Understanding the Modern Lean Office

Lean is not just for manufacturing environments, but also the office. This course provides context for the modern office in the Lean world.

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Course Overview

Lean is not just for manufacturing environments, but also the office. This course provides context for the modern office in the Lean world.  You will learn the characteristics of a Lean team that promote group goals, teamwork, and cooperation. This course also focuses on revealing people’s hidden talents to allow cross-functional teams to work efficiently.

This is a great place to get started when seeking to apply Lean to office environments, as it will give you a thorough understanding of the benefits that Lean will bring.

Why take this course?

Before taking on any improvement effort, it is important to know why and how it is effective. This course will prepare you with the why and how of the Lean office.

What am I going to learn?

  • Characteristics of Lean thinking
  • How teamwork and goal setting are important for Lean
  • How Lean problem solving improves through cross-functional teams
  • How lean develops people’s hidden talents
  • How Lean principles and methods apply to the office
  • How the concepts of flow applies to office environment
  • The importance of tracking metrics and making them available

Who is the intended audience?

Anyone who is interested in Lean for the Office

What are the prerequisites?

As an introductory course, it is designed to be accessible for people of any knowledge level.

What am I going to receive?

  • Videos that outline the benefits and principles of Lean in the Office
  • PDF transcripts for your review
  • A list of the terms used in the videos and their definitions
  • Power Point presentations to support your learning
  • Images from the videos to use as you wish
  • A badge rewarded upon successful completion of the course

Course Curriculum

Building a Lean Team in the Office00:00
The Value of Lean Thinking in the Modern Office00:00
Quiz – Understanding the Modern Lean Office00:15

Course Reviews

  1. Avatar of Nadeem Malibari Nadeem says:
    August 31, 2019 at 2:42 am

    great
    great and very short course

  2. Avatar of Ilkka Taponen Ilkka says:
    August 8, 2019 at 10:57 am

    Good and but too short
    I would have liked a deeper dive to the topic.

  3. Avatar of Murthala Muthunabeen Murthala says:
    July 24, 2019 at 1:57 pm

    Lean Office
    nice understanding

  4. Avatar of Murthala Muthunabeen Murthala says:
    July 24, 2019 at 1:57 pm

    Lean Office
    nice undestanding

  5. Avatar of Richard Nieboer Richard says:
    January 12, 2015 at 9:19 am

    Quiz and Badges
    Was able to achieve a 100% on the quiz. I got a badge as well.

  6. Avatar of Richard Nieboer Richard says:
    January 12, 2015 at 8:58 am

    Overview of Lean Office Course
    Overall I enjoyed the course and like the composition of the video and how the questions linked to the nuances of the videos.

  7. Avatar of Pat Andersson Pat says:
    October 8, 2014 at 5:27 am

    Lean Office Principles
    Good basic course. Perhaps to support storytelling with picturing key words too to speed up learning process. Overall good!

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Course Reviews

  1. Avatar of Nadeem Malibari Nadeem says:
    August 31, 2019 at 2:42 am

    great
    great and very short course

  2. Avatar of Ilkka Taponen Ilkka says:
    August 8, 2019 at 10:57 am

    Good and but too short
    I would have liked a deeper dive to the topic.

  3. Avatar of Murthala Muthunabeen Murthala says:
    July 24, 2019 at 1:57 pm

    Lean Office
    nice understanding

  4. Avatar of Murthala Muthunabeen Murthala says:
    July 24, 2019 at 1:57 pm

    Lean Office
    nice undestanding

  5. Avatar of Richard Nieboer Richard says:
    January 12, 2015 at 9:19 am

    Quiz and Badges
    Was able to achieve a 100% on the quiz. I got a badge as well.

  6. Avatar of Richard Nieboer Richard says:
    January 12, 2015 at 8:58 am

    Overview of Lean Office Course
    Overall I enjoyed the course and like the composition of the video and how the questions linked to the nuances of the videos.

  7. Avatar of Pat Andersson Pat says:
    October 8, 2014 at 5:27 am

    Lean Office Principles
    Good basic course. Perhaps to support storytelling with picturing key words too to speed up learning process. Overall good!

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