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Welcome to the LeanTech Circles (formerly Digital Leadership)

The digital business landscape is evolving, and so are we.

As digital transformation enters a new dimension and with the complex systemic disruption of AI, it's clear that the boundaries of business and technology are evaporating for Tech-enabled Businesses.

To reflect this shift, we are partnering with the LeanTech Manifesto and renaming the group from Digital Leadership to the LeanTech Circles. The name change is more than cosmetic: it signals a renewed focus on the collective, experimental, and deeply transformative work required to meet today’s complexity, yet recognising how Lean principles are still relevant, even in today's modernity.

Though the internet and software have shaped the last 30 years, the digital revolution is far from complete. Like past industrial revolutions, it takes decades for society and business to realign with the full spectrum of possibilities. Today, despite a proliferation of advanced technologies—from Cloud to AI—we still see major organisational inertia. That inertia will be fatal for some, but a breakthrough opportunity for others.

The LeanTech Circles are a space for those building the future differently, the LeanTech Leaders. We explore how to integrate business and technology—not as silos, but as a fluid value-creating whole. Our work is grounded in rethinking the deep structures of leadership, strategy, operations, and flow.

We focus on the core principles of the LeanTech Manifesto:

  • Value for the Customer
  • Tech-Enabled Network of Teams
  • Right-First-Time and Just-in-Time
  • Learning organisations

We host regular meetups, support practitioner exchanges, and are developing training experiences for those leading transformation.

We are also offering taster trainings, accelerator groups for Leaders and practitioners and individual coaching.

If you are navigating or leading change—and especially if you feel the ground shifting—this is your space. Join the conversation. Share your experience. And if you’re ready to contribute more actively, reach out to be part of the steering circle.
Let’s keep the momentum alive. The shift is already happening.

We value your engagement.

** Code of Conduct **

"Come and See, Ask Questions, Respect People"
We are slightly paraphrasing Mr Fujio Cho (Chairman of Toyota) in his description of Lean Leadership and Genba. This sums up the essence of how a business shifter should think and behave.

All attendees, speakers, sponsors and volunteers at our Henko Shift Circles and in this forum/community are asked to agree and adopt this code of conduct. Our meetup is aiming to drive us to be better with Business Change.

One of the foundations to achieve this is “being” the values rather than just “doing” a method. Respect for people is a fundamental value of leadership, and it is therefore essential that we make this central to the value charter of this group.

Organisers, hosts and moderators will ensure that this code is lived by all during the events and off-line in between events, so as to make it an enjoyable experience for all. It is perfectly fine to disagree and speak up, and always do so in a respectful fashion. Lack of Respect is not promoting a collaborative and learning culture, and this would have no place in this community. The basis of a learning culture is to explore the diversity of opinions and experiences. Diversity has to be embraced, and any form of discrimination would be failing the core values and essence of this group.

Our Community, therefore, aims to be a place of harassment-free experiences for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, religion (or lack thereof), or technology choices. We do not tolerate harassment of participants in any form. Sexual language and imagery are not appropriate for any meetup, including talks, workshops, parties, X (ex-Twitter) and other online media, forum posts, during meetups or outside of them. Meetup participants violating these rules may be sanctioned or expelled from the meetup group and this forum without a refund at the discretion of the organisers and moderators.

If anybody felt hurt or offended in any way as a result of presentations, participation or subscription to our group, we invite you to report the offending situation.

  • Any post in this forum can be flagged as offensive if you feel so, which would then be dealt with by a moderator.
  • You can look up the organisers of the meetup events from the meetup page. You may contact them directly from the meetup page on the meetup.com website.
  • This community application (hosted by WIX) has a "Members" menu in the navigation. You may look up "Host" members or "Moderator" members and directly get in touch with them.

If you know of somebody who felt hurt but is worried to come forward, it is also your duty to report it. Your complaint will be handled confidentially.

All such matters will be taken seriously and handled accordingly. The Community organisers will be happy to help participants contact appropriate venue security or local law enforcement, provide escorts, or otherwise assist those experiencing harassment to feel safe for the meetup events.

We expect participants to follow these rules at all times on this community forum and at all meetup venues and meetup-related social events.
This Code of Conduct is derived from http://confcodeofcond...­ , http://leanagile.scot...­ and [http://leanagileus.co...](http://leanagileus.com/code-of-conduct/)­ .

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