Industry Pull Planning Learning Session Plus Delta

PLUS: Learning approach for three distinct passes through plan; A large group learning together; Guides floating about to support groups; Outline for session; Hands on approach to learning; Understanding difference between asking and dictating; Simplifying from previous simulation structure. DELTA: Provide more clarity on timing related to heating coals; Identify interim milestones for planning effort; […]

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Crew Level Transformation

In 1982 Glenn Ballard authored a paper titled Crew Level Planning, foreshadowing the development of weekly work planning and the Last Planner System of Production Control. The focus of the paper is on creating the conditions that make planning at the crew level possible, recognizing that such planning was critical to project productivity. While in 1982

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Communities as Shared Spaces

Tuesday evening the Lean Enterprise Institute hosted a talk by Dr. Kiame Mahaniah, CEO of the Lynn Community Health Center. His title for the talk was “God’s Work and Good Jobs: The Shared Space Between Social Justice, the Lean Movement, and Mainstream Business Practice.” The notion of “shared spaced” is an important element of lean

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Leadership Group Meeting Plus Delta

PLUS: Progress on initiatives; Initiative updates are helpful and provide insight into the work of the firm.   DELTA: Engage people outside the room in the work of the group; Identify people that can step in and participate when other group members cannot; Issue the agenda in advance; Develop ways to message the rest of

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Lean Workshop Plus Delta

PLUS: Simulation exercises; Focus on conversation and listening before making decisions; Emphasis on consistency in workflow before going faster; The history of lean; Concentrating on one thing at a time; Rhythm between reviewing concepts and exercises. DELTA: Make room warmer; Provide more industry specific examples; Provide industry case studies; Provide more photos contrasting typical work

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Does an Enterprise Have Boundaries?

The most recent letter to shareholders by JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon includes important insights into the role business can play in support of communities. Beginning on page 13 of the letter Dimon discusses the relationship of a business to the communities it serves. While he does not yield ground on the common view

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Rockstar Treatment!

An article published in the March/April 2018 edition of Chief Executive magazine advised that organization’s treat their “rockstars” differently than they treat other employees, labeled B and C players. The advice is centered on five actions. Provide the rockstars with significantly increasing compensation. Provide the rockstars with interesting work, problems to solve, and challenges. Provide the

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Lean Coach Workshop Plus Delta

PLUS: Mix of positions and levels of people involved in workshop; Interactive hands-on experiences; engagement of group. DELTA: Provide name tags; Provide more background on Lean; Provide slide handouts in advance; Share more success; Take photos of the workshop to share; Provide a more substantial breakfast; Do a mock pull plan.

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