Earlier this month, the Lean Management Institute of India (LMII) and All India Management Association (AIMA) held the Lean Summit 2014, an event aimed at raising awareness and exploring the frontiers of lean thinking and generating enthusiasm for the methodology in India.

This summit theme was “Sustained Lean Transformation,” The summit consisted of speakers and representatives from all sectors of the economy (the summit covered the application of lean in industries ranging from manufacturing to IT, education to services). The keynote speakers were John Shook and José Ferro.

Some of the key takeaways and eye-openers, as expressed by summit delegates, included:

• The “follow me, we will learn together” approach to lean leadership, which the lean concept so clearly explained;
• The Lean Global Network’s Lean Transformation Model, with its five dimensions to make change happen;
• The importance of Purpose, Process & People and the need to transform leadership as well as the culture if we are to sustain our transformation;
• Lean is being practiced in all sectors and functions (as reflected by the very diverse nature of the audience and by the wide range of sectors covered in the summit program).

Source: http://planet-lean.com/