Visiting with Joshua Howell, President, and Executive Team Leader at the Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI)

Joshua

Howell is president and executive team leader at the Lean Enterprise Institute

(LEI). For over a decade, he has supported individuals and organizations with

lean transformations for improved business performance. As a coach, he helps

people become lean thinkers and practitioners through experiential learning,

believing such an approach can lead to enterprise-wide

improvement. Regular e-letters are how he shares what he’s learning with

lean practitioners worldwide.

Prior to

joining LEI, Howell was an architect and implementer of a lean operating and

management system for retail stores at Starbucks Coffee Company, where he also

created a team of lean coaches who helped facilitate and sustain the

improvements globally. The system enabled improved quality for products and

experiences, increased product availability, and reduced waste (eg. brewed

coffee). It was implemented by creating problem-solving experiences for

managers at all levels, developing that valuable capability across the

company. 

Howell

holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the Mendoza College

of Business at the University of Notre Dame.

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