Lean Tech &
AI Journal

Wait, That's My Job | How AI Exposed the Organizational Immune System Nobody Wanted to Talk About

AI isn't just disrupting work — it's exposing the organizational immune system. Tyson Heaton reveals who's blocking progress and who's quietly building it.

Four Moments from the 2026 Lean Summit that Stayed with Me

I hadn’t attended one of LEI’s lean conferences in over five years. The last one was right before the COVID outbreak shut everything down, and I was honestly curious about what I would find when I walked into the 2026 Lean Summit in Houston on March 11–13 this past week. Would the community feel the same? Would the conversations have moved forward? Would there be energy, or just nostalgia?

Lean Enterprise Institute Launches Formal LeanTech/AI Initiative

A dedicated initiative to help organizations apply lean thinking and practice to the technology layer of their operations, including the design, deployment, and continuous improvement of AI-enabled systems.

When “Future State” Becomes Fiction: Lean, Complexity, and the Vector Theory of Change 

Lean practitioners have long been taught that improvement culminates in a designed “future state.” We map the current condition, identify waste and constraints, and then create a future-state value-stream map (VSM) that shows how the system should  operate.

From Agile to Lean Tech: Theodo’s Journey to Scalable Learning

Lean in the Age of AI: Optimizing the Stream, Not the Coder

Management: Designing the System Where People and AI Work Together

#LeanTech: Lean, Agile, and DevOps Leaders Will Gather to Discuss AI’s Role in Value Creation at Lean Summit

Value-Stream Mapping Is Your Missing AI Superpower

Behavior: The Variable You Have to Build

When the Gemba Outruns Your Knowledge: The "Third Coach" in the Room

Everyone Is Now a Developer: New Jobs in the Age of AI

Lean and AI?

Technology Is the Easy Piece of the Equation

Industrializing AI for Software Development Offers an AI Roadmap for All

Technology ✖️ Behavior ✖️ Management 🟰 Impact: Lessons from 30 Years of Lean for the Age of AI

Unlearning Traditional Management to Succeed with Lean

The Boundary Is Moving: AI Changes What We Expect from Leaders

The Five Levels of AI Collaboration: What I Learned from Building Lean Coaching Tools

Welcome Your New AI Coach

Lean AI Webinar: A New Way to Learn, Practice, and Apply

Key takeaways from our webinar exploring the intersection of lean thinking and AI with Art Smalley and John Shook.

Lean AI: Navigating Hype and Reality in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Accelerating Lean Transformation with AI — Without Losing the Plot

From Skeptic to Believer: My Journey into Lean and AI