Lean Change Element

Lean Coffee

Lean Coffee helps you create meaningful dialogue versus broadcasting information at people. Our virtual Lean Coffee tool is in beta with members, it'll be public soon!

Lean Coffee

Lean Coffee vs traditional thinking

Two different assumptions about how change should work.

Lean Change

Lean Coffee creates meaningful dialogue by letting the people affected by the change decide the agenda. Topics are suggested, voted on, and discussed in priority order — giving voice to what actually matters to the group.

Traditional Change Management

Leaders need to be seen answering carefully chosen questions. Town halls are scripted in advance, and the agenda is controlled to ensure the right messages are delivered on schedule.

ScienceTools

What is Lean Coffee? Lean Coffee is a structured-but-agenda-less meeting format that creates meaningful dialogue. Instead of broadcasting information at people, it pulls the most important questions directly from the people affected by the change. It's one of the most versatile tools in the Lean Change toolkit. You can...

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