Lean 2 Innovative Thinking

Andy Brophy

123 Carraig Cluain

Clara Rd.

Tullamore

Co. Offaly

Ireland

Mobile # 00353 877860945
Contact: andy@lean2innovativethinking.com

 

Andy is a professional engineer. He has been working in the lean field for the last ten years primarily involved in hospital and manufacturing transformations. He specialises in providing practical facilitation and formal training to teams on their lean and innovation journeys.

He has a particular passion for developing and tapping into the creative potential of organizations employees. Andy also shares a passion for invention and innovation and the creativity techniques employed in this field.

Andy holds a 1^st Class MSc in Lean Operations from Cardiff University and is Six Sigma Black Belt trained. In March 2010 he is scheduled to publish a book called Innovative Lean primarily based on the power of harvesting and implementing employee ideas and creating an innovative and empowered workforce. He has also written a section of a new book called Living the Lean Toolbox for the Lean Enterprise Research Center at Cardiff Business School. In late 2010 he is also due to publish a co-authored book with Cliff & Jane Norman on Lean Healthcare with emphasis on Deming’s System of Profound Knowledge and The Science of Improvement. This work is the first of its kind to integrate these two powerful improvement methodologies.