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Ain’t no mountain high enough

Learning to tackle today’s challenges for a better tomorrow

At the height of the pandemic, many of us assumed – or hoped – that post-Covid, everything would go “back to normal”. Fast forward a couple of years, and we have the highest inflation in decades, ongoing supply chains disruptions, and low productivity. As if that weren’t enough, we have to deal with the growing threat of climate change and the unpredictable effects of AI, which will no doubt reshape the meaning and mechanics of work.

These new, global problems compound an already complex situation, in which many companies struggle to find and retain talent, develop the right products and services, and align their strategy with the activities carried out at the front line.

But guess what? Lean Thinking can help. After all, it was born to solve problems! Lean has a very clear point of view on each and every one of the challenges the world faces today and can help you to tackle them head-on. We believe that by learning to act and think lean today, your organization can thrive tomorrow in spite of these huge challenges.

This year’s Lean Global Connection will feature organizations from around the globe that are using lean practices to effectively address these nine key challenges:

  • Navigating the Digital landscape in the age of AI
  • Overcoming supply chain disruptions
  • The green revolution: tackling climate change
  • Boosting productivity
  • Battling inflation and the cost of living crisis
  • Talent acquisition, retention and development
  • Aligning strategy with activity
  • Helping meet everyone’s basic needs  (healthcare, food security, respect for diversity in the workplace, lean for sustainability, etc.)
  • Developing new products and services to deliver for customers

It’s not the first time we find ourselves in a tough spot, and it won’t be the last. But, if there is one thing we have learned over the past three decades, it is that, when it comes to lean, ain’t no mountain high enough!


  • Understand what lean has to say about the key challenges facing businesses today
  • Learn from companies that are facing these problems head-on
  • Enjoy 24 hours of lean content

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Sessions

Our complete schedule in chronological order. Listed times are UTC. Calculate your local time here.

