25Feb 2025 by Jennifer Ayers
Building Your Lean Management System – April 2, 16, & 30th

Building Your Lean Management System – April 2, 16, & 30th

Application~, Deploying Strategy~, Developing People~, Events, Intermediate~
Join us for this 12-hour Lean Management System workshop, spread out over five weeks to provide a fully immersive experience where you design your pilot program, tweak, or revamp your existing LMS. Summary Most initial attempts at lean and continuous improvement focus on tools and improvement events (aka kaizen events). Unfortunately, after a while, people notice that the “lean journey” has lost most of its momentum, energy, engagement, focus, and breakthrough results. The lean management system (LMS) is a framework for building a culture of continuous improvement and shared learning. Its focus is on developing people to solve problems to improve performance. In this environment, improvement is not driven by a few lean champions but by everyone. Now everyone has a dual focus: doing the work (results) and improving the…
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25Feb 2025 by Jennifer Ayers
Value Stream Mapping Workshop – April 8 & 10th

Value Stream Mapping Workshop – April 8 & 10th

Application~, Events, Intermediate~
This 2-day workshop is beneficial for those looking to learn how to document, analyze and improve the flow of information or materials required to produce a product or service for a customer. While analyzing one of Tosoh Quartz value streams, following a part from order start to order ship, participants will document the current state, identify and document a future state, and create specific steps to help Tosoh Quartz move toward their ideal future state. Don't miss this excellent opportunity to learn and practice one of the foundational Lean tools (and one of the lean principles - Map the Value Stream).  Key Concepts:• Understand how to see the flow of value across a value stream• Visualize functional areas of work and how they interact• Identify waiting and waste in workflows•…
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01Jan 2025 by Jennifer Ayers
Leader Standard Work – Feb 7th (virtual) FULL

Leader Standard Work – Feb 7th (virtual) FULL

Application~, Beginner~, Classes, Leadership~
Class Description The Feb 7th class is full; reach out if you're interested in this topic so we can hold another class if there is enough interest. It's time to learn and apply Leader Standard Work to your daily routine! The true purpose of leadership is to empower and develop your employees so they can achieve awesome things.  To accomplish this, you need a standard way of working that will allow you to maximize your efficiency and impact while fulfilling your most important duty to your people.As the whirlwind takes over our day, we quickly lose control of our priorities.  Once we fall into firefighting mode, our ability to improve and sustain processes and activities becomes secondary.  This is where Leader Standard Work (LSW) comes into play.  LSW is the…
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23Dec 2024 by Jennifer Ayers
Coaching for Engagement – March 7

Coaching for Engagement – March 7

Application~, Classes, Developing People~, Leadership~
Class Summary 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 four hour in person class to learn the critical coaching skills that allow you to…
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22Dec 2024 by Jennifer Ayers
Lean 101 (6-week virtual series) starts Jan 22 (FULL – both sessions)

Lean 101 (6-week virtual series) starts Jan 22 (FULL – both sessions)

Beginner~, Classes
Lean 101 - Winter 2025 series starting soon... Our Winter sessions are full. Reach out if you are interested in taking our Spring series which will start up mid-April. 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…
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22Dec 2024 by Jennifer Ayers
Value Stream Mapping Workshop – Jan 7,9,14,16 (1/2 days, in person) FULL

Value Stream Mapping Workshop – Jan 7,9,14,16 (1/2 days, in person) FULL

Application~, Classes, Intermediate~
Availability: FULL; reach out to be placed on the waitlist This 16-hour workshop is beneficial for those looking to learn how to document, analyze and improve the flow of information or materials required to produce a product or service for a customer. While analyzing one of Stumptown Coffee Roaster’s value streams, participants will document the current state, identify and document a future state, and create specific steps to help Stumptown move toward their ideal future state. This is an excellent opportunity to learn and practice one of the key Lean tools.  The focus of the VSM will be order to shipment of one of their product lines. Key Concepts:• Understand how to see the flow of value across a value stream• Visualize functional areas of work and how they interact•…
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30Jul 2024 by Jennifer Ayers
Lean 101 (6-week series) starts Sept 10th (Class is FULL)

Lean 101 (6-week series) starts Sept 10th (Class is FULL)

Beginner~, Classes
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 those who work in office or manufacturing environments and includes many real-world examples from a…
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