After 25+ years in lean education and watching countless organizations struggle to send teams to public workshops, we've learned something important: the best learning happens where you work. That's why Central Coast Lean is transforming how we deliver lean education. Instead of asking you to come to us, we're coming to you. From Fixed Dates to Your Schedule Traditional public workshops lock you into specific dates that rarely align with production schedules, project deadlines, or team...

Created by Eric O Olsen  with assistance from Claude.AI For years, Central Coast Lean has operated under the banner of "Committed to Operational Excellence." It's served us well. But as our lean journey has deepened, we've been searching for language that better captures what we're actually trying to do—and that invites more people into the conversation. So we're making a change. Our new motto is simply: Easier, Better, Faster Why the Change? When someone at a grocery store or coffee shop...

Insights from November's Virtual Lean Coffee "I don't have the answer. Ideally, we would just develop people and not worry about if there's ROI on it. But for the less enlightened people who are out in the world, they're still looking for how do you measure, calculate? How can I justify spending time developing my people?" This question cut straight to a challenge that lean practitioners face daily: proving the value of investing in people when financial spreadsheets demand immediate,...