This immersive training equips your team with the skills and confidence to lead high-impact Kaizen events. Build in-house capability and multiply your wins with your own team of Kaizen Ninjas
Do you want to transform your organization with in-house resources?
You’re ready to tackle critical business challenges, but lack the internal resources to drive lasting results. You’re don’t want to depend on outside help to make it happen.
Grow your organizational capabilities with the Kaizen Ninja Institute!
This immersive, hands-on 3½-day experience is led by the original Kaizen Ninjas. Graduates walk away with the skills and confidence to facilitate Kaizen events that deliver high-value, sustainable results.
Results that will transform your Business
Confident, skilled facilitators who build high-impact Kaizen events from the ground up. By leveraging a network of capable resources, organizations multiply their results, which have included:
Equipment jams reduced from 55 per month to 5
Changeover time cut from 7 hours to 2
Product yield increased from 88% to 95%
Late delivery fines eliminated from $1.2 million to zero
The 9 Pillars of the Kaizen Ninja Institute
Pillar 1: Facilitation Principles
Understand the distinct roles of facilitator, team leader, and sponsor, and how aligning them builds commitment and drives sustained results. Learn the “why” behind effective Kaizen facilitation to foster engagement, empowerment, equal voice, and ownership of solutions.
Pillar 4: Chartering to Win
Use the proven 4-step method to align leaders and set the stage for a successful Kaizen event. From crafting a compelling problem statement to defining bold objectives, building the winning team, and selecting a strong leader, you’ll work with your sponsor to create a charter for an approved, scheduled event focused on a real business challenge.
Pillar 7: The Wheel of Sustainability
Learn the Wheel of Sustainability directly from the expert who wrote the book on creating lasting results. Through real-life examples and hands-on demonstrations, you’ll gain the skills and confidence to lock in improvements from your Kaizen events and projects.
Pillar 2: Facilitation Techniques
Drive creativity, problem solving, equal voice, and energy while making Kaizen events empowering and fun. Practice hands-on techniques like The Power of Post-Its, Mix it Up, Why–Not What, Bring the Energy, and Go to Gemba to build confidence and engagement.
Pillar 5: Go to Gemba
Engage every team member in Gemba to generate solutions for the critical problems outlined in the Kaizen charter. You’ll gain practical strategies to manage team dynamics and ensure everyone contributes meaningful, value-adding ideas during on-site problem solving.
Pillar 8: Planning and Promotion
Discover the critical details behind planning a successful Kaizen event using practical tools and templates you can apply immediately to a real, chartered event. You’ll get expert feedback, share ideas, and learn proven promotion strategies to boost organizational support, enthusiasm, and ownership for future Kaizen wins.
Pillar 3: Prioritization
Narrow hundreds of ideas down to the critical few in 15 minutes or less. Through real-world examples and hands-on practice, you’ll gain the skills to apply these strategies effectively.
Pillar 6: Value Stream Mapping
This powerful technique helps teams visualize their process and the waste within it through the eyes of the customer. Using a simple, engaging example, you’ll learn how to uncover and act on the highest-value improvement opportunities.
Pillar 9: Report Out Design and Delivery
Learn how to effectively tell the story of your Kaizen team's success using a simple, adaptable template that minimizes effort while maximizing impact. This format enables every team member to confidently share their Kaizen event story with leaders in just 15 minutes.
What sets the Kaizen Ninja Institute Apart?
Learn by doing: Facilitate, refine, and receive real-time feedback in an immersive experience.
Master critical techniques: From facilitation principles and team engagement strategies to the Wheel of Sustainability.
Lead with confidence: Align leadership, foster team ownership, and ensure lasting impact.
Achieve certification (optional): Earn recognition as a certified Kaizen Ninja and validate your expertise.