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Oil & gas
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Engagement
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Finland
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Malaysia
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Small businesses
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Standardization
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Czechia
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Shipbuilding
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Services
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Germany
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Pharma
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Slovakia
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Production ramp-up
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Brazil
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France
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Ukraine
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Botswana
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Work improvement
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Management
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Toyota
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Textile
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South Africa
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Daily management
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History of lean
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Portugal
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Problem solving
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Value stream mapping
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Future of work
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Maintenance
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Cross-pollination
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Gamification
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Canada
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People development
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Bulgaria
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Agriculture
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Lean office
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Publications
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Taiwan
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Lean leadership
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Argentina
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Quality
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Safety
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Innovation
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Technology
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Startups
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Academia
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Gemba walks
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Hoshin kanri
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Lean assessment
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Process development
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Lean transformation
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Lean coaching
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Panel discussion
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Finance
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Netherlands
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Manufacturing
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Interview
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Poland
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Housing
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United Kingdom
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Construction
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Inflation
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Retail
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The future of lean
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Healthcare
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Hungary
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Meeting basic needs
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Productivity
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Education
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Lean for social good
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Kaizen
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Aligning strategy with activities
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Developing new products and services
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Australia
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Talent acquisition and retention
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Colombia
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Hospitality
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Supply chain
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Digital/AI
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Climate change
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Turkey
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November 30, 2023
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Welcome to the Lean Global Connection
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November 21, 2024
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Opening: Welcome to LGC 2024
Christopher Thompson
Roberto Priolo
Cevdet Özdoğan
Josh Howell
René Aernoudts
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November 30, 2023
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Main Stage - TBD
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November 21, 2024
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Adapting Lean for a changing world
Jim Womack
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November 30, 2023
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Main Stage - Unlocking the secrets of a Dojo
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November 21, 2024
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Leading in a new reality: Nestlé Chile's digital transformation
Valery Vargas
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November 30, 2023
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Session - Achieving medical cart innovations with LPPD
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November 21, 2024
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Managing (without) problems
Nestor Gavilan
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November 30, 2023
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Main Stage - Jabil Uzhgorod: lean tools in a war crisis
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November 21, 2024
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Advancing efficiency and customer-centric solutions
Tuba Yavuz
Melda Özkahraman
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November 30, 2023
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Session - "Frugal Management": the sustainability of value
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November 21, 2024
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Transforming GE Appliances through innovation, co-creation, and customer focus
Dave Leone
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November 30, 2023
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Session - Lean in sales at a Chilean company
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November 21, 2024
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Tartine challenge serious game
Frédéric Buono-Blondel
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November 30, 2023
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Session - Problem solving lessons for the IT industry: the TurkTelekom experience
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November 21, 2024
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Daily Management to solve problems and develop people, every day
José Roberto Ferro
Fabio Vila Bela
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November 30, 2023
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Main Stage - A discussion about lean and supply chains
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November 21, 2024
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From silos to synergy
Natalia Jażdżewska
Marta Maciejewska
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November 30, 2023
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Session - Upgrade to Hospitality Excellence
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November 21, 2024
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The "boring" principles that will make you rethink your lean strategy
Marek Demčák
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November 30, 2023
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Main Stage - Failing to succeed: a Toyota Kata story in the digital age
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November 21, 2024
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Reach the full potential of kanban in the whole supply chain with digitalization
Francesco Dall'Oca
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November 30, 2023
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Session - Why companies fail when they can't engage people
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November 21, 2024
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Ten years down the lean road
Béla Kelemen
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November 30, 2023
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Session - Improving a hospital's warehouse management to reduce costs and free up time
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November 21, 2024
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Avianca: flying high with Lean
Gustavo Aristizabal
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November 30, 2023
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Main Stage - The Lean Quiz
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November 21, 2024
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Upgrade to Hospitality Excellence
Oriol Cuatrecasas
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November 30, 2023
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Session - Using Lean to execute a sales and marketing strategy: a CEO's point of view
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November 21, 2024
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Uncertain: How unsureness can drive lean success
Maggie Jackson
Tracy Defoe
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November 30, 2023
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Session - Khenda: bridging manual operations and digitization
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November 21, 2024
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Implementing lean and building a culture of continuous improvement
John Alfonso
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November 30, 2023
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Main Stage: Talent acquisition and retention | Panel discussion
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November 21, 2024
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Self-reliant lean
Brian Chilton
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November 30, 2023
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Session - How Lean empowers NGOs to help more people in a better way
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November 21, 2024
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Why automation fails: barriers to technology adoption in manufacturing
Ben Armstrong
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November 30, 2023
