Lean Learnings🌟Masterclass Series

Date: Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. ET
Location: Live via Zoom
💬 60-minute presentation + 30-minute Q&A
🎟 Free to attend – Space is limited

Session Four of Four: Masterclass Series with Isao Yoshino

• Session One – June 18: A Rare Conversation with Isao Yoshino – 40-Year Toyota Leader & Lean Pioneer
  (Completed – Thank you to all who attended!)

• Session Two – July 30: Characteristics of Successful Business Style – Japan and USA: The Case of NUMMI

• Session Three – August 27: Hoshin Kanri: Strategy Deployment the Toyota Way

• Session Four – October 1: Kan-Pro: Developing Leaders Inside Toyota

Session Four Overview (more details soon)

Topic: Kan-Pro: Developing Leaders Inside Toyota

Discover the powerful internal training program that developed generations of Toyota leaders, led by Yoshino-san himself. Learn what leadership development looks like when it’s built into the DNA of a company.

About the Speaker

Isao Yoshino
Former Toyota Leader | International Lean Thought Leader | Shingo Prize-Winning Author

Over his 40-year career with Toyota (1966–2006), Yoshino-san held leadership roles across 12 departments, including corporate planning, research, HR, and production control. He spent 14 years working in the U.S. and played a central role in training Toyota leaders globally, including directing the Manager-Development Program ("Kan-Pro") and contributing to Toyota’s Hoshin Kanri initiatives.

Since his retirement, he has become a sought-after speaker, consultant, and educator—most recently serving as an adjunct professor at HEC Montréal (since 2021).

Yoshino-san is the co-author of the Shingo Prize-winning book Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn, based on his experiences in Toyota’s Marine Division. He also contributed to Lean Leadership BASICS, published by the Business Improvement Group.

Registration

Thanks to the generosity of our consulting partners at the Business Improvement Group—and especially Charlie Protzman—this event is offered free of charge.

🔗 Once registered, you’ll receive a Zoom link via email.
📌 Space is limited, so reserve your spot today!