Teaching LEAN

Lean Education Academic Network (LEAN) is a group of university educators dedicated to the task of implementing lean education in US higher academia, as well as continuous improvement of lean education in the classroom through sharing of knowledge and teaching materials, collaboration, and networking among colleagues.

We seek to engage leaders from industry and academe in developing new approaches to teaching university students lean thinking. We believe that the test of success is the number of students exposed to lean thinking and the extent to which our students are prepared to contribute to lean implementations across all enterprise functions.

Steering Committee Members

• Peter Ward, The Ohio State University (Director)
• Art Hill, University of Minnesota
• Bo Oppenheim, Loyola Marymount University
• Bill Parr, China Europe International Business School
• Randy Cook, Utah State University
• Helen Zak, Lean Enterprise Institute