What is Kanban?

Lean/agile for knowledge workers

Kanban has gained a lot of fans in the last decades. Originally developed for manufacturing, knowledge workers are now also taking a liking to it. For a good 20 years, Kanban has been used in various business areas of different industries.

David J. Anderson (a pioneer in the use of Lean/Kanban in knowledge work) saw the Kanban method as an approach to incremental, evolutionary process and system change for companies in knowledge work. David also founded Kanban University. Kanban University is the globally accepted certification body for recognized trainings and trainers.

Kanban is a change method

The principles of the Kanban method connect seamlessly to the Agile Manifesto or the ScaledPriciples. This means that we as Kanban professionals strive for continuous improvement. This mindset is also found in Kaizen, in the Lean movement and in the leadership understanding of the Agile movement. We change a little every day, we live "Organic Change".

The well known "ship folding experiment" by Klaus Leopold is available as a simulator on our website. Feel free to use this page to show the teams the advantage of Pull and WIP.

Here is the link to the simulator

Team development and New Ways of Work

Working with the Kanban method means that we, as individuals, as a group or as an organisation, break away from the ideas and structures of industrialisation. Together, we enter the age of the learning society and holistic cooperation models of knowledge workers. These models of thinking lead to new ways of thinking about work, projects and products. It also leads us to new approaches in the way we lead people.

Mischa

Mood in training

Expertise, didactics and the good mood they spread.

Otto

Trainer Duo

Ruedi and Renzo went into detail with the participants. A well-rehearsed team. Not overbearing. They integrated the participants well into the training. Everyone had a chance to contribute. Good discussions at eye level. They were good at dealing with teasing.

Valentina

Share experience

I loved how well you complemented each other. This course is alive thanks to you and your experiences.

Thomas

Swisscom

After the training

I want to put what I have learned into practice.

Dominik

STAUFEN.INOVA AG

Do what they say:

Well-coordinated team - ping-pong between the trainers was possible. Strong emphasis on visualisation with different tools. Stringent adherence to the agenda.

Jennifer

Agile Coach / We Coaching

Simplicity of theory and the complexity of reality

Ruedi and Renzo know how to convey the simplicity of theory and the complexity of reality in a very clear, practical and humorous way. The training is not a frontal teaching, but a collective shaping and practicing of the fundamental mindset of Kanban. I was very empowered and inspired to introduce as well as optimise Kanban at different levels of an organisation. Thank you!

Yannick

HR Expert / Federal Office of Information Technology, Systems and Telecommunication FOITT

Yes we Kanban!

Learning together with Ruedi and Renzo is not only fun, the learning content is practical, concrete and stimulating! Yes we Kanban!

Mischa

Servant Leader, Systemic Coach, Agile Coach and IT Techie / Roche; Scientific Solution Engineering & Architecture

Practical relevance and exchange of experience

A lot of practical relevance and exchange of experiences made the course very valuable, in addition to the interesting content.

Simone

BEING WELL ADVISED Change and Organisational Dynamics Simone Ackle-Lüchinger

"Don't fall in love with your first Kanban-board"

Many thanks Ruedi for the many insights into the Kanban method with its versatile applications in production and knowledge work. Looking towards a new future with time for work completion and innovation, in which prioritisation, change principles, a common understanding of the current way of working, feedback mechanisms and improvement have their place. MANAGE WORK NOT PEOPLE! Change and innovation also means "Don't fall in love with your first Kanban-board"!

Samuel

Project Engineer / HAENNI Instruments Inc.

World improvement :-)

Ruedi is able to draw on his cumulative arsenal of experience and concrete examples from practice to convey the theory in an interesting and very exciting way. He addressed the individual needs of the participants, never forgot to add a pinch of humour and mastered the hurdle "online course" without any problems. I enjoyed it very much and it was packed with valuable information. Thank you!

Mirjam

Senior Project Manager Digital Business Model Development, Agile Leader SmartWay / couniq consulting AG

Further education is fun

The mix of experiential learning, the introduction of one's own practical cases and the imparting of methodology - imparted by experienced and committed trainers - makes further education fun!

Christian Hartl

Product Owner / Bexio

Good mix between theory and practical application

In my opinion, Ruedi is an excellent trainer who knows how to convey the content in a comprehensible and motivating way, while ensuring a good mix between theory and practical application.

The KSD course was extremely valuable for me as a PO, as the optimization of the value chain is the focus of my position. I got a lot of input that will help me and my team. Many thanks Ruedi

Nicole

Personal feedback

I found all your courses very exciting and instructive. You managed to do something that no instructor has ever done before: You were able to explain agile and agile approaches in a way that I could relate to and understand how to categorize these methods and under what circumstances they can be useful to me. I thought you taught in a tremendously varied way and at just the right level. I really liked how you approached most of it in a very practical way and involved us in the lessons. Many, many thanks.