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Kaizen Event Facilitation
Course overview
Why Attend
Kaizen events bring cross-functional teams together for a focused period to make rapid, significant improvements. When well prepared and facilitated, they build momentum and engagement; when poorly run, they disappoint.
This LLMI course teaches how to select, prepare, facilitate and follow up kaizen events: scoping, team selection, data preparation, facilitating the event days, rapid experimentation, implementing changes, reporting results and sustaining gains. Participants plan and facilitate a simulated kaizen event.
The course builds practical facilitation skills for continuous improvement practitioners.
Course Objectives
Select and scope effective kaizen events
Prepare teams, data and logistics
Facilitate kaizen activities and team dynamics
Implement and test rapid improvements
Report results and secure management support
Sustain gains after the event
Target Audience
Continuous improvement practitioners
Lean coordinators
Supervisors and team leaders
Operations managers
Quality professionals
Change agents
Course Methodology
Facilitation practice
Simulated kaizen event
Case studies
Tools workshops
Peer feedback
Course outline
Day 1: Kaizen Fundamentals
- Kaizen philosophy
- Kaizen events versus daily kaizen
- Success factors
- Roles
- Event types
- Exercise: Event selection
Day 2: Preparation
- Scoping and charter
- Team selection
- Data collection
- Logistics
- Management engagement
- Workshop: Event charter
Day 3: Facilitating the Event
- Opening and training
- Current state analysis
- Idea generation
- Team dynamics
- Managing resistance
- Practice: Facilitation session
Day 4: Implementation
- Rapid experiments
- Standard work
- Visual controls
- Results measurement
- Report-out
- Simulation: Kaizen event
Day 5: Sustaining
- 30-day follow-up
- Action tracking
- Audits
- Building a kaizen culture
- Lessons learned
- Capstone: Kaizen programme plan
Dates and fees
| Dates | City | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| 16 - 20 Nov 2026 | Istanbul, Turkey | £2,850 |
| 7 - 11 Dec 2026 | Vienna, Austria | £4,250 |
| 11 - 15 Jan 2027 | London, United Kingdom | £4,200 |
| 8 - 12 Feb 2027 | Munich, Germany | £4,250 |
| 8 - 12 Mar 2027 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | £4,250 |
| 12 - 16 Apr 2027 | Istanbul, Turkey | £2,850 |
| 10 - 14 May 2027 | Rome, Italy | £4,250 |
| 14 - 18 Jun 2027 | Istanbul, Turkey | £2,850 |
| 12 - 16 Jul 2027 | Vienna, Austria | £4,250 |
| 9 - 13 Aug 2027 | London, United Kingdom | £4,200 |
| 13 - 17 Sep 2027 | Munich, Germany | £4,250 |
| 11 - 15 Oct 2027 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | £4,250 |
| 8 - 12 Nov 2027 | Istanbul, Turkey | £2,850 |
| 13 - 17 Dec 2027 | Rome, Italy | £4,250 |