Press Releases
November 22, 2016
Companies Struggle to Connect People to Corporate Goals
Lean Enterprise Institute COO Mark Reich, an experienced strategic planner, says the missing link between employees and goals is a process known as Strategy Deployment.
Read moreOctober 25, 2016
Flow, Flow, Flow! It’s the CIOs Real Job
The main responsibility of CIOs and other information technology managers is to create an environment for work to flow, according to John Shook, CEO, Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI) and Alice Lee, LEI executive director, writing in a special workflow edition of CIO Review.
Read moreOctober 13, 2016
UC Berkeley School of Public Health Opens New Center for Lean Engagement and Research in Healthcare
LEI will co-sponsor CLEAR, the Center for Lean Engagement and Research, an effort to improve hospital care organized by the UC Berkeley School of Public Health and the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value.
Read moreSeptember 16, 2016
Lean Accounting Awards from the Lean Enterprise Institute Recognize the Research of Professor and Student
Professor Andrew Bargerstock, PhD, and PhD student Ye Shi won the awards for their work developing case studies illustrating how to “kaizen” or continuously improve accounts payable processes using lean management principles.
Read moreSeptember 12, 2016
How Strategy Deployment Aligns People with Company Objectives
Lean Enterprise Institute COO Mark Reich, who applied strategy deployment at Toyota, will teach workshop attendees at the 2016 AME conference how the powerful planning methodology aligns people's activities with strategic objectives.
Read moreJune 13, 2016
Haier Gets “Tremendous Capability” in GE Appliances Deal
Five years of applying lean principles at Appliance Park is paying off, according to John Shook, CEO, Lean Enterprise Institute.
Read moreApril 25, 2016
Product Development Success Hinges on People not Processes or Tools
But companies get more excited about installing new equipment than developing people, according to an article in Sloan Management Review by Lean Enterprise Institute researchers.
Read moreApril 5, 2016
Healthcare Leaders to Share Innovations in Care, Payment Reform, and Treatment Transparency
The 2016 Lean Healthcare Summit helps providers, insurers, employers, and government agencies learn, share, and connect on sustainable healthcare reform.
Read moreJanuary 4, 2016
Lean Enterprise Institute Announces Keynote Lineup of “Game-Changers” for Annual Summit
Executives and change agents from solar energy, IT, and restaurant businesses will reveal how their lean transformations are disrupting industries.
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