Lean
Expert
Lead with Lean. Transform your organization.
- Format: In-person, live online, or blended
- Duration: 4–6 intensive days (customizable for corporate deployment)
- Methodology: • Executive workshops • Advanced simulations • Real value stream redesign • Case studies • Team-based improvement labs • Leadership coaching
As organizations progress in their Lean journey, the need arises for highly capable internal experts who can lead large-scale transformation, coach teams, and integrate Lean into strategy, culture, and operations.
The Lean Expert program is an advanced, enterprise-level course designed for experienced practitioners who aim to:
- Operate as transformation leaders
- Guide end-to-end value stream redesign
- Deploy Lean at scale across functions
- Coach teams and support change management
- Deliver measurable business impact
This certification elevates participants from skilled practitioners to Lean transformation architects, capable of driving systemic, sustainable excellence across the entire organization.
Learning Objectives
By the end of the program, participants will be able to:
- Lead Lean transformation programs across multiple functions
- Apply advanced Lean tools to optimize value streams end-to-end
- Facilitate complex Kaizen events and strategy workshops
- Align Lean initiatives with corporate strategy and business objectives
- Integrate Lean with Digital, Automation, and Agile transformation
- Build and coach high-performing Lean teams
- Develop Lean governance systems and performance dashboards
- Drive cultural change and sustain long-term improvement
Target Audience
Ideal for leaders and professionals who play a central role in organizational transformation:
• Lean Practitioners / Coordinators
• Operational Excellence Managers
• Transformation Leaders & Value Stream Managers
• Senior Black Belts / Master Black Belts
• Program Leaders & Continuous Improvement Managers
• Process Owners & Senior Operations Leaders
Industries Served
The Lean Expert program applies to all sectors pursuing advanced operational excellence:
• Manufacturing — flow, Lead Time, global OEE improvement
• Banking & Insurance — efficiency, quality, regulation, risk
• Asset & Wealth Management — operational reliability, process redesign
• Luxury & Retail — excellence, service, margin optimization
• Pharma & Healthcare — compliance, throughput, patient flow
• Services & Logistics — workflow simplification & digital enablement
• Energy & Utilities — process stability, governance, cost performance
Certification
Participants receive the Lean Expert Certification, validating their ability to:
• Lead Lean transformation initiatives at enterprise scale
• Coach and mentor improvement teams
• Redesign end-to-end value streams
• Deliver measurable, sustained business results
Certification requires:
• Participation in training
• Completion of applied exercises
• Final project or case-based assessment
Course Content
- Lean maturity models and enterprise deployment
- Strategy deployment using Hoshin Kanri
- Lean & digital transformation integration
- Systemic flow optimization and bottleneck elimination
- End-to-end value stream mapping & redesign
- Advanced VSM tools and Lean flow diagnostics
- Capacity, takt time, workload balancing
- Cross-functional coordination & system thinking
- A3 problem solving at expert level
- SMED, Kanban systems, JIT, Jidoka
- Visual management for alignment and performance
- Lean in transactional, service, and digital processes
- Designing and facilitating Kaizen events
- Cultural enablers for successful facilitation
- Coaching teams for daily improvement
- Leading change with influence & psychological safety
- KPI frameworks and performance dashboards
- Lean Management System (LMS) design
- Governance routines for operational excellence
- Measuring and sustaining long-term transformation
- Leadership behaviors that create Lean culture
- Capability building and talent development
- Engagement models and communication strategies
- The role of Lean Experts in enterprise transformation
- Become an enterprise-level Lean transformation leader
- Master advanced tools that improve performance at scale
- Build authority and influence in operational excellence
- Support sustained cultural and strategic change
- Accelerate measurable impact across your organization
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