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Main Stage - Transformation a hotel kitchen: a story from an amusement park
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November 21, 2024
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Lean and the customer experience
Lalis Fontcuberta
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November 30, 2023
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Session - Synlab: Applying Lean to improve customer experience at blood collection points
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November 21, 2024
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Assessing lean maturity at an Audi Hungary car plant
Ádám Horváth
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November 30, 2023
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Session - How to touch a North Star: bridging strategy and execution
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November 21, 2024
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The Lean Quiz
René Aernoudts
Henk van Hoven
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November 30, 2023
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Main Stage - Mix well: applying TWI in a pharmaceutical laboratory
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November 21, 2024
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The CEOs corner
Kjeld Aij
Krystian Zurek
Geoff Miller
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November 30, 2023
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Session - Moving from launch re-work to launch readiness
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November 21, 2024
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Adapt, go digital, and shape the future
Sergio Caldeirinha
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November 30, 2023
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Session - Lean accounting: how to think and practice for proper financial impact
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November 21, 2024
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Experiment: the lean pop-up restaurant
Oriol Cuatrecasas
Elsa Vidal
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November 30, 2023
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Main Stage - How Hologic introduced Rapid Problem Solving
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November 21, 2024
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Fishing for a new model: AquaChile's steps towards a lean transformation
Stefan Westermeyer
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November 30, 2023
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Main Stage - Aligning strategy with activity | Panel Discussion
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November 21, 2024
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A compass in the perfect storm
Gianluca Salfi
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November 30, 2023
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Session - Dojo: the art of teaching
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November 21, 2024
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Lean Transformation Research
David Brunt
David Marriott
Peter Watkins
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November 30, 2023
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Main Stage - Lean in hospital labs in Argentina and China
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November 21, 2024
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The System Architect's Manifesto: Designing for Transformation
Carlos Frederico Pinto
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November 30, 2023
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Session - Offering a helping hand to suppliers
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November 21, 2024
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The breakfast buffet simulation
Masia Goodman
Ülkü Kulaç
Haiyan Bai
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November 30, 2023
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Session - Winpack: lean in a recycling plant
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November 21, 2024
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People-centric, intelligent, decentralized management
Fábio Regis de Albuquerque
Felipe Regis Albuquerque
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November 30, 2023
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Main Stage - Leadership for Lean Transformation: the GRYB case
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November 21, 2024
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Developing daily management to provide better value to customers
Jeffrey Cleveland
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November 30, 2023
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Main Stage - Sustainable improvement requires continuous people development
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November 21, 2024
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Two things that will strengthen the sustainment of your lean transformation
Lynn Kelley
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November 30, 2023
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Session - Developing lean practices in agriculture for a more sustainable world
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November 21, 2024
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Create a lean culture
Art Byrne
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November 30, 2023
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Session - Using AI to automate a royalties payment process
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November 21, 2024
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Amplifying technology delivery using Kata
Kort Branscome
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November 30, 2023
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Main Stage - Bringing lean to 6,000 SMEs
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November 21, 2024
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The people side of lean: individual growth and culture of respect
Nadimuttu Ravichandran
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November 30, 2023
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Main Stage - Lean crosses borders!
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November 21, 2024
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Daily management as the enabler of a problem-solving culture
Talissia Nezello Tanio
Eduardo Takahashi
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November 30, 2023
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Session - Working in cells to create more business opportunities
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November 21, 2024
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Challenging our logistics to find new opportunities
Jaime Marquez
Christian Compagnon
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November 30, 2023
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Session - Lean for humanitarian work
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November 21, 2024
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A3 Thinking for inclusive strategy development
Lex Schroeder
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November 30, 2023
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Session - Providing more meals for impoverished people
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November 21, 2024
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Maximizing the efficiency of a surgical center
Javier Sala Mercado
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November 30, 2023
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Main Stage - Software is eating the world, and AI is changing the menu
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November 21, 2024
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Lean cost management: adopting lean-oriented analytical methods
Nick Katko
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November 30, 2023
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Session - Lean at the end of the world
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November 21, 2024
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Achieving workforce stability
Robert Martichenko
Matt Melrose
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November 30, 2023
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Main Stage - Avianca: New management habits and routines for sustainable operations
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November 21, 2024
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The Enterprise Management System
Rodrigo Calderón
Juan Manuel Jordan
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November 30, 2023
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Session - The cost of waste in healthcare
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November 21, 2024
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Navigating change: a lean transformation in local media
Gino Gaudreau
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November 30, 2023
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Main Stage - You can't sit in two chairs at once... or can you?
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November 21, 2024
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Practitioner stories: A3 Thinking for inclusive and effective strategy development
Lex Schroeder
Nadia N. Butt
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Margie Hagene
William Huen
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November 30, 2023
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Session - VSM for your employees' lifecycle
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November 21, 2024
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Thinking about Lean Thinking Part IV: Lean Thinking and Paradox Mindset
John Shook
Rachel Reuter
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December 1, 2023
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Session - Using the Lean Transformation Framework to build Amazon Australia
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November 21, 2024
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Adapting to keep the fidelity of lean principles in practice
Susan O'Neill
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December 1, 2023
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Session - Lean for knowledge work
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November 21, 2024
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Optimizing operations for early breast cancer detection
Stephanie Beery
Karla Bouzas
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December 1, 2023
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Main Stage - Meeting basic needs: panel discussion
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November 22, 2024
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Psychological safety as the foundation for lean management
Mark Graban
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December 1, 2023
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Session - Real time, visual practice: End-to-end across the South Australian Healthcare System
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November 22, 2024
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GE HealthCare’s lean enterprise transformation: 6 years of learning and progress
Matt Zayko
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December 1, 2023
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Session - Meeting basic needs: panel discussion (CONTINUED)
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November 22, 2024
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Future of people at work: key themes for lean's future
Eric Olsen
Josh Howell

