The Certificate and Advanced Certificates in Lean for the Public Sector are for everyone and help you take control of, and improve, your own work. Earn a Certificate in Lean for the Public Sector with four 1-day Lean workshops, including the ‘Introduction to Lean‘ prerequisite workshop. With six 1-day Lean workshops, earn an Advanced Certificate in Lean for the Public Sector, including the ‘Introduction to Lean‘ prerequisite workshop. Lean scientific thinking helps you gain control over your work and learn to optimize the flow of value to clients. Download the flyer. We developed and have been teaching the Certificate in Lean for the Public Sector since 2015.
Combine 1-day Lean Workshops, earn Certificates
-Introduction to Lean for Government / for office / for service (1-day, 9:00 am-4:00 pm, prerequisite for all other 1-day workshops)
-Lean is Science (1-day, 9:00 am-4:00 pm)
-Lean Thinker’s Toolkit: Lean Process Mapping and More (formerly Lean Project Champion) (1-day, 9:00 am-4:00 pm)
-iLean: Make Work Visible to Focus and Finish (1-day, 9:00 am-4:00 pm)
-Lean: Optimizing Flow to Deliver Value (1-day, 9:00 am-4:00 pm)
-Micro-Experiments: Foundations for Kaizen (be agile) (1-day, 9:00 am-4:00 pm, Lean is Science recommended prerequisite, though not mandatory)
-Gemba: The Power of Observation (1-day, 9:00 am-4:00 pm)
-Introduction to Lean for Management (1-day, offered in-your-workplace)
Certificate in Lean for the Public Sector: Four 1-day Lean courses.
Advanced Certificate in Lean for the Public Sector: Six 1-day Lean courses.
Download the flyer (in PDF format).
Condensed Certificate in Lean (4 consecutive days)
Want to obtain a Certificate in consecutive days? Do you come from a region outside of the National Capital Region (Ottawa, Gatineau) and want to make the most of your trip to Ottawa? A Condensed Certificate is for you:
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September 10-13, 2019 – 9:00 am to 4:00 pm each day – Certificate in Lean for the Public Sector. September cohort.
ONE-BUTTON REGISTRATION to all four courses at once for September 10-13, 2019 (full Certificate in Lean for the Public Sector) [Register to September Certificate], includes a 25% rebate, only $1,185+HST. The September Certificate includes these courses: Introduction to Lean for Government / for office / for service, Lean is Science, Micro-Experiments: Foundations for Kaizen and iLean. To register to individual course dates, choose from the full list of scheduled 1-day courses.
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December 3-6, 2019 – 9:00 am to 4:00 pm each day – Certificate in Lean for the Public Sector. December cohort.
ONE-BUTTON REGISTRATION to all four courses at once for December 3-6, 2019 (full Certificate in Lean for the Public Sector) [Register to December Certificate], includes a 25% rebate, only $1,185+HST. The December Certificate has the following 4 courses: Introduction to Lean for Government / for office / for service, iLean: Make Work Visible to Focus and Finish (kanban), Gemba: The Power of Observation and Lean: Optimising Flow to Deliver Value. To register to individual course dates, choose from the full list of scheduled 1-day courses.
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January 21-24, 2020 – 9:00 am to 4:00 pm each day – Certificate in Lean for the Public Sector. January cohort.
ONE-BUTTON REGISTRATION to all four courses at once for January 21-24, 2020 [Register to January Certificate], includes a 25% rebate, only $1,185+HST.
The January Certificate has the following 4 courses: Introduction to Lean for Government (prerequisite), Lean is Science, Micro-Experiments: Foundations for Kaizen (be agile) and iLean: Make Work Visible to Focus and Finish (kanban).
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February 11-14, 2020 – 9:00 am to 4:00 pm each day – Certificate in Lean for the Public Sector. February cohort.
ONE-BUTTON REGISTRATION to all four courses at once for February 11-14, 2020 [Register to February Certificate], includes a 25% rebate, only $1,185+HST.
The February Certificate has the following 4 courses: Introduction to Lean for Government (prerequisite), Lean is Science, Micro-Experiments: Foundations for Kaizen (be agile) and iLean: Make Work Visible to Focus and Finish (kanban).
Workshop Costs and Locations
Individual Registration
Cost for individual registration to each 1-day in-class workshop is $395.00 +HST per person, payable at registration by credit card (or Departmental Acquisition Card). All 1-day in-class workshops are offered at the Alpen Path Solutions Training Centre & Micro Lab, 340 Albert Street, Suite 1720 (17th Floor, Constitution Square Tower III), Ottawa ON K1R 7Y6. Workshops are from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. Get 25% off when using the one-button registration online for 4 workshops in a row, a cohort. Includes all workshop learning materials, coffee, tea and snacks.
