Andy Brophy is a Lean & Creativity Facilitator. He has
been working in the lean field for the last ten years
ranging in areas, from manufacturing to test labs and
from offices to hospitals. He owns his own consultancy
business called Lean 2 Innovative Thinking specializing
in lean and creativity & innovation.

He has a particular passion for developing and tapping
into the creative potential of organizations employees.
Andy also shares a passion for invention and innovation
and has numerous ideas for new products at the early
stages of market feasibility analysis.
Andy holds a 1st Class MSc in Lean Operations from Cardiff University and is Six Sigma
Black Belt trained. In October 2009 he is scheduled to publish a book called Innovative
Lean primarily based on the power of harvesting and implementing employee ideas and
creating an empowered workforce. He is currently also writing a section of a new book for
the Lean Enterprise Research Center at Cardiff Business School.