At NWHPEC, we believe continuous learning extends beyond our own offerings. On this page, you'll find a curated selection of webinars and conferences from trusted external sources that align with our mission to support your efforts to foster a culture of continuous improvement. These recommendations are chosen for their quality and relevance and to compliment our offerings.
AME Webinar: Heart-Based & Coaching Driven Leadership: Transforming Workplace Culture - Dec 16th @1pm
- Speaker: Meg Brown
- Date/time: 1pm-2pm on 12/16/2024
- Registration link: please click here.
- Target audience: Executives and senior leaders; HR professionals; Team managers and supervisors; Leadership coaches; Professionals interested in transforming workplace culture and improving team engagement.
- Key takeaways: Lean core principles of heart-based, coaching-driven leadership; Understand its impact on engagement and performance; Explore real-world examples of cultural transformation
Lean Frontiers Webinar: Kata Got Us Started, What’s Happened Since? - Dec 18th @11am
Join Dirk van Rossum from Helena Industries as Oscar Roche asks him to delve into why they chose to get started with ‘Kata’ and what that looked like and is looking like now (2 plus years in). They’ll then go further into key things that have been learned thus far and their interconnection. As both Dirk and Oscar will literally be between two ‘Getting Started With Work Standards’ mentoring sessions, Dirk will be able to discuss key learnings from participants practice of that routine.
Webinar key discussion items will include:
- How ‘Work Standards’ came to the surface as being a critical piece of the CI equation.
- Where Dirk can see/is seeing other TWI skills being pulled in.
JIT Cafe Webinar: Lean into AI: Using Artificial Intelligence to Transform Your Work - Dec 19th @11am
Do you or your organization struggle with how to leverage Artificial Intelligence? Has fear of the unknown become an obstacle to integration? With something this powerful, education is your best friend. Guest Host, and Lean enthusiast, Jessica Blake will showcase the transformative power of Artificial Intelligence with real-world examples of the successful impact of AI implementations.
Jessica’s got first-hand experience with how AI can streamline your operations, enhance decision-making, and drive innovation in your business. She’s ready to share practical tips and strategies with us on how to integrate AI into our daily work. Join us at the cafe December 19th for an opportunity to stay ahead of the curve and discover ways to supercharge your continuous improvement work using this breakthrough technology.
Agenda:
- What is AI and how do natural language models work?
- Tool availability and pricing: Copilot, Chat GPT
- Prompt engineering
- Case studies and real life examples
- Best practice
AME Webinar: Emotional Intelligence webinar series: Self Management - Jan 22nd @10am
Presented by Amanda Guthrie, this is the second of four sessions on Empowering Teams through Emotional Intelligence. The series will run from January 2025 through March 2024.
Learn about the pivotal role of self-management in EI and how leaders can either contribute to the success or the detriment of their teams based on their EI proficiency.
Leaders need to be able to effectively manage emotions and express them in a socially acceptable way.
AME Webinar: Emotional Intelligence webinar series: Social Awareness - Feb 26th @10am
This is the third of four sessions on Empowering Teams through Emotional Intelligence, presented by Amanda Guthrie.
Learn about the pivotal role that social awareness in EI and how leaders can either contribute to the success or the detriment of their teams based on their EI proficiency.
Leaders will learn to relate to others’ emotions by actively listening to others and participating in interpersonal communication to understand the nonverbal cues of behavior.
LEI Lean Summit - Atlanta, GA on March 5-6th
Join us at the 2025 Lean Summit, March 5 to 6 in Atlanta, Georgia, for a high-energy event that will shape the future of leadership. Our theme this year is, “Leadership for Tomorrow: Fostering Collaboration and Innovation.” (Additional workshops available March 3-4.)
Engage in dynamic keynotes, hands-on sessions, and connect with peers passionate about lean thinking.
Discover strategies to tackle today’s challenges, drive innovation, and practice collaborative leadership. Leave with actionable insights and fresh perspectives to transform your leadership approach and inspire your team.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your leadership and set the course for the future.
KataCon 11 + TWI Summit - Indianapolis, IN on April 1-2nd
The KATA Summit is an annual gathering of those seeking to grow personally and professionally by practicing, and coaching, scientific thinking. Most recently the KATA community has become passionate about connection, collaboration and giving back. Learning together rather than in isolation.
The Summit is full of learning opportunities!
- 20 minute keynotes
- breakout case studies
- the legendary Kata Geek Meet Up
- and more…
The TWI Summit is an annual gathering of those seeking to learn, implement, and sustain successful TWI Programs (Training Within Industry) in order to address some of the most common challenges in lean organizations. The Summit highlights companies who are addressing these challenges through TWI’s Job Instruction, Job Methods, and Job Relations programs which impacted Toyota in its formative stages.
The events happen concurrently.