Receiving Shingo Prize for "The Complete Lean Enterprise" with co-author Beau Keyte. Former Shingo Executive Director Ross Robson on left.

With fellow LEI faculty members and staff, along with Jim Womack founder of LEI.

Author & researcher Mike Rother presenting at the AME Conference 2011

Assisting keynote speaker and author Mike Rother at the AME conference 2011

Presenting at the Lean Human Resources Summit 2012

Being interviewed by Karl Wadensten of VIBCO for his Lean Nation Radio show.

Touring Barry Wehmiller's facility in Phillips Wisconsin

Enjoying some after conference time with Jim Huntzinger of Lean Frontiers, Sandra Richtermeyer of Xavier University, and David Cochran of Indiana-Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW)

Touring the Ford Piquette Plant with Jim Huntzinger of Lean Frontiers, Jeff Liker, author, Marcos Chao, LEI China, and Diane Landsiedel, University of Michigan

Touring the Ford Highland Park Plant with Jeff Liker, author, Diane Landsiedel, University of Michigan, Jim Huntzinger of Lean Frontiers, and Marcos Chao, LEI China

Ohio State's MBOE class of 2012 with Director of Alumni Relations Archie Griffin

With fellow Lean Practitioner and friend Danette Conley at Buddy Guy's Legends club in Chicago IL during AME 2012 conference.

With Tony Manos of 5S Supply.com at the CMA booth in 2010

Receiving 2012 Shingo Prize for Research for 'Lean Office & Service Simplified'. Cliff Ransome of Ransome Research is on the left, Robert Miller, Executive Director of the Shingo Prize on the right.

Fellow lean practitioner and friend Gary Kerr of Leveraged Lean touring vineyards after the Australia Lean conference in November 2012

At LEI Poland Conference with fellow presenters (from left) Mike Orzen, Kevin von Grabe, and Chris Honda

With the LEI Polska team at their office in Wroclaw. Executive Director Tomasz Koch is kneeling at lower left.

Touring Wroclaw Poland with (from left) Malgorzaty Jakubik of LEI Polska, author Mike Orzen, and James Franz of the Toyota Way Academy

Facilitating Lean Office Simulation at LEI workshop in Minneapolis

Facilitating Toyota Kata workshop at an LEI educational event.

With authors Dan Jones, Lean Enterprise Academy and John Shook, Lean Enterprise Institute at book signing at AME's 2013 conference.

Keynoters Paul Akers (left), CEO FastCap and Karl Wadensten, CEO Vibco sharing a light moment at the MD World Class Consortium 2013 conference

With Kevin Duggan, author, CEO of Institute for Operational Excellence at the MD World Class Consortium 2013 conference

Red Rock Nevada with Mike Rother