# Obeya https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obeya **Obeya** (from Japanese _Ōbeya_ 大部屋 "large room") is a team-based management tool, originating from Japanese lean manufacturing, designed to improve collaboration, decision-making, and problem-solving at an administrative level. It involves bringing key stakeholders together in a dedicated space—physical or virtual—where visual information is shared to align strategy and execution. The concept and its 11 guiding principles have been developed and promoted by experts such as Dolf Reijnders and Bart Bongers of the Obeya Association.