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New: AI-Ready Lean Practitioner Program Apply AI to the improvement work you already do. Self-paced, any belt level. Funding up to ~80% COJG and provincial grants may cover most of your tuition. See if you qualify. Partnered with Ontario Tech University University-recognized credentials, CCA and OPHA endorsed. Talk to a Belt Advisor →Sector-specific Operational Excellence & Lean expertise, from hospitals and municipalities to manufacturing and financial services.
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Case studies Measurable results from organizations like yours. Quality Improvement Is No Longer Optional Healthcare operations: building QI on your own people’s capability. Where the Work Gets Stuck A public-sector operations benchmark: how work moves, and whether you can see it in time to act. Talk to us about your sector →Practitioner-led since 1995. Meet the team and the story behind Leading Edge Associates.
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Start Where It Matters Most Our pillar view: get dramatically better by solving the one problem that matters most, with your own people. Quality Improvement Is No Longer Optional For Canadian health organizations, QI is now a standing obligation. How to make it deliver. Improve First, Then Automate The highest-return AI projects start with process work, not code. Browse all insights →Talk to an advisor, book a discovery call, or ask about funding.
A short introduction to AI for Lean Practitioners, our self-paced micro-credential that shows Lean, Lean Six Sigma, and Quality Improvement practitioners where AI fits the improvement work they already do, applied to PDCA, value stream mapping, A3, 5 Whys, and standard work, with judgment and accountability in the lead.
Nine modules, 7.5 hours, self-paced, suitable from White Belt to Black Belt, with an AI-Ready Lean Practitioner digital badge on completion.
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