Field notes
from the
shop floor.
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Conversations
worth taking
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Senior practitioners interview each other about real transformations. No method theatre, no firm marketing. Bi-weekly, 45 to 60 minutes.
Bantō, building a personal AI for senior practitioners
Three pilot users sit down with the Bantō team. What changed in their week, what surprised them, what they want next. Memory, trust, the curated lean library, and why naming an AI assistant after a Japanese chief clerk made sense. See the Bantō page →
How we cut changeover by 62% in six weeks
Henrik Salonen, VP Ops, Nordic Packaging · 8 May 2026 · 54 min
Daily management in a hospital, not a factory
Dr. Isabelle Marti, Lean Coach Healthcare · 24 Apr 2026 · 47 min
When AI in operations actually pays back
Pascal Brunner, Principal Lean Construction · 10 Apr 2026 · 61 min
Plant turnaround, month by month
R. Castaño, Plant Turnaround Lead · 27 Mar 2026 · 58 min
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Roundtables in Zurich and Bern, live gemba walks on real sprints, online masterclasses. Most events are free for practitioners and operators.
A working session for senior coaches. What does tier-3 escalation actually look like when it works.
M. Tanaka on rescoping validation for fast-changeover lines without losing GMP compliance.
Drop in on day three of a live Lean Competence sprint. Watch the team, ask the expert anything.
Dr. Marti hosts a working session on rolling out daily management on a ward.
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field notes.
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Practitioners,
writing it down.
Three things hospital wards teach a factory engineer
Dr. I. Marti
5 MAY 2026 · 9 MINThe "lean office" label is past its sell-by date
S. Okafor
28 APR 2026 · 7 MINHow Lean Competence scopes a sprint, line by line
P. Brunner
21 APR 2026 · 11 MINA short guide to gemba walks for executives
U. Vogt
15 APR 2026 · 8 MINOne email,
every other Friday.
What our practitioners are seeing on real shop floors, plus the latest episode and the next event. No marketing, no recycled lean LinkedIn posts.