Lean Enterprise Institute
Josh Howell serves as the President and Executive Team Leader at Lean Enterprise Institute since June 2013. Previously, Josh held several roles at Starbucks from April 2004 to May 2013, including Lean Practice Project Manager, where a standardized operating system for retail stores was developed to enhance product quality and employee engagement. Other positions at Starbucks included Process PDCA Advisor, Process PDCA Specialist, Store Manager, and Assistant Store Manager, contributing to various problem-solving initiatives and operational efficiencies. Prior experience includes serving as General Manager at Bradberry Brothers Excavation from January 2001 to March 2004, where Josh expanded the customer base and achieved year-over-year sales growth. Josh holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from the University of Notre Dame, obtained from 1998 to 2002.
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Lean Enterprise Institute
The nonprofit Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI) helps companies and people make things better through lean thinking and action. We also help managers and executives develop the leadership behaviors that sustain lean enterprises. LEI was founded in 1997 by management expert James P. Womack, Ph.D., as a nonprofit research, education, publishing, and conference company with a mission to advance lean thinking around the world. We conduct research projects, teach courses, hold lean management seminars, write and publish books and workbooks, and organize public and private conferences We use the surplus revenues from these activities for research and to support lean initiatives such as the Healthcare Value Network, Lean Education Academic Network, and the Lean Global Network. Resources provided by LEI include: - A web site at lean.org that offers free content including: Original case studies Book excerpts Webinars E-letters and columns by thought leaders John Shook and James Womack - Workshops on basic and advanced lean management principles and tools including: value-stream mapping for production and nonproduction environments, lean healthcare, pull production and leveling, logistics, standardized work, product development, strategy deployment , change agent skills, lean culture change, problem solving, lean leadership, and more. - Conferences, including the annual Lean Summit #Lean #FutureofWork #LearningOrganization #ContinuousImprovement