Your Team at the Alpen Path Solutions Training Centre & Micro Lab
Team option cost, up to 14 people at the Alpen Path Solutions Training Centre & Micro Lab, for a 1-day in-class workshop is $2,750.00 (+HST) for up to 14 participants (below $5,000 and can be paid by credit card). The Lean Training Centre & Micro Lab is at 340 Albert Street, Suite 1720 (17th Floor, Constitution Square Tower III), Ottawa ON K1R 7Y6. Workshops are from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. Includes all workshop learning materials, coffee and tea. Book four 1-day workshops at the same time and up to 14 people can obtain the Certificate in Lean (for the Public Sector) for only $8,840.00 (+HST), when booked at the same time. Contact us to book your staff or management training day.
Your Team In-Your-Workplace
In-Your-Workplace group workshop for up to 14 participants. Cost for each 1-day in-your-workplace Lean workshop, $2,750.00 (+HST) for up to 14 participants in your workplace (below $5,000 and can be paid by credit card). Book four 1-day in-your-workplace workshops at the same time and up to 14 people can obtain the Certificate in Lean for the Public Sector for only $8,840.00 (+HST), when booked at the same time. Contact us to book. Cost includes all learning materials.
In-Your-Workplace group workshop costs are for the National Capital Region and we also offer all our courses in the regions. Contact us to get a quote that meets your needs.
Combine courses to earn a Certificate in Lean for the Public Sector or an Advanced Certificate in Lean for the Public Sector.
Optional Lean for Management Workshop
To deepen your understanding of Lean, add the optional Lean for management workshop Lean for Executives. Lean leaders (+ upcoming Lean leaders such as yourselves) learn about Lean leadership and about new practices such as Leaders Standard Work and Gemba walks. To create a culture of continuous improvement, management must own a Lean transformation and be involved because improvement cannot be delegated. Contact us to book your workshop.
Lean Coach Training Program
A Lean coach guides teams in defining problems and finding countermeasures to be implemented with Lean as collaborative science. Our training provides a solid Lean foundation on which you can build. Contact us to find out more about Lean Coach training**. An ideal training for management to ensure that improvement and work are not separated.
Download the the overview of our Lean Coach Training Program, in PDF 
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Finding the Lean way together!
Join the some 3,000+ public servants across Canada who have attended Lean workshops offered by Alpen Path Solutions since March 2015. Alpen Path Solutions created the Certificate in Lean for the Public Sector in late summer 2015 with 4 of the Lean courses above, taught since March 2015.
France Bergeron (BTh, MSc), Lean coach at Alpen Path Solutions Inc., brings 21 years of public sector experience and years of Lean leadership within a line department to help you live Lean in your government organisation. Joanne Gaudet (BSc, BA, MA), Lean coach at Alpen Path Solutions Inc., brings her expertise in science studies to the successful deployment of Lean as an applied collaborative science. Enlist empirical science in your work every day.
Lean is the science of work: see work (by using visual tools/management to see flow and what disrupts flow of value to clients such as maps or ‘kanban’, because in science you can’t measure what you can’t see), measure work (the simplest and most widely used measures are time and quality) and improve work every day (by collaboratively optimizing the flow of value to clients to make flow faster, easier and cheaper).
*Please note that non-attendance for training workshops managed by Alpen Path Solutions Inc. does not entitle the participant to a refund or the possibility of transferring to a later workshop date. Cancellation for workshops offered in Ottawa with less than 13 days advance notice forfeits a refund or transfer; however, an alternate participant may attend instead, please advise us as soon as possible (Introduction to Lean for Government is a prerequisite). Refunds, minus a 15% service charge, are provided upon written notification of cancellation received at least 13 days prior to a training workshop date. No refunds are issued following this date. Schedule, workshop offering and location are subject to change without notice. Workshops/Courses can be cancelled without advance notice by Alpen Path Solutions Inc. and in which case participants receive a 100% refund for registration fees. Courses followed at the CCE that were facilitated by Alpen Path Solutions Inc. will be recognized towards the Certificate in Lean for the Public Sector and the Advanced Certificate in Lean for the Public Sector.
**One-button registration rebate for a full Certificate is not retroactive and cannot be applied to registrations completed before the introduction of the one-button registration. One-button registration rebate only applies to the use of the one-button registration and will not apply if someone registers to four courses individually.
***Workshops outside of Ottawa: Please note that non-attendance for training workshops managed by Alpen Path Solutions Inc. does not entitle the participant to a refund. For workshops offered outside of Ottawa, cancellation with less than 45 days advance notice forfeits a refund. However, an alternate participant may attend instead, please advise us as soon as possible (Introduction to Lean for Government is a prerequisite). Refunds, minus a 15% service charge, are provided upon written notification of cancellation received at least 45 days prior to a training workshop date outside of Ottawa. No refunds are issued following this date. Schedule, workshop offering and location are subject to change without notice. Workshops/Courses can be cancelled without advance notice by Alpen Path Solutions Inc. and in which case participants receive a 100% refund for registration fees. Courses followed at the CCE that were facilitated by Alpen Path Solutions Inc. will be recognized towards the Certificate in Lean for the Public Sector and the Advanced Certificate in Lean for the Public Sector.