“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
Latest e-Letter from Dave Brunt
If you don’t try to change something then you don’t learn
Download the latest e-letter from our Chief Executive Dave Brunt.
Creating a kinder, wiser, more efficient work environment isn't as impossible as it sounds
Michael Ballé and Daniel Jones write for The Fast Company
Read the full article here
Lean Lessons from 3 Health Systems – Dan’s AME Toronto Keynote
- Florence – the birth of scientific practice
- Saskatchewan – Hoshin and 3P across government
- UK – diagnosing and treating the whole system
Watch the video, view the slides and check further reading.
Latest E-letter from Dave Brunt
Is the purpose of your organization clear?
Download the latest e-letter from our Chief Executive Dave Brunt.
Lean Thinking & IT
New article by Dan Jones and Steve Bell for the Cutter IT Journal
more ..
New blogs on Lean Startup on The Lean Edge
Books now in stock Run Grow Transform and Lean IT.
3rd Lean IT Summit on 3-4 October in Paris.
Science and Lean Transformation
Toyota’s example creates a new basis for managing by science ...
read more
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
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.
A Lean Management System
Challenges facing Lean leaders and the Lean movement
Learning from the Lean Pioneers – audit your system
Jim Womack, LEI
Learning from Toyota’s Management System
Takashi Tanaka
Pushing the Frontiers of Lean – results, practices and behaviours
Daniel Jones, LEA
Deepening the Fundamentals of Lean
John Shook, LEI
Previous Events
Presentations from previous Lean Summits and Forums are available to download ...
Summits
- Learning, Educating, Sharing - Lean Summit 2012
- 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
Lean Community
Sharing Day and Workshops
2nd - 3rd April 2014
National Motorcycle Museum,
Solihull, West Midlands, B92 0EJ
Booking Form
Guidelines and notes for submissions
Agenda for the day
LEA Community Sharing Day
Following last year’s success join us at this year’s Sharing Day. Share your stories and discuss your questions with experts and fellow lean practitioners.
Workshops
Introduction to A3 Thinking by John Kiff
Introduction and Overview of our Lean Practitioner Programme by Dave Brunt
Reflections on 25 Years of Lean
Jim Womack, John Shook and Dan Jones discuss the evolution and challenges facing the lean movement.
11 videos – 70 minutes of wisdom – from LEI and the Gemba Academy
View here
Lean Summit 2013
Lean Transformation: Frontiers and Fundamentals
Guest Speakers:
Art Byrne
Author of “The Lean Turnaround: How Business Leaders Use Lean Principles to Create Value and Transform Their Company”
James Morgan
Co-author (with Jeffrey Liker) of “The Toyota Product Development System: Integrating People, Process, and Technology”
Plus PRE SUMMIT MASTERCLASSES
With our Chief Executive Dave Brunt, Senior Fellow John Kiff and The Lean Turnaround author Art Byrne.
Two Gurus
Inspiration from our Lean Summit 2012 speakers
Mike Rother Bio
Improvement and Coaching Kata Site
Toyota Kata Book
Lean Summit 2012 Talk
Michael Ballé Bio
Gemba Coach Column
The Gold Mine Book
The Lean Manager Book
Lean Summit 2012 Talk
Lean Healthcare
Progress at Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust – HSJ Best Acute Hospital 2010
The COO Perspective – length of stay,
Mark Partington
The Visual Hospital Perspective – Managing the demand to get out
Tania King
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:
Part 1
David Furley
Assistant Director Clinical Improvement
Part 2
Zoe Ford
Clinical Improvement Facilitator
Part 3
Jane Lyon
Deputy Sister
Part 4
Paul Turner
Transformation Programme Manager
Part 5 - Closing Remarks by David Furley
Lean Healthcare in Tuscany
Club Toscana
Closing the Healthcare Performance Gap
Daniel Jones – eLetter
Lean Supply Chains
Redesigning global supply chains to respond in days not months
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.
Training and Mentoring
Our modular 6 day Lean Practitioner Course teaches how to solve business problems using lean.
Healthcare Masterclasses
Executive Masterclass
How to improve hospital performance by diagnosing and focusing efforts on the vital few problems.
Making Hospitals Work
2-day train the trainer coaching course.
Our YouTube Channel
88 videos to browse and use in your presentations.
Videos from the Lean Summit 2013 coming soon!
Latest Lean Books
Now in Stock
Gemba Walks 2nd Edition
by James Womack
Featuring 12 new essays
Three new titles to the LEA Bookstore
Lean IT
by Steven C. Bell and Michael A. Orzen
Enabling and Sustaining Your Lean Transformation
Lean RFS (Repetitive Flexible Supply)
by Ian Fraser Glenday and Rick Sather
Putting the Pieces Together
Winner of the Shingo Research and Professional Publication Award
Run Grow Transform
by Steven Bell
Integrating Business and Lean IT
Our book store has over 50 books, workbooks, kits, training tools and audio CD's.
LEA Links
Lean Global Network
Lean Enterprise Institute
The Lean Edge
The Lean Post
Art of Lean
Mike Rother’s Improvement and Coaching Kata
Michael Ballé’s Gemba Coach Column
LEA Partner Awards
On 23rd October 2013 at the AME annual conference in Toronto our chairman Daniel Jones was inducted into the AME Hall of Fame. read more...
Jaeger Automotive wins Lean Prize Norway 2011.
Read more ...
Solar Group wins Lean Prize Denmark 2010
Read more about their story ...
HSJ Best Acute Hospital Award 2010 - also see Tania King’s podcast.
LEA Speaks
Wednesday 19th March 2014
Lean Forum Healthcare 2014
Umea, Sweden
Daniel Jones
Tuesday 1st April 2014
4th Lean Summit
Lyon, France
Daniel Jones
Tuesday 15th April 2014
Lean Management Summit
Sassenheim, Netherlands
Daniel Jones
Thursday 24th April 2014
Lean Healthcare Transformation Conference
Brussels, Belgium
Daniel Jones
Tues/Weds 10th & 11th June 2014
14th Lean Management Conference
Wroclaw, Poland
Daniel Jones
Thursday 12th June 2014
International Lean Conference 2014
Budapest, Hungary
Daniel Jones
LEA Writes
LEA Publications
Please note that the Lean Enterprise Academy office will be closed due to attending the Lean Transformation Summit from 4pm Friday 28th February 2014 and will reopen at 9am Monday 10th March 2014. Therefore book orders placed after 9am on Friday 28th February will not be dispatched until Monday 10th March 2014. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Making Hospitals Work
By Marc Baker and Ian Taylor with Alan Mitchell
- Now available on
Kindle
Breaking Through to Flow
By Ian Glenday
- Now available on
Kindle
Creating Lean Dealers
By Dave Brunt and John Kiff
Available on Kindle soon
Discussion Papers
- The Visualization of Purpose
Takashi Tanaka and Sharon Tanner - Lean for Leaders
Takashi Tanaka - The Business Case for Lean
John Darlington & Daniel Jones - The NHS Bermuda Triangle
Marc Baker, Ian Taylor & Daniel Jones - Also see Healthcare Articles
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.
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