Webinar: Lean AI
A New Way to Learn, Practice, and Apply Lean Thinking
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Discover how AI can enhance, not replace, lean thinking and practice.
Artificial Intelligence is everywhere—but how does it truly fit with Lean thinking and practice? Join Art Smalley, John Shook, and Tyson Heaton as they explore Lean AI: what it is, what it isn’t, and how it can be used to strengthen the way individuals and teams learn, practice, and actually solve problems.
In this session, you’ll:
- Hear our point of view on Lean AI—cutting through hype and misconceptions.
- See how AI can help people learn, practice, and apply Lean practices such as problem-solving with higher quality, shorter lead times, lower costs, and less risk.
- Watch live demonstrations of AI-powered problem-solving tools applied to real problems.
Whether you’re curious, skeptical, or ready to experiment, this webinar will give you a grounded perspective on how AI can be applied to advance Lean capabilities without losing sight of purpose, process, and people.
Reserve your spot today and explore how Lean AI can support better, faster, and safer problem-solving.
Art Smalley
Art is the author of the LEI workbook Creating Level Pull: a lean production-system improvement guide for production control, operations, and engineering professionals, which received a 2005 Shingo Research Award. He was inducted into the Shingo Prize Academy in 2006. Art learned about lean manufacturing while living, studying, and working in Japan for 10 years as one […]
John Shook
Senior Advisor, Lean Enterprise Institute
John Shook learned about lean management while working for Toyota for 11 years in Japan and the U.S., helping it transfer production, engineering, and management systems from Japan to NUMMI and other operations around the world. While at Toyota’s headquarters, he became the company’s first American kacho (manager) in Japan. In the U.S., Shook joined […]
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Tyson Heaton
Executive Director of LeanTech/AI and Senior Coach
Lean Enterprise Institute
Tyson Heaton is Executive Director of LeanTech/AI and Senior Coach at the Lean Enterprise Institute, where he leads efforts to bridge lean thinking with technology implementation. His background spans manufacturing operations at JBS, Schreiber Foods, and Greencore, followed by leadership roles at O.C. Tanner addressing scalability, legacy system modernization, and supply chain transformation. As a Shingo […]
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