Lean Management Training for Change Agents from the Lean Enterprise Institute

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(Business Wire)--
Lean change agents and thought leaders will gather Aug. 25-27 in Detroit at the
Change Agent Symposium to hone their skills in culture change, overcoming
resistance, A3 management, value-stream mapping, and many other courses
essential to successful lean transformations in manufacturing, service, and
healthcare companies.

Besides workshops on technical tools and management, attendees will get
practical advice each day from special luncheon speakers:

- Aug. 25: Jim Womack, LEI founder and chairman, co-author of The Machine That
Changed the World, Lean Thinking, Seeing the Whole, and Lean Solutions.

- Aug. 26: Mike Hoseus, executive director, Center for Quality People &
Organizations, co-author of Toyota Culture.

- Aug. 27: John Shook, LEI senior advisor, co-author of Learning to See, and
author of Managing to Learn.

The following workshops will run from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency
Dearborn, MI.

Tues., Aug. 25
Value-Stream Mapping for the Office and Service
Change Agent Skills for Lean Implementation Leaders (2 days)
Sustainable Lean Culture: Connecting the "Product" and "People" Value Streams (2
days)
Made to Order Lean: Excelling in a High Mix, Low Volume Environment
Value-Stream Mapping for Healthcare

Wed., Aug. 26
Managing Value-Stream Improvement Projects (2 days)
Managing to Learn: The Use of the A3 Management Process (2 days)

Thurs., Aug. 27
Training to See: An Orientation to the Value-Stream Mapping Kit for
Manufacturing
Mapping to See: An Orientation to the Value-Stream Improvement Kit for Office &
Services

One-day workshops are $800. Two-day workshops are $1600. Price includes tuition,
training materials, breakfast, lunch, and snacks. Discounts of 12.5% are
available for taking multiple classes or for sending multiple attendees.

For complete details go to: http://lean.org/events/change_agent_symposium.html,
call (617) 871-2900, or email registrar@lean.org. To bring a workshop to your
site, call (617) 871-2900.

About the Lean Enterprise Institute

The Lean Enterprise Institute, Inc. was founded in 1997 by management expert
James P. Womack, Ph.D., as a nonprofit research, education, publishing, and
conferencing company with a mission to advance lean thinking around the world.
We teach courses, hold management seminars, write and publish books and
workbooks, and organize public and private conferences. For more information
visit LEI at http://www.lean.org. Lean Enterprise Institute and the leaper image
are registered trademarks of Lean Enterprise Institute, Inc.

Lean Enterprise Institute
Chet Marchwinski, 617-871-2930
cmarchwinski@lean.org

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