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Lean Academy
Big ideas are sexy, but results pay the bills.
You can have the most brilliant, visionary business goal, but without action, you're just kickin' ideas along the road.
Execution is the great equaliser.
Knowing what to do is one thing, but actually implementing what you know is where the New Zealand Lean Academy comes in.
We're your go-to partners for Continuous Improvement. Let's make New Zealand the best place in the world for SMB's to do business.
Meet the Directors
Rob Bull
Head of Consulting
What Rob doesn’t know about good systems & processes ain't worth knowing! He’s been all-in on Lean Consulting since 2016 and has improved hundreds of SMB's around New Zealand. He's worked with everyone from signwriters to sparkies, athletes to apprentices, bridge-builders to barristers.
Rob brings a practical knowledge of Continuous Improvement to everything he does, ensuring that your team not only learns about business excellence tools, they apply and embed them.
Kate Horton
Training Lead
Kate began her career in Education and was an Assistant Principal at Endeavour Primary School. After 10 years in the classroom, she was shoulder tapped to become a leadership consultant for the Ministry of Education in 2019.
Now with the New Zealand Lean Academy, Kate gets to bring it all together and use her expertise as a teacher, facilitator and leadership nerd as our head curriculum coordinator and trainer.
"We started working with NZLA on a short-term program, but were so impressed with the results that we achieved while implementing the initiatives that Rob developed with us, that we continued to an ongoing program."
"The culture within our company has shifted to a positive, continual improvement mentality where we are all visibly accountable to the rest of our team. Having regular contact with Rob and prioritising his programs (even in the busy times) has assisted us in doubling our capacity whilst maintaining quality."
Mark Findlay
GM at: Powerglide
What we do:
The quick response:
We make businesses better.
The detailed response:
In a world full of jargon, buzzwords and hustle & grind bullshit, we keep it simple. We're here to help you build incredible processes, grow a great team, and take on even the hairiest challenges that get thrown your way.
We're all about making a mindset of continuous improvement second nature to business leaders across New Zealand through training, consulting, and our free resource library.
What we don't do:
While standardisation is a key component of Lean Thinking, the cookie-cutter approach to supporting your business is not our jam. There are no rigid rules, plans and frameworks that we make you follow, because one size fits no one when it comes to improving your business.
Are you brand new to Lean Thinking?
Download our 8 Wastes eBook. It's your first step in identifying and eliminating the waste that's costing you time and money.
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Kate & Rob's past and present clients:
