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Lean for Beginners: Cannabis

For people who work in cannabis, from the grow to the counter. No Lean background needed. Ten lessons with a knowledge check and a floor task each, a final test, and a certificate of completion. The area guides, walk sheets, scorecards and huddle boards for cultivation, post-harvest, manufacturing, packaging and retail are part of the lessons.

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Free · all lessons open · one featured each Monday from October 12

AI at the Gemba

For people who already know Lean and want to use an AI assistant well, without being fooled by it. Ten lessons with a hands-on exercise and a knowledge check each, a final test, and a certificate of completion.

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AIToolLean toolkit: 17 AI skillsSeventeen free skills for A3, OEE, value stream maps, kaizen charters, job breakdowns and more. Paste one into a claude.ai Project and go.Open → AIGuideGetting started in ten minutesThree ways to use a skill, your first ten minutes, and what to do when it says it needs the gemba.Open → AIGuideWhat's safe to pasteGreen, yellow and red buckets for what to paste into an AI assistant at work, four questions to ask first, and a one-page team rule to print.Open → AITalkGemba Before AlgorithmsThe talk: the toolkit, the slides, the handout and the ten-minute start guide.Open → CANReportState of the MA cannabis marketFrom gold rush to plateau: oversupply, the 2026 rule changes and the THC-label reckoning, from public Cannabis Control Commission data.Open → CANReportMA dispensary saturation mapEvery operating dispensary in Massachusetts mapped against the population it serves.Open →

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→I work in cannabis. Start Lean for Beginners: Cannabis.
→I'm a Lean practitioner curious about AI. Start AI at the Gemba, or grab the toolkit.
→I'd like help on my own floor. See how I work with teams.