About this course
About this course
Kaizen events are structured short-cycle improvement workshops, typically running from a few days to a few weeks, that deliver focused improvement on a specific operational problem. Running kaizen events effectively requires distinctive facilitation skill, and this self-paced eLearning programme teaches that skill in depth with practical application across manufacturing, service and administrative contexts.
Who should attend
The programme is designed for continuous improvement specialists, technical managers, operational supervisors, Lean coordinators and consultants supporting client kaizen activity. It is equally suitable for staff preparing to facilitate their first kaizen event and for experienced facilitators who need to formalise technique they have developed informally. Project managers taking on short-cycle improvement responsibility find the structured approach directly applicable to their work.
What the programme covers
Content covers kaizen event scoping and planning, participant selection, pre-event data gathering, event structure and daily cadence, facilitation technique during the event, the handling of technical disagreement and resistance, solution generation and evaluation under time pressure, implementation planning, event closure and the follow-through activities that sustain kaizen benefit. The programme addresses the particular challenges of kaizen facilitation, including maintaining momentum across consecutive days, handling participants with very different levels of Lean experience, and managing the interface with stakeholders outside the event.
Assessment and certification
Learners complete knowledge checks throughout the programme and a practical event planning assignment. On passing, delegates receive a certificate of achievement, suitable evidence of kaizen facilitation competence for role specifications and continuing professional development records.
Course format and delivery
The programme is delivered as self-paced eLearning across multiple modules, accessible on any device and resumable across sessions. Learners work through video content, worked event examples and downloadable facilitation templates, with practical exercises that allow immediate application to real planned or upcoming events.
Why this matters
Well-facilitated kaizen events deliver disproportionate improvement benefit relative to the time and resource invested, making facilitation capability one of the highest-leverage skills in a continuous improvement team. Facilitators with structured technique run events that deliver genuine benefit realisation and sustain it afterwards, while less skilled facilitation often produces events that feel productive but deliver limited sustained change. The programme pairs naturally with the Process Mapping and Problem Solving courses for complementary facilitation capability, with the Green Belt or Black Belt qualifications for formal Lean Six Sigma progression and with the wider eLearning catalogue for flexible continuing development.
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