Keynote speakers

A full list of our keynote speakers

Terry Platchek
Vice President of Performance Improvement and Associate Chief Quality Officer, Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine |
Vice President of Performance Improvement and Associate Chief Quality Officer, Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine
Tiina Partanen
Head of Sustainability and PMO | Foamit Group
Head of Sustainability and PMO
Tomasz Koch
President | Lean Enterprise Instituto Polska - Poland
President
Ton van Kollenburg
Professor of Impactful Value Chains | Avans University of Applied Sciences
Professor of Impactful Value Chains
Tracy Defoe
Adult educator, Kata coach, co-founder of Kata Girl Geeks and Kata School Cascadia |
Adult educator, Kata coach, co-founder of Kata Girl Geeks and Kata School Cascadia
Tracy Xie
Sustainability, energy transition and e-mobility expert - Singapore |
Sustainability, energy transition and e-mobility expert - Singapore
Tuba Yavuz
Product Marketing Manager at Omron Industrial Automation Europe, Turkey |
Product Marketing Manager at Omron Industrial Automation Europe, Turkey
Valery Vargas
Corporate Data & Analytics Manager at Nestlé |
Corporate Data & Analytics Manager at Nestlé
Verka Alexieva
General Manager, LEM Bulgaria |
General Manager, LEM Bulgaria
Veronika Gregorkova
Founder | Lean Institute Slovakia
Founder
Viktor Majoros
Value Stream Manager | Coloplast
Value Stream Manager
Volodymyr Kovalenko
Chief Operating Officer at Fabiosa Media, Ukraine |
Chief Operating Officer at Fabiosa Media, Ukraine
Vưu Lệ Quyên
CEO at Biti's |
CEO at Biti's
William Huen
Associate Chief Medical Officer at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center - UCSF |
Associate Chief Medical Officer at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center - UCSF
William Luo
Lean Healthcare Managing Director | Lean Enterprise China
Lean Healthcare Managing Director
William Yu
President of Lean Enterprise China and President of Honeywell China |
President of Lean Enterprise China and President of Honeywell China
Wilvan Wee
Director of Lean & Continuous Improvement | Singapore Airlines Engineering
Director of Lean & Continuous Improvement
Wojciech Mrzyglod
Director of APM Production at inPost, Poland |
Director of APM Production at inPost, Poland
Yaqui Yin
CEO of Shenzhen Qianhai Hengbaishi Asset Management Co., China |
CEO of Shenzhen Qianhai Hengbaishi Asset Management Co., China
Yi-Hsuan Liu
Master student | National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Master student
Yordan Kavalov
Management Consultant | Lean Institute Bulgaria
Management Consultant
Yu-Hsiu Hung
Professor | National Cheng Kung University - Taiwan
Professor
Yu-Qian Chen
Master student | National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Master student
Zach Kauffman
Director Of Manufacturing Operations | Viwinco Windows
Director Of Manufacturing Operations
Zoltán Auer
Operational Excellence Lead | Mylan Hungary Kft.
Operational Excellence Lead
Ádám Horváth
Lean Project Manager at Audi Hungaria |
Lean Project Manager at Audi Hungaria
Ádám Juhász
Lean Line Project Manager at GE Hungary Kft. |
Lean Line Project Manager at GE Hungary Kft.
Özge Barlas
Lean Manufacturing Expert | Khenda
Lean Manufacturing Expert
Ülkü Kulaç
General Secretary | Lean Institute Turkey
General Secretary