Erik Hager is a TPS CI and Innovation Coach at Alpha Labs. He possess expertise in continuous improvement, lean manufacturing, kaizen, process improvement, toyota production system and 44 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "I had the honor of spending a couple years working on my Lean Blackbelt, mentoring under Erik as my sensi. At the time, I really had no idea, but he forever changed my life in such a positive fashion. Not only in the work world, but just in life in general...the overriding message I have taken with me since then is "how can we/me be incrementally better today than yesterday". Erik has the rare skill that you know he cares for you, and he supports you, but he challenged the heck out of me too. He was able to make me move WAY out of my comfort zone, but always in the mode of progress. I remember a few years passed...... we both moved on to new projects, and Erik had me speak at a conference for him and LPS. My topic was Leading an Organizational Change with Lean. At that time, as I was creating my presentation and notes it dawned on me how much of an influence he had on my life. " and "Erik is the best mentor I have ever had. There is not a week that goes by that I don't reference him to the people I mentor and coach today. He develops trust, demonstrates patience and connects the theory of TPS & Leadership with the day to day context of his coaching targets, ensuring that the learning’s are maximized. I have never learned as much from one person as I have Erik. I cannot more highly recommend Erik to any organization that is serious about continuous improvement."