Something Special Is Coming - UK Lean Summit 2026. We’re excited to share a major development for next year’s UK Lean Summit on the 29th April in Liverpool. n the meantime, check out our YouTube Channel for content from our 2025 Summit 👉

As part of our ongoing effort to make the best quality learning materials and processes accessible at an affordable price, we now opened up our Core Leadership Skills - Skill Level 1: Knowledge online course FREE to access. Access for for FREE here 👉

To support both our purpose and our customers, the Lean Enterprise Academy's activities are structured around three core processes (we call them value streams); Learn, Teach & Coach and Share. Learn more about what we do on our website:

At GHU Paris, leadership pairs strategy with gemba visits, 5C problem-solving, and cross-functional learning to create a resilient, people-centered improvement culture in psychiatric care. Read the latest article on Planet Lean here:

Read our Senior Lean Coach David Marriott's reflections on his first 90 days at Toyota, in particular how they develop capability and what he learnt. 🧠. Access the article here 👉

We recommend that managers and executives embarking on their lean journey, answer fundamental questions (rather than copying solutions from elsewhere). These can be organised around the issues of purpose, process and people:

in Four Types of Problems, learn how to advance from treating “abnormal conditions”, to more robust problem-solving routines that develop people and create a more diverse continuous improvement culture. Available here:

In this Planet Lean article, Miguel Pastor Furelos explores how SKC embraced Lean Thinking as a cultural shift – one that empowers people, transforms leadership, and shows how true sustainability starts with human growth. Read the article here:

Proditec, a French SME, transformed its engineering approach through continuous learning, radical redesign, and user-driven innovation, evolving into a lean, resilient company with a strong culture of development. Read the latest Planet Lean article:

Rooted in Purpose, Process and respect for People, Lean is about providing the most value for the customer while minimising resources, time, energy and effort. 🔍 Curious about Lean and where it all began?. Discover the origins of Lean thinking:.👉

In Step 1 (Concern) for Rapid Problem Solving we need to identify "What’s the Gap?" or in other words "What problem are we trying to solve?". Learn more about 4 Step Rapid Problem Solving with our learning processes and materials here:

How can organisations develop strategy, align teams, grow leaders, and innovate - all at once?. 🎥 Learn more by watching our latest YouTube upload Hoshin Kanri: Managing on Purpose here:

How can we support you on your Lean journey?. At the Lean Enterprise Academy, we offer both on-site and online teaching and coaching to help teams build internal capability and confidently apply Lean thinking and practice. ✉️ info@leanuk.org .➡️

Managing to Learn by Toyota veteran John Shook, reveals the thinking underlying the vital A3 management process at the heart of lean management and lean leadership. Pick up your copy here:

Learn how Lean Thinking and the establishment of Communities of Practice are transforming automotive reconditioning at Aramis Group. Read the latest Planet Lean article here: .

Now live on our YouTube channel - our first UK Lean Summit 2025 presentation!. Our CEO David Brunt, explores the key questions at the heart of Lean Practice and offers guidance on how to apply lean thinking to the challenges within your organisation.

Embracing lean is like painting: tools are colors, respect for people is the brush, and true change blends both with intention. Read the latest Planet Lean article here:

Lean Thinking remains vital - but must now adapt to disruption with resilience, flexibility, and human-centric systems, says Jim Womack. Read Jim's latest article on Planet Lean:

At the UK Lean Summit 2025, Oliver Conger (CEO) will share how British Rototherm uses lean thinking and practice and how they have benefitted from the Welsh Development Agency’s Lean Clusters programme and the lessons learned from working with Toyota.

Struggling to find high quality lean materials?. Our learning platform has a range of online course, webinars, teach posters, facilitation guides, delegate workbooks and other resources to help support your organisations lean journey. Learn more here: