A Lean Business System
Customized & Branded Just For You.


✓ Avoid generic solutions that don’t meet your specific needs.
✓ Avoid the $3 million average cost of developing a system from scratch.
✓ Avoid using an outdated system that will waste resources.
✓ Avoid the bottlenecks & inefficiencies that may occur with scaling.
✓ Avoid the struggle to maintain brand identity across multiple systems or divisions.
✓ Avoid serious concerns regarding compliance, intellectual property, and risk management.
✓ Avoid the consequences of inconsistent, incomplete, and non-integrated training material.
✓ Avoid the lack of buy-in that occurs when a system doesn’t match the look of the brand and the spirit of the culture.
✓ Avoid disruptions due to lengthy system implementation, averaging three years.
Lean Focus North America
+1 (630) 800-8519
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About Kirk
As a President as well as Vice President and General Manager, Kirk has led businesses through various stages of transformation in their Continuous Improvement journeys. Kirk started his career in non-profit management before moving into product management, marketing, and company strategy. He has been leading teams for the past 20+ years and has facilitated or participated in dozens of Kaizen events including annual Presidents’ Kaizens that were standard practice at the businesses he led.
Lean Focus Europe
+49 173 2505762
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About Manuel
Manuel has over 20 years of experience in Human Resource Management and Organizational Development. He has initially provided support for lean business transformations at all levels as a HR Consultant and later by leading customer-focused Talent and HR organizations in multi-national companies (up to $2.2B and 40+ locations). His assignments include various Talent leader roles at Danaher´s Water Quality Business and Head of HR positions in Pharma and Biotech. As an entrepreneur he has (co-)founded start-up businesses and professional networks. He is passionate about applying lean and agile thinking to build, improve and sustain impactful HR and talent practices, placing and developing key talent to drive the transformation journey, and building a lean leadership culture at all levels of the organization. Manuel holds a MBA (Diplom-Kaufmann) and Ph.D. in Business Administration (HR focus) from Essen University.
Lean Focus Nordic
+45 4030 3080
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About Michael
Michael is the CEO of Lean Focus Nordic, bringing over 25 years of leadership experience. His career includes ~18 years at Danaher Corporation, where he held multiple executive roles, including General Manager/Managing Director Dentistry and Biotech businesses, as well as several VP Operations & Supply Chain and VP of Lean Business Transformation. In his role as Danaher Corporate Director, he was responsible for Danaher Business System implementation in EU. Most recently, he led Operations & Supply Chain of a $1B acute care diagnostics business, transforming it into one of Danaher’s most Lean-mature organizations.
An expert in driving transformational change, Michael specializes in implementing Lean practices and applying Lean business systems in large-scale organizations to enhance quality, delivery, innovation speed, and cost efficiency. He has successfully led cross-functional Lean transformations across diverse industries, cultivating high-performing, problem-solving cultures on a global scale.
Michael is renowned for driving radical business transformations and delivering impactful results. He excels in building enduring cultures of Continuous Improvement, anchored in collaboration, empowerment, and mutual respect.
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P: +1 (630) 800-8519
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P: +49 173 2505762
E: [email protected]
P: +45 4030 3080
E: [email protected]