(Lean Frontiers: Indianapolis) -- The Key Concepts for Lean Leadership workshop, scheduled for June 5–6, 2012 in Indianapolis, is designed for those truly passionate about lean and interested in moving beyond “tools” to a management system with respect for people at its foundation. The workshop is led by Mike Hoseus, who will share his first-hand experience during his days in Toyota management, which is touched on in his book, Toyota Culture: The Heart and Soul of the Toyota Way (McGraw Hill, 2008). Hoseus doesn’t just “know” lean; he lived it.
Dates: June 5-6, 2012
Location: Fishers, Indiana (Indianapolis suburb)
Fee: $975
Register here. Recent workshops by Hoseus have sold out around the country. Register soon because space is limited to enhance interaction.
Module I—True North, Hoshin Kanri, and Floor Management Development System
• Simulation round 1
• Culture—problem-solving teams
• Philosophy and values of lean—the Toyota Way
• Lean leadership (lean management system)
• Hoshin kanri and leader-standardized work
Module II—Hiring and Training for a Lean System
• Selecting and orientation systems for lean (attracting trainable people)
• Training and coaching systems for lean (developing able people)
• Standardized work
• Job instruction training
• Meeting facilitation
• Simulation round 2
Module III—Engaging the Worker
• Supervisor as coach
• Quality circles—meeting facilitation and communication
• Kaizen—engaging willing people
• PDCA—process improvement based on the initial baseline
• Balancing takt time and cycle time
• Quality tools and meeting facilitation
• Simulation round 3
Module IV—Problem Solving, Planning for Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA)
• PDCA
• Purpose
• Define the problem
• Break down the problem
• Set focused target
• Root cause analysis
• Develop
• Simulation round 4
Module V—Problem Solving, Do–Check–Act
• Implement countermeasures
• Check action
• Hansei reflection
• Standardize and share
• Simulation round 5
Module VI—Using A-3s for Communication and Coaching Improvement
• All participants, in teams, develop an A-3 based on the simulation exercise
• Practice reviewing and coaching A-3 examples (e.g., visual template, guiding questions, blind spot, teaching example)
• Create a report out of practice A-3s
• Learning to give constructive feedback to A-3s
• Assessing your current lean management system for gaps
• Plans for improvement
Learn more. Click here to register for this event.
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