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Lean HE Annual Conference 2025: Lean In, Improve Together
Welcome to the community of lean and related improvement practitioners in Higher Education! We are a worldwide community of practice, with local networks and groups all around the globe .
Our diverse and vibrant local networks and groups are arranged in divisions for Europe, the Americas and Asia Pacific. We support a world leading international conference for people who care about improvement for Higher Education. We have emerging international special interest groups researching the application of specific techniques across universities, for instance Hoshin Kanri planning.
The peer organisation for higher education staff working to improve universities around the world, using lean and similar methodologies
Join us for the virtual Lean in Higher Education International Conference 2025
Our Vision
Our Vision
To see the culture of HE embrace continuous improvement, bring about increased effectiveness and efficiency and thereby support the transformative power of Higher Education.
Our Values
Our Values
Lean HE aims to espouse the following:
Respect for people
Valuing people’s time and effort
Valuing diversity
Valuing creativity
Acting with integrity
Challenging the status quo Through continuous improvement
Taking an action-orientated approach
Taking risks
Learning from mistakes
Enjoying our endeavours
Our Mission
Our Mission
Lean HE will promote continuous improvement philosophies in HE through networking, the sharing of best practice and by supporting the delivery of a conference series.
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