capability.
• Advanced Lean Leader Development Coaching for top executives that instills the leadership mindset and behaviors that sustain a lean culture
• LEI-Partner Gemba Tours that are customized to meet your specific situation and current needs.
• LEI Learning Groups that accelerate your learning through peer-to-peer knowledge sharing.
• Customized 1:1 Executive Coaching

“Co-Learning” means everyone learns from each other. Partners develop their lean thinking and capabilities as LEI coaches guide them through addressing a business problem. Partners also learn from one another when LEI brings them together to share their lean experiences. This approach enables LEI to discover new ways to advance lean thinking and practice.

A Co-Learning Partnership does not begin with a preconceived plan. Instead, LEI coaches guide Partners through the Lean Transformation Framework and coach them on applying lean thinking and practices to solve real business problems.

By offering targeted, immersive experiences that demonstrate the value of addressing all five dimensions of the Framework, LEI Coaches ensure you get work done and achieve your business goals WHILE you develop your team’s knowledge of and skills using lean thinking and practice. It also ensures that you will sustain your new lean know-how and will be able to develop it further on your own.

See a Sample of Partner Results

LEI Learning Experiences Beyond CLP Coaching

• Joined two LEI-sponsored Executive Learning Tours to Japan
• Convened a 100-person team at the Lean Summit 2019
• Participated in LEI’s Lean Leader Program to rapidly develop capable problem-solving coaches and problem solvers
• Visited MillerKnoll to see practitioners use lean thinking in a day-to-day work environment

Proven Results

• Reduced safety-incident rate from 5 to 1.26
• Reduced panel installation time by 50% and cable installation time by 90% at two projects
• Reduced curtain wall installation damage by 95% on a major NYC project

LEI Learning Experiences Beyond CLP Coaching

• Joined an LEI-sponsored Executive Learning Tour to Japan · Hosted two kaizen activities to develop kaizen capability
• Participated in semi-annual Lean Product and Process Development (LPPD) Learning Group meetings, 2015 to present
• Hosted an LEI-sponsored Co-Learning Partner meeting in 2017

Proven Results

• Increased production schedule achievement from 31.8% to 90%, which represented over $20 million in annual revenue
• Reduced foam-injection machine’s cycle time by 26% with zero capital expenditure.

LEI Learning Experiences Beyond CLP Coaching

• Participated in semi-annual Lean Product and Process Development (LPPD) Learning Group meetings, 2016 to present
• Hosted an LEI-sponsored LPPD Learning Group meeting in 2016
• Visited MillerKnoll to learn from its engineering team
• Attended two Designing the Future Summits, 2018 and 2019, and three Lean Summits, 2017 through 2019
• Joined an LEI-sponsored Executive Learning Tour to Japan

Proven Results

• Redesigned Subsea 2.0 oil and gas system with 33% fewer parts, 50% less weight, and 50% less size than the previous generation
• Reduced lead time on future orders by 33%
• Attained cost and development time targets on Subsea 2.0

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