Lean White

Your Partner in Aligned, Reliable Project Delivery

Lean365 improves how capital projects are planned, coordinated, and delivered in environments where cost, schedule, and operational impact must be tightly controlled.

Where Project Delivery Breaks Down

Most project challenges are not technical.

They come from misalignment, late decisions, and systems that make coordination harder than it should be.

Organizations engage Lean365 when they are navigating:
+ Teams working in silos with competing priorities
+ Rework, delays, and cost escalation driven by late or unclear decisions
+ Misalignment between owners, designers, contractors, and trade partners
+ IPD agreements without the structure or coaching needed to function effectively
+ High-stakes environments where coordination must be precise and disruption is not an option

Lean365 exists to bring structure, alignment, and accountability to how teams work together.

WHAT WE DELIVER

Hands-on support for teams working within Integrated Project Delivery and collaborative agreements

Alignment of scope, budget, and design decisions around defined value and constraints

Reliable planning systems that improve workflow predictability and reduce delays

Structured sequencing of work to improve efficiency and minimize disruption

Ongoing coaching to reinforce accountability, learning, and performance across teams

Selected Applications

Glenbrook Hospital

Lean Project Delivery in Healthcare

Alignment and coordination in 
fully operational environments
Glenbrook Hospital

IPD Team Facilitation

Coaching multi-stakeholder teams to improve collaboration and decision-making
Glenbrook Hospital

Planning System Implementation

Improving workflow reliability and 
reducing rework across projects
Evanston Hospital, Labor And Delivery Department

From Fragmented Teams to Aligned Delivery

Lean365 changes how project teams operate.

Instead of reactive problem-solving, inconsistent planning, and misaligned priorities, teams work from shared goals, clear constraints, and reliable systems.

The result is more predictable workflows, fewer disruptions, and capital projects that move forward with consistency — even in fully operational environments.

Alignment isn’t assumed.

It’s built into the way the work is done.

When Coordination Becomes Critical to Project Success

If your project involves multiple stakeholders, tight constraints, or limited tolerance for disruption, Lean365 provides the structure and coaching needed to align teams and improve performance.

OUR PEOPLE

John Zachara
I've sat on every side of the table. Subcontractor, general contractor, owner's rep. You learn fast that the owner never wins unless the whole team wins. On one healthcare project, we didn't just hit the budget, we used lean tools to cut two months and $600,000 out of the schedule. On another, a simple plumbing fix saved the hospital a quarter million dollars and skipped a mess of structural work nobody wanted to deal with. That's the job. Find the smarter path before you pour concrete on the dumber one.

John Zachara

LCI-CPC-SME, CCM, LEED AP

Vice President, Strategy

John Zachara
John Zachara
Vice President, Strategy
John Zachara

John Zachara

Vice President, Strategy

LCI-CPC-SME, CCM, LEED AP

"I've sat on every side of the table. Subcontractor, general contractor, owner's rep. You learn fast that the owner never wins unless the whole team wins. On one healthcare project, we didn't just hit the budget, we used lean tools to cut two months and $600,000 out of the schedule. On another, a simple plumbing fix saved the hospital a quarter million dollars and skipped a mess of structural work nobody wanted to deal with. That's the job. Find the smarter path before you pour concrete on the dumber one."