Public Sector
Click on the Lean articles belows to find out more about how Lean Thinking and Practice is being applied within the Public Sector industry and for relevant events and workshops.
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Reflections from our Learning Event
This article first appeared on Planet Lean in June 2019 to help explain the reason for holding an event where educationalists and industry professionals could learn from one another on the subject of Lean Thinking. Post the event, there are a few reflections to share on our discussions.
Good Practice Makes Perfect
This article first appeared on Planet Lean at the end of November 2019. As Roberto Priolo and I watched one of Rio de Janeiro's famous samba schools practice we discussed the parallels between learning and implementing Lean Thinking and attaining a good level of musical ability.
Lean Learning and Capability Development
Of the five dimensions John Shook identified in the Lean Transformation Framework capability development is probably the least understood and researched. We’ve posed two questions to explore this further.
First Global Learning Lean Summit
Lean Thinking is a learning system. Join us at our 2019 event to learn how the best companies are using lean to develop learning and capability for customer value and continuous improvement.
Save the Date: UK Lean Summit 24th & 25th October 2019
Since we organised our first UK Lean Summit way back in 1997, we've always tried to push the frontiers of Lean Thinking - both in terms of lean research and lean practice. For 2019 we've partnered with The Learning Trust in order to bring a Summit linking the world of business with learning.
Lean Leadership Workshops in Dublin, 2018
The Lean Enterprise Academy have teamed up with Dublin City University and EIURA (European Industry University Research Association) to bring a series of public Lean Workshops to Ireland. They will be held in Dublin at the DCU Campus during the week of 5th March 2018.
Lean for Leaders - The Lean Strategy
Over the years many of us have come to the conclusion that if we continue to see Lean through traditional management thinking we will only get traditional results. We have all seen and been part of initially promising consultant-led Lean programmes for arms-length leaders which fail to deliver ...
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UK Lean Summit 2016 - How can we learn Lean?
Learning Lean, Lean Learning - Desert Island Lean Articles
Learning Lean by Solving Problems
UK Lean Summit 2016: Learning Lean, Lean Learning - REGISTRATION NOW OPEN
Interview from the UK Lean Summit 2015 - Christleton High School
Lean Thinking in Education
Beyond Legacy Assets and Mind-Sets: Lean Insights for the Digital Age
UK Lean Summit 2015 - Lean Transformation: Developing Capability to Improve the Work - REGISTRATION NOW OPEN
Putting the Customer First using Lean Principles: The Saskatchewan Experiment
Lean Summit 2014: Building a Lean Management System for Healthcare and the Public Sector
Deploying Policy
Reflections on 25 Years of Lean
Daniel Jones' AME Keynote
Managing Horizontally as well as Vertically
Lean in Ten Slides
Assessing Lean Executives
Lean and Operational Excellence
How to Judge the Success of Lean?
Managing Visually
The Financial Consequences of Lean
What Makes Lean Work?
Learning to Work Together
Lean Summer Reading
Making Hospitals Work
Three Thresholds
Lean Survival
The Three Ps of Lean Action
Crossing the Lean Threshold
Developing Problem Solvers
Frontiers of Lean
Eliminating Failure Demand