…stumbling through meetings battling cultural resistance…
…being overwhelmed by lean complexity…
Give yourself a training curriculum to lay a lean foundation. all it takes is a 2 minute video, once a day, for 2-3 months.
I know how daunting it can be to start teaching your team about Lean. You don’t always know what to say and you’re burdened everyday preparing for tomorrow’s meeting when you should be free to focus on your team.
I care about making this easy for you, which is why I made the Lean Foundations course. In just two minutes a day, you’re effectively building a foundation for Lean, brick-by-brick.
– Daniel
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Learn the ideas that make Lean last
Lean isn’t just about tools—it’s about building a culture that endures. This course gives your team the timeless principles and mindset needed to make Lean stick for the long run. You’ll gain the clarity and confidence to build a foundation that supports real, lasting change.
Educate, Engage, and Persuade with Ease
Teaching Lean doesn’t have to be complicated. These lessons make it simple to explain core concepts in a way that clicks with your team. Whether you’re a seasoned facilitator or just starting out, you’ll have the language, stories, and clarity to win hearts and minds.
Solve Culture Problems Before They’re A Problem
Many Lean initiatives fail because cultural issues are ignored until it’s too late. This course helps you get ahead of the curve by laying a strong cultural foundation from the start. You’ll prevent common pitfalls, reduce resistance, and set your organization up for sustainable success.
How Long It Takes…
One 2-minute video a day, for 2-3 months!
Curriculum:
23+ Videos
46+ Minutes
What’s Inside The Course
1. Lean is a New Language
Lean is like entering a new culture—it has its own language, values, and depth that take time to learn.
Language shapes culture; shared Lean vocabulary builds identity, belonging, and clearer thinking.
Stay curious and open—understanding Lean terms helps you see waste and work differently.
2. Lean is About Eliminating Struggle
At its core, Lean reduces the daily struggles people face at work.
Improvements happen when processes—not people—are fixed to make work safer, easier, and clearer.
Even small efforts to remove struggle create lasting change and better performance for everyone.
3. Lean is About Respect for People
The heart of Lean is respect: we improve because people’s time, safety, and well-being matter.
Lean is not about squeezing more out of people but giving back through better processes.
True improvement flows from care and respect—for coworkers, customers, and the broader community.
4. Lean is About Teamwork
Lean thrives when people work together, not as isolated individuals.
Broken processes cause friction and weaken teamwork, while improving processes strengthens it.
As processes improve, coordination gets easier, morale rises, and real team culture forms.
5. Lean is About Service
Every role exists to serve someone—customers, teammates, or other departments.
Lean is a mindset of removing struggle and respecting others through excellent service.
A culture of service creates value for others and brings joy and fulfillment to the one serving.
6. Lean is About Process
When problems happen, focus on the process, not the person—broken processes cause inconsistent results, even with good people.
Strong processes reduce blame, build teamwork, and make success repeatable.
Fixing the process creates lasting improvement and helps everyone thrive.
7. Lean is About Progress
Improvement is rarely linear—expect three steps forward, two steps back.
Progress depends on culture: support each other through setbacks, don’t criticize from the sidelines.
Be kind to people and critical of processes; persistence and curiosity drive lasting improvement.
8. Lean is About Experimentation
Stop overthinking and debating ideas—try things. Real learning happens through hands-on experimentation.
Start small, learn fast, adjust, and keep going; the first idea gets the ball rolling, not finishes the race.
Support others’ experiments too—shared learning accelerates improvement.
9. Lean is About Standardization
Every process can be standardized, and standards enable teamwork, safety, quality, and productivity.
Like a sports playbook, standards align the team so everyone performs together, not individually.
Standards don’t restrict—they empower improvement and provide a shared foundation for excellence.
10. Lean is About Improving Standards
Continuous improvement is really continuous standardization: start with a standard, improve it, then update it.
Without a standard, “improvements” just add more variation and confusion.
Locking in gains through updated standards keeps progress from slipping away.
11. Standards Create Repeatability
Without standards, work varies, chaos grows, and firefighting never ends.
Standards create predictable, repeatable results—the foundation of a calm, controlled workplace.
With repeatability, problems stand out clearly, making real improvement possible.
12. Standardization Will Test Your Teamwork
Standardizing means agreeing on the best way to work as a team, not just individually.
It requires openness, compromise, and shared responsibility to build standards everyone can follow.
Standardization strengthens teams when they communicate, train well, and hold each other accountable.
13. Problem Solving With Standards
Fix problems for good using a simple, repeatable three-question method.
Create stable, predictable processes by clarifying and improving standards.
Strengthen your team with a blame-free approach that boosts training and consistency.
14. Building Lean Culture
Understand the true foundation of Lean so your improvements actually stick.
Learn why respect for people is the engine of every successful Lean culture.
Build systems and habits that create engagement, trust, and lasting kaizen.
15. Stop and Fix
Escape the cycle of firefighting by learning when and how to stop and fix problems.
Build stability and flow by solving issues instead of working around them.
Create a culture where leaders support real improvement and daily struggles disappear.
16. Small Improvements Add Up
See how tiny daily improvements create massive long-term results.
Discover why consistency—not big projects—drives real transformation.
Build momentum and culture by making small fixes that pay you back every day.
17. Go and See
Make smarter decisions by seeing real conditions instead of relying on assumptions.
Spot hidden waste and struggles you’d never notice from reports or meetings.
Build accuracy, respect, and trust by going to the source before acting.
18. 3S Basics
Create a safer, cleaner, more efficient workspace in just minutes a day.
Build the habits that lead to real standardization and continuous improvement.
Reduce chaos and clutter by giving everything a clear home everyone can maintain.
19. Always Start With Sort
Clear clutter fast so your workspace becomes safer, simpler, and easier to use.
Avoid wasted effort by improving only what truly needs to stay.
Build shared ownership by sorting together and making smarter decisions as a team.
20. Sweep and Look For Problems
Make your workspace cleaner, safer, and more reliable with mindful daily sweeping.
Spot hidden issues early by inspecting equipment and tools while you clean.
Maintain strong standards by fixing small abnormalities before they become big problems.
21. Standardize As You Go
Keep your workspace from slipping back into chaos with simple, clear standards.
Save time by giving every item a consistent home that prevents loss and confusion.
Lock in good habits with labels, outlines, and visual cues that maintain order automatically.
22. If All You Did Was 3S
Get ahead of most organizations by mastering simple daily 3S habits.
Reduce stress and firefighting by restoring order and stability to daily work.
Build the discipline and teamwork needed for everything else in Lean to succeed.
23. Follow The Process Through
Make improvements stick by finishing the job instead of leaving loose ends.
Reduce rework and confusion by aligning standards, visuals, and systems with reality.
Build momentum by spreading successful changes so the whole team benefits.
And more!
Make It Safe!
You Must Learn To See Waste
Waste Is A Critique Of The Process
Be At War With Waste
You Must Learn To See Variation
You Must Learn To See Over Burden
Improvement Criteria
Lean Is About Small Experiments
Problems Are Opportunities
The Answer Should Be Where The Question Is Asked
Never Stop Thinking (TPS = thinking production system)
