CLN Member Jeffrey Weide at SHAPE Consulting LLC How did you get your start in lean?I have been working in Lean for over 15 years. I first started process improvement in the Air Force and working QI projects and process evaluations for 6 years. As I finished my Air Force commitment, I was trained through Villanova as … Continue reading Member Spotlight: Meet Lean Member SHAPE CONSULTING
Have you ever been facilitating a project and the team has come to the conclusion that a lack of knowledge is the root cause of your problem and education will fix it? I think this has happened to at least 50% of the projects I’ve worked on. Yet despite us assuring the team that education … Continue reading The PDSA cycle and the Power of Prediction
Reserve your ticket now for the 2022 CLN Summit! Your Summit ticket includes full access to the virtual speaker series on October 14th AND full access to in-person events along the Front Range. The schedule for our Summit Season is as follows: September 29th - Kick things off in Fort Collins with a Gemba Walk … Continue reading 2022 Colorado Lean Summit
Friday, May 8th, 2026 🌟 AT A GLANCE Upcoming Events Lean Coffee Quantifying Your Impact - Virtual Event Amazon Facility Tour Blooming Solutions: How Root Cause Problem Solving Helps Teams Grow 5S Reflections: A Review of Our April Virtual 5S Event for Digital Spaces Precision Meets Process: How a Colorado Manufacturing Team Reduced Scrap by 15% … Continue reading Newsletter May 2026
Friday, April 10th, 2026 AT A GLANCE Upcoming Events Spring Cleaning Your Processes: How Lean Helps You Clear the Clutter and Improve Flow Earth Day Spotlight: Lean & Sustainability; A Natural Partnership for Earth Day Precision Meets Process: Reducing Digital Clutter: CO Engineering Team Case Study Welcome to the April edition of the Colorado Lean Network newsletter! … Continue reading Newsletter April 2026
Monday, March 2nd, 2026🌟 AT A GLANCE ✅ Upcoming Events✅ How Standard Work Works✅ Precision Meets Process: Lean Standard Work: CO Aerospace Case Study✅ Closing Welcome to the March edition of the Colorado Lean Network newsletter! This month, we're leaning into a real truth: high-performing teams don't rely on luck - they rely on Standard … Continue reading Newsletter March 2026
Friday, January 30th, 2026🌟 AT A GLANCE ✅ Message from the Chair - Sam Hammerman✅ Meet Our Board of Directors 2026✅ Upcoming Events HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM THE COLORADO LEAN NETWORK! As we head into 2026, I am incredibly excited about the direction of the Colorado Lean Network and the energy our new board is … Continue reading Newsletter: January 2026
This September, suit up and step into a world of continuous improvement like never before! The 2025 Colorado Lean Summit is going superhero themed—and leading the charge is none other than Captain Y, a curious, courageous champion who never stops asking “Why?” Captain Y reminds us that every small improvement can lead to super-sized impact. … Continue reading 2025 Summit Recap
Join us for Colorado’s most anticipated Lean event of the year! Save the Date! Tickets on Sale Now! Each fall the Colorado Lean Network (CLN) hosts the Colorado Lean Summit, a day of learning and networking for over 700 members. This year’s event will be held on October 18, 2024 at the Denver Zoo in Denver. The last in-person Summit … Continue reading 2024 Summit Recap
Lean Coffee Chat Summary: November 2025 Another month, another lively Lean Coffee session! This community continues to prove that Lean isn't a textbook methodology—it's a living, breathing philosophy shaped by practitioners facing real-world challenges. This month, our discussion centered on two intertwined themes: how we drive lasting change and how we effectively transfer knowledge to … Continue reading Why We Can’t Separate Improvement from People
Lean Coffee Chat Summary: October 2025 The scent of coffee, or perhaps a celebratory German beer for our host facilitating from overseas, signaled the start of our monthly Lean Coffee. This gathering of continuous improvement professionals is less a formal meeting and more a collaborative workshop, dedicated to forging a living definition of "lean" from … Continue reading Authenticity, Strategy, and the Architecture of Lean
Lean Coffee Chat Summary: September 2025A crisp September evening brought together a diverse group of lean professionals, thefamiliar faces and new voices of our network, for our monthly "lean coffee" chat. Thesession, less a formal meeting and more a free-flowing exchange of ideas, served aunique purpose: to collectively define what "lean" means to us, not … Continue reading AI, Certifications, and Well-Being: The Future of Lean
Lean Coffee Chat Summary: August 2025The scent of coffee hung in the air, a familiar signal that our monthly "lean coffee" chatwas underway. Professionals from various backgrounds, united by a shared dedicationto continuous improvement, gathered to explore what "lean" truly means to ourcommunity. The conversation, as always, flowed organically, connecting disparatetopics into a tapestry of … Continue reading The Hidden Connections: How Our Lean Coffee CommunityLinks Process, People, and Progress
