Here's what you missed in Houston.  500+ attendees. Two days of learning. One incredible community focused on continuous improvement.  Don't miss your chance to be part of the conversation in Los Angeles.  Registrations now open: hubs.li/Q04mqfgj0

LEI President Josh Howell argues this habit is starving the movement. Read the article: hubs.li/Q04BBMLC0

A public hospital, a global home furnishings retailer, an insurer, and a custom window maker are on the same agenda.  Strip away the industry and the problems look familiar: work that depends on heroics, and improvement that stops. Learn more hubs.li/Q04Bfhgc0

When the travel budget was cut, Kitagawa fought to send a small team into customers' homes anyway. He knew the Camry would fail without understanding how people actually lived with their cars. Watch the webinar: hubs.li/Q04zt8jK0

“We make more money now in a month than we did in a year before.” That’s Viwinco CEO Mike Duncan, describing the business after five years of lean work. Mike Duncan, President and CEO of Viwinco Windows, will share what that took at the 2027 Lean Summit. hubs.li/Q04zY0sM0

"I need to go see. I need to go learn." Faced with building a car for a younger generation, Kitagawa admitted his team didn't have the answer, so he went to find it. The humility behind Toyota product development. Watch the webinar: hubs.li/Q04zBNGV0

A chief engineer carries full responsibility for a product with almost no formal authority over the people who build it. John Shook on the paradox at the heart of Toyota product development. Watch the full webinar: hubs.li/Q04zt0K50 Buy the book: hubs.li/Q04zt0ZK0

"We can spend years building Lean systems, and it can all be deconstructed within weeks by a leader who no longer believes in it."  The strongest organizations don't treat Lean as an initiative. They treat it as a competitive advantage.  Register now: hubs.li/Q04zFzbw0

Last chance to save $299 on LEI's Designing the Future Workshop and get access to the 1 hr LPPD Overview course. Register today at bit.ly/4hN7PGj

It's here. The Work of a Chief Engineer is the first inside account of Toyota's chief engineer role, written by Naoto Kitagawa, who led the Camry, bB, and Avalon. Foreword by Jim Morgan and John Shook. Available now: bit.ly/4xYohcV

The most useful lean lessons rarely come from theory. They come from practitioners who framed a real problem, tested countermeasures, and learned from what didn't work. That's the spirit of the Lean Global Connection 2026, a free event. Register free: bit.ly/4zfXkm6

How much of your team's day is spent waiting? In office work, that waiting is the waste — and because no one can see it, it goes unmeasured and unfixed for years. The InBox Lean Office Kaizen Simulation teaches you to see it. Learn more and register: bit.ly/4iUnANT

Almost nothing Fran Noto's senpai taught him at Toyota was written down: how to read wear on a cutting edge, how many times to observe a cycle before trusting the number, how to spot an assumption hiding in a report. Read the full article: hubs.li/Q04yrtsq0

Here are 10 key tips to help you get the most out of Kata, from setting clear measurable targets, to collaborating with the right coaching partnerships. Read the full article: hubs.li/Q04yd2sm0 Learn hands on: hubs.li/Q04yd2xn0

The lean transformation wasn't only technical. Viwinco rebuilt line No. 1 for one-piece flow and rebuilt the conditions people work in. Read Part 2: hubs.ly/Q04y478t0

Jim Morgan and John Shook are hosting a free webinar on the work of the chief engineer, built around a new book by Naoto Kitagawa. 🎫 Register: hubs.li/Q04xYs0m0

In his article, Drogosz names the four behaviors that separate product teams that gel from teams that just share a calendar. Read the article: hubs.li/Q04xRs6d0 Join the next Designing the Future: Lean Product & Process Development workshop: hubs.li/Q04xRs790

A new piece in the Lean Tech and AI Journal follows an experiment on a custom fabrication line. An engineer spent 40 hours on a time study of a 20-hour job, recording nearly 1,000 rows in Excel, and the operator's job did not change as a result. hubs.li/Q04xLg8j0

Senior leaders staffed up their cross-functional teams. More tasks got done on time. So why haven't lead times improved, and why are launches still rocky? Read the article and see how lean product and process development builds teams that actually gel. hubs.li/Q04xKTzB0

A manufacturer doubled its revenue in four years while shipping custom orders in a week, with no finished-goods inventory. From the outside, that looks like a lean business model. Inside, it ran on overtime, large batches, and firefighting. Read more: hubs.ly/Q04xzj2z0

John Shook will keynote the 2027 Lean Summit in Los Angeles.  📅 March 16-17, Los Angeles. 📰 Tier 2 special pricing at $1,799 closes today. 🎫 Register at hubs.li/Q04xzNHX0