
Building a Sustainable Lean Culture From Strategy to Daily PracticeMarch 19, 2026 •3:00 PM UTC
Why do so many Lean initiatives deliver early wins, only to lose momentum months later?
In many organizations, Lean initiatives progress through training, implementation, and leadership approval, and early results look encouraging. Yet over time, habits drift back and improvement unravels.
In this webinar, Kim Koning, Global Director of Operational Excellence at Aurorium, presents a practical, system-level approach for building a sustainable Lean culture that connects strategy to daily practice. The session explores how leadership behaviors, management systems, and capability development must be intentionally designed so improvement becomes part of the operating fabric of the organization.
This session will cover:
- Why Lean must be intentionally designed as an operating system, not a collection of projects
- How Lean Maturity Assessments provide a quantitative view of current and future-state capability
- The core elements of a Lean Daily Management System (LDMS) and how they reinforce problem-solving behaviors at every level
- How to structure Lean Six Sigma capability development so projects drive impact
- How to build and manage a pipeline of customer- and business-facing improvement projects tied to the Annual Operating Plan
- Practical ways to reinforce culture through coaching, reflection, recognition, and enterprise knowledge sharing

Global Director of Operational Excellence • Aurorium
Kim Koning is the Global Director of Operational Excellence at Aurorium. He brings nearly 40 years of experience in manufacturing and Lean Six Sigma. A certified Master Black Belt, Kim holds a BS in Management from Purdue and an MBA from Western Michigan University. He is known for driving global process improvements and operational efficiency.
