Lean Enterprise Academy

“Welcome to the Lean Enterprise Academy, dedicated to pushing forward the frontiers of lean and to spreading lean to every kind of organization.” Daniel Jones - Founder and Chairman, The Lean Enterprise Academy

Science and Lean Transformation

Dan Jones Toyota’s example creates a new basis for managing by science ...
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Daniel Jones’ Summit talk

New Leadership and a new Mission

After ten years it is time to pass the baton and redefine LEA’s mission. Dave Brunt will be the new Chief Executive supported by Daniel Jones as Chairman and Senior Advisor.

Lean Faces a new Threshold

Lean Management Journal Beyond Professionalising Lean to real Transformations Daniel Jones’s interview with LMJ.
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What is Lean?

The Lean Thinking book describes the practice of lean. Daniel Jones addresses What is Lean?, The Truth about Lean and How Lean is your Organisation?

John Shook goes Back to Basics and Jim Womack outlines Lean for the Long Term.

Daniel Jones summaries Lean in 10 Slides

Watch the video of Daniel Jones’ talk at the 3rd Lean Summit France “Managing Lean Organisations”

What we do

Our objective is to work with pioneering organisations to push forward the frontiers of lean thinking, by helping them to solve new business problems and then by reflecting, distilling and disseminating the learning so others can follow their example.

Our last six months ...

Lean Summit 2012

LEARNING - EDUCATING - SHARING

Held in November 2012
Chesford Grange Hotel, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, UK

Guest Speakers: Daniel Jones at the Lean Summit

Mike Rother: “Toyota Kata: Mobilising Our Ingenuity Through Good Management”

Michael Ballé : “Coaching leaders and employees on the Gemba”

Takashi Tanaka : “Digital Oobeya”

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A Lean Management System

Challenges facing Lean leaders and the Lean movement

YouTube YouTube Learning from the Lean Pioneers – audit your system
Jim Womack, LEI

YouTube YouTube Learning from Toyota’s Management System
Takashi Tanaka

YouTube YouTube Pushing the Frontiers of Lean – results, practices and behaviours
Daniel Jones, LEA

YouTube YouTube Deepening the Fundamentals of Lean
John Shook, LEI

Previous Events

LHS 2009 Presentations from previous Lean Summits and Forums are available to download ...

Summits

Solving Business Problems - Lean Summit 2011
New Horizons for Lean Thinking - Lean Summit 2010
Healthcare Transformation Summit 2009
Lean Transformation Summit 2008
1st Global Healthcare Summit 2007
Frontiers of Lean Summit 2005
Lean Service Summit 2004

Forums

Two Gurus

Inspiration from out Lean Summit 2012 speakers

Mike Rother Bio
Improvement and Coaching Kata Site
Toyota Kata Book
Lean Summit 2012 Talk

Michael Balle Michael Ballé Bio
Gemba Coach Column
The Gold Mine Book
The Lean Manager Book
Lean Summit 2012 Talk

LEA Community Sharing Day

“Share your story and bring your questions”

As part of our mission to help organisations with their lean journeys the Lean Enterprise Academy held its first Sharing Day in partnership with the Centre for Lean Enterprise Applications and Research (CLEAR), Cardiff School of Management, Cardiff Metropolitan University.

The day was structured to connect the lean community of practice together so that all of us are able to learn from like-minded others.

Mark Riech The day also included presentations from Mark Reich, Director of Strategy and Operations from Lean Enterprise Institute and be facilitated by experienced lean practitioners including: Mark Davies, Section Manager and Kevin Robinson, Senior Manager from Toyota Lean Management Centre, UK Nick Rich, Associate Dean from Centre for Lean Enterprise Applications and Research, UK Daniel Jones, Chairman, Dave Brunt and John Kiff, Senior Fellows from Lean Enterprise Academy

Lean Healthcare

Progress at Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust – HSJ Best Acute Hospital 2010

YouTube YouTube The COO Perspective – length of stay,
Mark Partington

YouTube YouTube The Visual Hospital Perspective – Managing the demand to get out
Tania King

YouTube YouTube The Doctor’s Perspective – Redesigning the emergency flow, Paul Jarvis

Learning to Lead through three levels using Policy Deployment in Healthcare - The team at United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust:

David Furley Part 1 YouTube
David Furley
Assistant Director Clinical Improvement

Zoe Ford Part 2 YouTube
Zoe Ford
Clinical Improvement Facilitator

Jan Lyon Part 3 YouTube
Jane Lyon
Deputy Sister

Paul Turner Part 4 YouTube
Paul Turner
Transformation Programme Manager

YouTube Part 5 - Closing Remarks by David Furley

Club Toscana Lean Healthcare in Tuscany YouTube
Club Toscana

Closing the Healthcare Performance Gap
Daniel Jones – eLetter

Lean Supply Chains

Redesigning global supply chains to respond in days not months

YouTube YouTube Rethinking the Logic of Location at GKN
Peter Watkins

Seeing the Whole Value Stream
Expanded 2nd Edition

LEI Webinar
Jim Womack and Daniel Jones

So What are you going to do about it?
John Shook - eLetter

Small Group Coaching Sessions

These workshops are the ideal opportunity to learn how to transform your organisation. Sessions are ideally suited for groups of six to twelve people. We can also run these workshops in your organisation, customised to your needs.