Lean Enterprise Inst

Our mission: make things better through lean thinking and practice.

#LeanThinking #FutureOfWork #LearningOrganization #Leadership

[Lean Enterprise Inst @LeanDotOrg]

Here's what you missed in Houston. 

500+ attendees. Two days of learning. One incredible community focused on continuous improvement. 

Don't miss your chance to be part of the conversation in Los Angeles. 

Registrations now open: https://t.co/w4hsVi3Yyd

[Lean Enterprise Inst @LeanDotOrg]

Sal Sanchez's two-day Standardized Work workshop at the 2027 Lean Summit starts with observation at a real gemba.

By the end of Day 2, participants have measured the work and built the core standardized work documents for an actual process. 

Learn more.  https://t.co/tbtBqOvnO0

[Lean Enterprise Inst @LeanDotOrg]

Faster decisions. Strategic alignment that adapts. Efficiency that doesn't require heroic effort.

These outcomes separate lean organizations from those stuck in the tools trap.

The difference isn't tool selection. It's system integration.

Download: https://t.co/1lag88R6TO

[Lean Enterprise Inst @LeanDotOrg]

LEI President Josh Howell argues this habit is starving the movement.

Read the article: https://t.co/gBvcJrgWzr

[Lean Enterprise Inst @LeanDotOrg]

A public hospital, a global home furnishings retailer, an insurer, and a custom window maker are on the same agenda. 

Strip away the industry and the problems look familiar: work that depends on heroics, and improvement that stops.

Learn more https://t.co/BXVPumCXso

[Lean Enterprise Inst @LeanDotOrg]

When the travel budget was cut, Kitagawa fought to send a small team into customers' homes anyway. He knew the Camry would fail without understanding how people actually lived with their cars.

Watch the webinar: https://t.co/3t0j3FMdMN

[Lean Enterprise Inst @LeanDotOrg]

“We make more money now in a month than we did in a year before.” That’s Viwinco CEO Mike Duncan, describing the business after five years of lean work.

Mike Duncan, President and CEO of Viwinco Windows, will share what that took at the 2027 Lean Summit.

https://t.co/JGgU4ANtDP

[Lean Enterprise Inst @LeanDotOrg]

"I need to go see. I need to go learn."

Faced with building a car for a younger generation, Kitagawa admitted his team didn't have the answer, so he went to find it. The humility behind Toyota product development.

Watch the webinar: https://t.co/OPyH2nJ39R

[Lean Enterprise Inst @LeanDotOrg]

A chief engineer carries full responsibility for a product with almost no formal authority over the people who build it. John Shook on the paradox at the heart of Toyota product development.

Watch the full webinar: https://t.co/MqKTv4toUG

Buy the book: https://t.co/vckrtqe2Ks

[Lean Enterprise Inst @LeanDotOrg]

"We can spend years building Lean systems, and it can all be deconstructed within weeks by a leader who no longer believes in it." 

The strongest organizations don't treat Lean as an initiative. They treat it as a competitive advantage. 

Register now: https://t.co/kCoqOn0Kxl

[Lean Enterprise Inst @LeanDotOrg]

Last chance to save $299 on LEI's Designing the Future Workshop and get access to the 1 hr LPPD Overview course.

Register today at https://t.co/rY36NzSmSQ

[Lean Enterprise Inst @LeanDotOrg]

It's here. The Work of a Chief Engineer is the first inside account of Toyota's chief engineer role, written by Naoto Kitagawa, who led the Camry, bB, and Avalon. Foreword by Jim Morgan and John Shook.

Available now: https://t.co/ATYUiX6M6k

[Lean Enterprise Inst @LeanDotOrg]

The most useful lean lessons rarely come from theory.
They come from practitioners who framed a real problem, tested countermeasures, and learned from what didn't work.

That's the spirit of the Lean Global Connection 2026, a free event.

Register free: https://t.co/VQ5O7cuVOX

[Lean Enterprise Inst @LeanDotOrg]

How much of your team's day is spent waiting?

In office work, that waiting is the waste — and because no one can see it, it goes unmeasured and unfixed for years.

The InBox Lean Office Kaizen Simulation teaches you to see it.

Learn more and register: https://t.co/wwWFLmq5u4

[Lean Enterprise Inst @LeanDotOrg]

Almost nothing Fran Noto's senpai taught him at Toyota was written down: how to read wear on a cutting edge, how many times to observe a cycle before trusting the number, how to spot an assumption hiding in a report.

Read the full article: https://t.co/ubx2Breqs1

[Lean Enterprise Inst @LeanDotOrg]

Here are 10 key tips to help you get the most out of Kata, from setting clear measurable targets, to collaborating with the right coaching partnerships.

Read the full article:
https://t.co/VY9XBRquvG

Learn hands on: https://t.co/f2BmWdtxw8

[Lean Enterprise Inst @LeanDotOrg]

The lean transformation wasn't only technical. Viwinco rebuilt line No. 1 for one-piece flow and rebuilt the conditions people work in.

Read Part 2: https://t.co/YNUSQwo1JF

[Lean Enterprise Inst @LeanDotOrg]

Jim Morgan and John Shook are hosting a free webinar on the work of the chief engineer, built around a new book by Naoto Kitagawa.

🎫 Register: https://t.co/9eSdbYGRP2

[Lean Enterprise Inst @LeanDotOrg]

In his article, Drogosz names the four behaviors that separate product teams that gel from teams that just share a calendar.

Read the article: https://t.co/AOhERHuble

Join the next Designing the Future: Lean Product & Process Development workshop: https://t.co/2obKRfJPcL

[Lean Enterprise Inst @LeanDotOrg]

A new piece in the Lean Tech and AI Journal follows an experiment on a custom fabrication line. An engineer spent 40 hours on a time study of a 20-hour job, recording nearly 1,000 rows in Excel, and the operator's job did not change as a result.

https://t.co/Vsn7BLnLp2

[Lean Enterprise Inst @LeanDotOrg]

Senior leaders staffed up their cross-functional teams. More tasks got done on time. So why haven't lead times improved, and why are launches still rocky?

Read the article and see how lean product and process development builds teams that actually gel.
https://t.co/b23tAoC4fW