--- title: Tyson Heaton | Lean AI, Lean Enterprise Institute description: Tyson Heaton leads organizational transformation strategy for LEI's LeanTech AI Initiative, helping leaders make change stick in the middle of large organizations. --- [![LeanAI mark](https://tech.lean.org/hubfs/raw_assets/public/tech-lean-org/images/lean_AI_logo_wht.png) LeanAI](https://tech.lean.org/?hsLang=en) Work With Us expand\_more [groups Lean AI for Teams Team problem solving, with AI in the method. For CI and ops leaders.](https://tech.lean.org/lean-ai-for-teams?hsLang=en) [account\_tree Lean AI for Value Streams Your ideal value stream, reached one target condition at a time. For value-stream owners.](https://tech.lean.org/lean-ai-for-value-streams?hsLang=en) [Start on your own smart\_toy Lean AI Dojo Free coaching tools arrow\_outward](https://tech.lean.org/dojo?hsLang=en) [Technology leaders hub Not forward deployed. 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This is where Tyson specializes. ## Work with Tyson when you need to: - check Ignite deep effectiveness on a single value stream or workflow that becomes a catalyst for broader change - check Craft a strategy and learning plan that coordinates coaching resources and capability building across business operations and support departments - check Understand what an integrated approach looks like at different stages of transformation Tyson has led lean transformation inside organizations spanning manufacturing operations (JBS, Schreiber Foods, Greencore) and enterprise technology (O.C. Tanner), where he tackled scalability, legacy system modernization, and supply chain transformation. A Shingo Institute examiner since 2019, he brings both rigor and pragmatism to the work. He's also a relentless experimenter, deeply bullish on AI's potential to enhance knowledge work and accelerate change loops. For Tyson, AI isn't about replacing human understanding; it's about getting to the high-value part of the cycle faster. As the point of contact for LEI's LeanTech AI Initiative, Tyson coordinates a faculty of practitioners and matches the right expertise to each engagement. From the Journal ## Recent writing by Tyson ### [When the Gemba Outruns Your Knowledge AI isn't about replacing the expert. It's about lowering the threshold where expertise becomes irreplaceable.](https://tech.lean.org/journal/when-gemba-outruns-your-knowledge?hsLang=en) ### [The Boundary Is Moving AI changes what we expect from leaders at every level of the organization.](https://tech.lean.org/journal/the-boundary-is-moving?hsLang=en) ## Bring a problem worth working on. We'll match the right faculty to the work. 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