Development of Lean Thinking Through the Use of a Card Game

This is an evidence-based paper that explores the impact of Game Based Learning (GBL) in the development of specific skills of Lean Thinking in Senior Engineering students. A card game was designed to generate discussion in situations that required problem solving skills. Later, it was implemented with 178 Senior Students of Engineering Programs in Tecnologico de Monterrey, enrolled in Fall period of 2023. The analysis of results uses a mixed qualitative – quantitative quasi – experiment, in which results present evidence of a mindset transformation of students, from considering Lean as a toolbox, to visualize it as a philosophy.