Lean Enterprise Institute Inc

Programs: Lean workshops - the institute's workshops deliver practical and comprehensive content about the key elements of lean knowledge and how to implement them.

lean publications - sales of lei workbooks, reference books that explain the roots of lean and related products that support the implementation of lean.

co-learning partners - institute personnel work with organizations desiring to support the institute's non-profit, education and research mission by participating in leadership development and co-learning activities as part of the organization's learning and improvement strategy. Typically the co-learning partnership consist of activities in five core areas: 1) executive leadership engagement; 2) training and capability development; 3) co-learning projects or experiments; 4) interaction with lei partners and the lei community; and 5) documentation and research.

lean events - events highlighting organizations that have sustained the lean journey which is designed to integrate value streams to create pull for the institute's offerings. Speaking and assessments - institute personnel speak and teach at conferences and events on the topic of lean thinking. Lean research - a management research project to better understand why some organizations are able to sustain lean transformations and others encounter problems and challenges that stall or end the implementation of lean thinking and practices. The project will focus on the role of managers and management systems in both successful and unsuccessful transformations. New educational programs and learning materials will be developed from this research. Public service value network - the objectives are to better understand the problems and needs public service organizations are experiencing, learn how public service agencies and organizations are attempting to improve, and explore the development of new lean communities of practice where they can make an impact. The institute reaches out to organizations in the public service world to understand what work is already being done and what experiments people are running. The institute is in the process of exploring partnerships with organizations already doing work in this social good space.