Following last year’s excellent “Seattle Lean Camp,” we are now nearing Kaizen Camp: Seattle 2012. (We did have a name change, so as not to confuse us with another set of camps with the same name.)Kaizen Camp is July 24-25, again at the beautiful Center for Urban Horticulture. Yet again, we have award-winning food trucks catering the event (both with vegetarian options), so no boring food! Already the event is nearly half full, with attendees from software, government, health care, manufacturing, education, and more.The diversity of voices and ideas is unparalleled – which is exactly what we were aiming for. Lean ideals and principles will be discussed. People sharing their success stories as well as their challenges. Different disciplines working together to create new ideas and explore continuous improvement.Last year we were blessed with great conversation, learning, food, and near gender parity. Judging by the buzz so far, this year promises to be even better.What to expect:

Great sessions
Conversations with other smart people
Learning about what is working
Strategizing about sticky problems
Exploring ways to create better working environments, systems, processes, and policies

What you will be spared:

Dull speakers
Bad boxed lunches
Canned presentations
Being silent while others talk at you
Sales pitches from consultants pretending to be speakers

Cost and SponsorsKaizen Camp: Seattle is $79 early bird and $99 late bird. With all this learning, two awesome meals, a full day of snacks, and a T-shirt from Nordstrom, that’s a steal. We couldn’t do this without our sponsors:

Nordstrom Innovation Labs
Modus Cooperandi
University of Washington
University of Washington – Bothell
LeanKit Kanban

See you there!