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Our most popular workshop! Modernize your approach to change with our 16-contact hour foundational course that will show you what Lean Change is, how it's different from traditional change management and how you can get started without throwing away your existing change framework.

Lean Change Foundations

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Lean Change Foundations

Who it's for

• Agile coaches and organizational change management professionals who are looking for modern change management practices. • Change management professionals who are wanting to incorporate lean, agile and design thinking practices into their toolkits.

Why attend

• You'll work on real problems with a small group of your peers • Get access to the Lean Change global community

The Lean Change Agent Foundations course is a 16-hour program designed to help change practitioners apply agile, lean startup, and design thinking practices to change management. This course offers a modern approach to change, focusing on adaptability and collaboration.

Participants will learn how to co-create change strategies, use feedback-driven approaches, and apply practical tools to real-world scenarios. The course emphasizes continuous alignment and experimentation, enabling change agents to navigate complex environments effectively.

Whether you're new to change management or looking to enhance your existing skills, this course provides the foundational knowledge and practical techniques to drive meaningful change in your organization.

Curriculum

What you'll learn

Lean Change Foundations
01

Lean Change Ecosystem

Forget toolkits that only work in theory. The Ecosystem shows how ideas, mental models, and simple practices interconnect to support real-world, ongoing change—not just structured rollouts.

02

Lean Change Engine

This is the heart of how Lean Change works: feedback-driven, people-centered, and responsive. You’ll see how to apply short cycles of planning, acting, and learning to build momentum and reduce resistance.

03

5 Universals of Change

Change isn't one-size-fits-all—but there are patterns that always show up. This lesson introduces five core dynamics of change that you can recognize and work with across any organization, framework, or initiative.

04

The Modern Change Agent

The best change leaders today are more than project coordinators—they’re sensemakers, facilitators, and relationship-builders. This lesson helps you grow beyond the “deliverables” mindset and become a more adaptive, cross-functional leader of change.

Lean Change Practitioner
05

MVCP - Minimum Viable Change Framework

Traditional frameworks can be heavy and rigid—this one’s not. You'll learn how to build just enough structure to move forward with confidence, while keeping change lightweight, focused, and adaptable.

06

Continual Alignment

Instead of pushing for buy-in upfront, this lesson shows you how to maintain real alignment throughout the change. Learn how Change Canvases act as a shared visual guide to keep teams focused, clear, and moving together.

07

Experimenting Through Change

Change is rarely linear, and this lesson gives you a method for handling uncertainty through thoughtful experimentation. You’ll learn how to frame change initiatives as hypotheses, test them safely, and adapt based on evidence.

What to expect

Our most popular course! This is a great place to start if you're new to Lean or Agile change. You'll learn the foundations of Lean Change and how to integrate it into whatever approach you currently use.

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