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Dealing with inequality and maximising chances for all children requires the best education can muster. However, in practice we see an enormous amount of time and talent of both teachers and students wasted. Taking a Lean perspective helps to empower teachers and improve educational outcomes. Close to a thousand schools, supported by the leerKRACHT-foundation, experience this power of Lean every day. This book adds a valuable new perspective on Lean and education. Jaap Versfelt Founder of leerKRACHT and former senior-partner at McKinsey & Company Professor Wiegel's workshops provided inspiration and plenty of lightbulb moments on how to transform university education to meet the challenges and opportunities of the 21st Century. Dr. Lizann Bonnar Vice Dean (Academic), Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Strathclyde Senior Teaching Fellow, School of Psychological Sciences and Health, University of Strathclyde The application of Lean in education has historically focused on nonacademic and academic support processes. Wiegel provides the first insightful, comprehensive, and practical approach integrating Lean in the core academic processes of teaching, learning, and curriculum development. This book provides a framework, based on research and practice, which demonstrates how faculty, academic programs, and educational institutions can apply Lean as a strategy to the mutual benefit of students, teachers, and the educational process. William K. Balzer, Ph.D. Professor of Industrial - Organizational Psychology Vice President, Faculty Affairs and Strategic Initiatives Bowling Green State University Workshops delivered by Professor Wiegel quickly clarify how powerful the use of Lean management philosophy is in the context of Education. His expertise and enthusiasm is inspiring. Professor Debbie Willison, Ph.D. CChem FRSC PFHEA Vice Dean (Academic), Faculty of Science University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland

Dealing with inequality and maximising chances for all children requires the best education can muster. However, in practice we see an enormous amount of time and talent of both teachers and students wasted. Taking a Lean perspective helps to empower teachers and improve educational outcomes. Close to a thousand schools, supported by the leerKRACHT-foundation, experience this power of Lean every day. This book adds a valuable new perspective on Lean and education. Jaap Versfelt Founder of leerKRACHT and former senior-partner at McKinsey & Company Professor Wiegel's workshops provided inspiration and plenty of lightbulb moments on how to transform university education to meet the challenges and opportunities of the 21st Century. Dr. Lizann Bonnar Vice Dean (Academic), Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Strathclyde Senior Teaching Fellow, School of Psychological Sciences and Health, University of Strathclyde The application of Lean in education has historically focused on nonacademic and academic support processes. Wiegel provides the first insightful, comprehensive, and practical approach integrating Lean in the core academic processes of teaching, learning, and curriculum development. This book provides a framework, based on research and practice, which demonstrates how faculty, academic programs, and educational institutions can apply Lean as a strategy to the mutual benefit of students, teachers, and the educational process. William K. Balzer, Ph.D. Professor of Industrial - Organizational Psychology Vice President, Faculty Affairs and Strategic Initiatives Bowling Green State University Workshops delivered by Professor Wiegel quickly clarify how powerful the use of Lean management philosophy is in the context of Education. His expertise and enthusiasm is inspiring. Professor Debbie Willison, Ph.D. CChem FRSC PFHEA Vice Dean (Academic), Faculty of Science University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland As the Chair of Lean HE and as a lean practitioner here in Edinburgh Napier University I am so excited about Vincent's new book. We know how Lean can unlock many benefits for universities and I have seen real improvements with applying Lean approaches in universities. Many Lean practitioners focus on the office operational and service processes upon which universities, their students, teachers, and researchers rely. Vincent's work cuts to the heart of education however, focusing on the learning process itself. As a leader in designing innovative educational processes, Vincent is in a unique position to tell this story, which has the real potential to transform how we educate our people at every stage and critical to how we approach the challenges ahead of us. Steve Yorkstone Chair for the Lean Higher Education Global Committee, Business Improvement Consultant, Edinburgh Napier University Dealing with inequality and maximising chances for all children requires the best education can muster. However, in practice we see an enormous amount of time and talent of both teachers and students wasted. Taking a Lean perspective helps to empower teachers and improve educational outcomes. Close to a thousand schools, supported by the leerKRACHT-foundation, experience this power of Lean every day. This book adds a valuable new perspective on Lean and education. Jaap Versfelt Founder of leerKRACHT and former senior-partner at McKinsey & Company Professor Wiegel's workshops provided inspiration and plenty of lightbulb moments on how to transform university education to meet the challenges and opportunities of the 21st Century. Dr. Lizann Bonnar Vice Dean (Academic), Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Strathclyde Senior Teaching Fellow, School of Psychological Sciences and Health, University of Strathclyde The application of Lean in education has historically focused on nonacademic and academic support processes. Wiegel provides the first insightful, comprehensive, and practical approach integrating Lean in the core academic processes of teaching, learning, and curriculum development. This book provides a framework, based on research and practice, which demonstrates how faculty, academic programs, and educational institutions can apply Lean as a strategy to the mutual benefit of students, teachers, and the educational process. William K. Balzer, Ph.D. Professor of Industrial - Organizational Psychology Vice President, Faculty Affairs and Strategic Initiatives Bowling Green State University Workshops delivered by Professor Wiegel quickly clarify how powerful the use of Lean management philosophy is in the context of Education. His expertise and enthusiasm is inspiring. Professor Debbie Willison, Ph.D. CChem FRSC PFHEA Vice Dean (Academic), Faculty of Science University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland As the Chair of Lean HE and as a lean practitioner here in Edinburgh Napier University I am so excited about Vincent's new book. We know how Lean can unlock many benefits for universities and I have seen real improvements with applying Lean approaches in universities. Many Lean practitioners focus on the office operational and service processes upon which universities, their students, teachers, and researchers rely. Vincent's work cuts to the heart of education however, focusing on the learning process itself. As a leader in designing innovative educational processes, Vincent is in a unique position to tell this story, which has the real potential to transform how we educate our people at every stage and critical to how we approach the challenges ahead of us. Steve Yorkstone Chair for the Lean Higher Education Global Committee, Business Improvement Consultant, Edinburgh Napier University

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Vincent Wiegel -- Professor of Lean and World Class Performance at HAN University of Applied Science, The Netherlands -- is one of the leading experts in the field of Lean in the Netherlands and founder of and professor at the Research Group for Lean & World Class Performance. As a professor, Vincent Wiegel is involved in Lean education and initiates research into the effectiveness of Lean implementations. Besides his wide range of general knowledge and experience, his specific expertise is in Lean product development, Lean in non-manufacturing environments and use of Lean in the healthcare sector. He is both an economist and a philosopher, and as a professor he encourages businesses to develop Lean capability and use that capability to drive continuous improvement. He applies his expertise at a range of different types of organisations, those that offer financial services or produce fast-moving consumer goods, healthcare institutions, educational institutions and in the manufacturing industry. His experience with applying Lean covers the full scope from the factory floor to the boardroom, and from SMEs to multinationals. Restructuring processes -- Restructuring processes are needed to apply Lean at businesses, particularly at SMEs. A vital factor is a thorough and comprehensive approach involving strategy definition, process improvement and operational control. As part of the Lean & World Class Performance Research Group, Vincent Wiegel initiates research into the effectiveness of Lean implementations, particularly at SMEs and educational and healthcare institutions, by having those institutions work together with other knowledge institutes, lecturers, researchers and graduating students. He is also closely involved in the development of Lean education at HAN.

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