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Making things better by advancing lean thinking and practice
Go beyond theory—see lean leadership in action.
Experience firsthand how top companies apply lean principles to drive leadership development, problem-solving, and operational excellence as you build a network of peers in leadership.
Lean Leadership Learning Tour
May 13-16, 2025 | Lexington and Louisville, Kentucky
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Product & Process Development
Socially Responsible Design Meets Lean Product and Process Development: A Conversation with Cynthia E. Smith
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Hoshin Kanri as a Foundational Piece of a Lean Management System
Article by Jeffrey Liker and John Shook
Product & Process Development
Developing More than a Machine: How an MIT D-Lab Project for Tanzanian Farmers Produces Crops, Entrepreneurs, and Engineers
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Driving Continuous Improvement through Frontline Supervisors: A Conversation with TRQSS President Mark Dolsen
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2024 Lean Summit Keynote — Scaling Agile Through Lean Principles
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30-Plus Years with Hoshin Kanri
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Lean Books
Managing to Learn: Using the A3 management process
by John Shook
$50.00Learning to See
by Mike Rother and John Shook
$60.00Everything I Know About Lean I Learned in First Grade
by Robert Martichenko
$20.00Lean Lexicon 5th Edition
by Lean Enterprise Institute
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March 26, 2025
In-Person Course
Lean Warehousing and Distribution Operations
Plant City, Florida
Improve a distribution center’s efficiency, quality, safety, and space utilization.
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In-Person Course
Building a Lean Operating and Management System
Morgantown, PA
Gain the in-depth understanding of lean principles, thinking, and practices.
View eventApril 17, 2025
In-Person Course
Investing in Work(ers) Using Job Methods and Job Instruction
Morgantown, PA
Learn how to develop team members for sustained success.
View eventThe A3 course from LEI has helped shape our course of action on problem-solving. While we don’t necessarily complete an A3 for all problems yet, the class has helped train our thinking, holding back on jumping to countermeasures before asking basic level questions, and working through PDCA.
Jon Yoder
Research & Development, Veada
First, I want to extend a huge thank you to you for giving your time and talent to helping me develop during the Lean Summit. I am continuing to work on the A3 and have so many ideas as we move forward with audit improvements. Thank you for opening your schedule to the workshop participants Again, I am very thankful for your time and for helping me develop professionally. I am confident that growing these skills will assist in providing the means to improve outcomes for children and families!
Heather H. Kestian
Deputy Director of Strategic Solutions and Agency Transformation Indiana Department of Child Services
I thoroughly enjoyed the training as well as my coworkers. Thank you for making the training memorable and engaging. Now to put it to use!
Jennie Thomas
Quality Systems Manager, HP Hood LLC
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