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Assessing a New Way to Develop More Lean Thinkers

By Patricia Panchak

October 12, 2022

The James P. Womack Scholarship & Philanthropy Fund reflects on its experiments to improve the teaching of lean thinking and practice at the university level, offering ideas that could help your organization's efforts.

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This collection of case studies (and an infographic) details findings from the James P. Womack Scholarship & Philanthropy Fund’s “lean internship” experiments, which tested ways to offer hands-on, practical experience to students while helping nonprofits help more people.

  • Making the World Better by Advancing Lean Thinking and Practice
    When establishing a scholarship and philanthropy fund, the Lean Enterprise Institute practices what it preaches.
  • Unique Philanthropy Does Well by Doing Good
    An internship program enables students to attain real-world lean management experience while helping community service organizations reach more people.
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  • A Philanthropic ‘Lean Internship’ Experiment Yields Unexpected Question About Purpose
    To understand what could work in a hands-on, gemba-based lean learning experience, the LEI’s JPW Fund did what lean practitioners do — they ran a test. Here’s the outcome of one.
  • Students Take the Lead in JPW Fund Internship
    A hands-on, gemba-based “lean internship” gives participants broad-based lean management experience backed by professional and academic coaches.

For every $2500 raised, the JPW Fund can support one student’s internship for one semester.

Donate to the JPW Fund

For offline reading, download the PDF ebook compilation.

Assessing a New Way to Develop More Lean Thinkers
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Intro to Lean Thinking & Practice

This online course serves as an introduction to the key concepts, philosophies, and tools associated with lean thinking and practice.

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About Patricia Panchak

For 25 years as a business journalist, media strategist, and public speaker, Pat’s reporting and research have helped inform executives about adapting to the latest business issues, including the rise of digital technologies, employee engagement, and lean management. As an independent journalist, she wrote about lean and digital strategies for…

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