7:45 am Tokyo time Monday

We are departing in 45 min... counting down to kickoff. Tokyo is still quiet and peaceful at this time.

Getting ready

Here we are in the morning of our first official day in Ginza area of tokyo... some Japan Lean members decided that they want to try the traditional Japanese breakfast consisting of grilled salmon, tamago, fish cake and tofu. Super healthy way to start the morning

Japan Lean Tour participants arrive!

Although the official kickoff for the Japan Lean Tour is actually tomorrow (Monday, Tokyo time), arriving participants were so excited about being in Japan that we all ended up going out for dinner.  Jetlagged but in high spiritis, Japan tour members were treated to "Western-style Japenese fusion food" to ease them gently into the more daring cuisine in the days ahead.  Be sure to check back throughtout this week to see what participants with more adventurous palettes are having, to accompany that glass of Kirin.

Why Japanese don't gain weight.....

It's because they walk so much everyday!

Today I walked 13,044 steps... just a bit more than yesterday's 9216 steps. That's why Japanese don't gain any weight! Maybe we should all walk everywhere like the Japanese and we will be so much healthier.

Greenbelt Service Vancouver Winter: Graduation

We are excited to announce the formal graduation of our Greenbelt class!  13 people worked extremely hard to achieve this amazing goal of becoming certified as a Greenbelt on Friday April 13th. Congratulations!
We greatly appreciate your hard work!

Our LSI coach, Andrew McFadyen, spent the week with them for their final module. We wish them all the best on their lean journey ahead!

Grad Speech (Debra) : Great job! You are definitely good at the public speech!!

Grad Speech (Paul) : Great Job!! You put every body's hard work together!! Much appreciated. 

A few words from the sponsor.  Thank you for the support!

Guest Speech: Thank you very much for the support & dedication!

Congratulations for three Medalists, Satvir, Paul and Stephanie!!

Check out their Grad Movie!! It's such a Great Work!!

In-house Greenbelt Service Module 1 in Winnipeg

In-house Greenbelt Service program is being held at the transportation & freight company in Winnipeg this week.  Bob, LSI Senior Coach, is excited to spend a week with the very enthusiastic 18 participants!

Team building game: Building the Tallest Tower!

 Unlike the public program, the participants will implement kaizen at their own company.  We thank all the process owners and sponsors for the great support!!

Kaizen @ their own company

Hi- Ya!

Good morning Tokyo

Some of us have arrived a few days before the program starts and we woke up to a beautiful morning!

LSI Japan Lean Tour is about to start

Next week is the beginning of LSI's most respected and admired program of all: the Japan Lean Tour. Designed to immerse participants into "everyday lean living", participants learn so much about the true meaning of lean.  Our schedule includes benchmarking trips to Toyota, Nissan, Toyota Forklift, Toto, Mitsubishi and more. For many, the experience it will be a life changing experience! Expect a lot of microblogging throughout the next week.


We are extremely excited to be back in Japan for our 25th Japan Lean Tour! 

Your decision

You cannot get through a single day without having an impact in the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.

Jane Goodall