Jennifer Ayers, Author at NWHPEC

15Feb 2022 by Jennifer Ayers

Best Practices: Implementing a Model Workcell – Feb 22@1pm

Webinar

After spending years implementing improvements, Myers Container asked the question, “What is preventing us from sustaining our improvements?” In 2021, they set out to create a model cell that could be implemented in each of their facilities as a way to demonstrate and create expectations for continuous improvement. Due to the success of the model cells, in 2022 they will expand the model cell concept to all areas of their business (admin, logistics, commercial, etc.). In this best practice sharing session, Shawn Valladolid will share how they took expectations from upper management, turned this into a problem statement, then used continuous improvement principles and methodologies to build a model cell with a process for sustaining improvements. Join us as Shawn explains how they: • Determined the key elements of a…

21Jan 2022 by Jennifer Ayers

Coaching for Engagement – Feb 11th @8am (1 seat left)

Classes

The true role of a leader is a coach. This includes coaching to develop, coaching to improve, and coaching to engage. Engagement comes when people feel supported and trusted to make decisions and to accept failures as learning opportunities. This class focuses on teaching the foundational skills required to create engagement within your team. When done effectively, coaching for engagement helps develop capability and creates motivation to innovate, improve, and solve problems. This course will teach you a different approach to conversations, ones that focus on development vs. just sharing information. This ultimately translates into a team that is motivated, engaged, and empowered to drive improvement and solve problems.Join us for this interactive 3 ½ hour virtual class to learn the critical coaching skills that allow you to become a…

20Jan 2022 by Jennifer Ayers

Virtual Tour: Coherent – Feb 10th @9am

Learning Tours

Using Kaizen Short Stories to Foster Improvements The Coherent team will showcase how they are working within Covid social distancing requirements and still accomplishing day-to-day Lean improvements. Coherent members will show how they are using the Kaizen Short Stories to communicate their successes and to foster more improvement ideas. On this virtual tour, you will: Learn how the Coherent team shares their lean successes globallyHear about their Lean journeyVenture inside their operations as they showcase some of the Lean tools they’ve implementedDiscover how Kaizen Short Stories helped them continue to make improvements while maintaining social distancing (and remote work)See examples of Kaizen Short Stories and learn about the impact they are having on engagement The Coherent LMS Business Unit is located in Wilsonville and is part of a global leader…

18Jan 2022 by Jennifer Ayers

Book Club: The Toyota Engagement Equation – Jan 27 – Mar 10

Book Club

It’s book club time again! We will be reading and discussing The Toyota Engagement Equation by Tracey and Ernie Richardson (11:30 am Thursdsays, 7-weeks). Many of you met Tracey and Ernie Richardson when they led some workshops for NWHPEC back in 2019. If you haven’t read their book – now is the time! This deep dive into the company’s game-changing work practices reveals how employees were developed, how they were taught to spot and define problems through standardization, how they were coached to solve them, and how they were encouraged to improve their thinking as they moved forward. Our book club is a casual experience that allows you to read the assigned reading throughout the week and participate in some deep-dive conversations with the group. It's okay if you miss…

18Jan 2022 by Jennifer Ayers

Lean 101: 6-week series – Jan 25 – Mar 1 (Class is FULL)

Classes

Lean 101(a virtual learning experience) Join us on a journey to discover the basic elements of lean principles and see the impact they make when you put them into practice. This course consists of six, one-hour classes focused on the foundational elements of lean. During this course, you will learn more about the history/background of lean, why these principles are important to creating a culture of excellence, standard work, 8 wastes, 5S, PDCA, and visual management. Each week will include instruction, discussion, and simulations followed by small project assignments between each class to help you practice the concepts in your own environment.Lean 101 is a beginning-level course that teaches participants the basic concepts of Lean Thinking. It is suitable for participants who work in office or manufacturing environments and includes…

04Jan 2022 by Jennifer Ayers

Virtual Tour: Smith Gardens – Jan 19th @9am

Learning Tours

Topic: Intentional Leadership through Leader Standard Work Join us as we venture inside Smith Gardens to learn more about how they cascade goals throughout their organization and use a pattern for daily improvement (which includes daily coaching cycles and PDCA) to make progress toward their goals. Their current focus area is Leader Standard Work (LSW). On this virtual tour, you will see: How team members are using a Pattern for Daily Improvement (PDI) to achieve their LSW initiativeRelationship building through daily coaching cyclesThe development of problem solvers throughout the organization by empowering employees to take small steps and learn from their failuresThe power of creating an iterative process so LSW can adapt to work level/cycles throughout the yearHow LSW has helped Smith Gardens overcome an obstacle of sustaining their CI…

09Dec 2021 by Jennifer Ayers

The Bench – Dec 15th @1pm

Benchmark Request

Join us for another open-forum exchange of best practices. This month will be "open mic". You bring the questions and challenges; the group will offer advice and share lessons learned. Intended Audience: All NWHPEC members. Please share internally with individuals connected to and interested in any of these topics.Date: Wednesday, December 15thTime: 1pm - 2pmLocation: Zoom (webcam preferred)Cost: Free (NWHPEC members only) Registration: via Zoom, link

Author: Jennifer Ayers