01Jan 2023 by Jennifer Ayers
Webinar: Developing Lean Line Leaders – Nov 15th @10am

Webinar: Developing Lean Line Leaders – Nov 15th @10am

Member Sharing, Webinar
If you’re looking for new ways to engage and develop leaders in your organization, you won’t want to miss this practitioner best practice sharing presentation. Learn how to use lean tools to develop production leaders to see and solve issues quickly. Milgard began by developing leads, supervisors, and other production leadership in lean basics. Centered around a daily focus on accountability, 5S, and problem solving opportunities within agreed upon KPI’s. Learn how the company transformed from a state of high staffing turnover, where leaders saw problems as something to hide and the number of units produced was the only metric that mattered, to a state of daily coaching to developing line leaders as first-tier problem solvers. Our presenters, Mark Waggoner and Brittney Webber presented this to a crowd of over…
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03May 2021 by Jennifer Ayers
What’s the Point? Finding Your Purpose – May 14th

What’s the Point? Finding Your Purpose – May 14th

Webinar
Do you feel like you’re being pulled in multiple directions by everything clamoring for your attention? Are you ready to learn a process for escaping the chaos? Join us in this interactive session to find out how Sam Morgan uses his experience of exploring, refining and discovering his own purpose to help find daily focus. He will share the positive impact this has made in his own life by reflecting on his journey over the past year. In this NWHPEC member-led webinar with a workshop spin, Sam will lead you on a journey of creating a daily practice that involves picturing your purpose, aligning your intention, taking small daily actions, and reflecting on the process. Spend this hour with us learning about the power of purpose and intention, collaborating with…
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08Jul 2020 by Jennifer Ayers
Webinar: Telework – Creating balance and boundaries between work and home – July 21st

Webinar: Telework – Creating balance and boundaries between work and home – July 21st

Webinar
Most of us were suddenly asked to work from home starting last March with no clear picture of what that would look like or how long it would last. Here we are, four months later realizing this will be the new normal for the foreseeable future. We’ve mastered MS Teams and Zoom. We’re figuring out how to communicate more effectively with our teams and employees. Projects are moving forward. In the midst of all this, one remaining impact of telework is that the physical and temporal boundaries we once used to separate work from home are gone. This may enable greater flexibility and autonomy, but also creates opportunities for overwork and stress. This webinar will highlight best practices for creating work-life boundaries that enable greater productivity and satisfaction and reduce…
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14May 2020 by Jennifer Ayers
Webinar: Developing CI Champions to Create a Culture of Improvement – May 27th

Webinar: Developing CI Champions to Create a Culture of Improvement – May 27th

Webinar
In 2018, A-dec realized that their strategy around creating and supporting a continuous improvement culture needed to shift. This led them on a journey to understand their current state, create a vision for the future state, address the gaps, and pilot a new concept for embedding “CI Champions” into the organization. This program was designed to create designated CI experts/champions in each of their manufacturing teams in order to increase engagement in CI activities and create more widespread capability to implement lean practices. In this webinar, Kelly DePaolo, A-dec's Learning and Development Specialist and Lean Coach, will share:• The problem that initiated this journey• The process and tools they used to develop the program• What they learned by piloting this idea (tangible and intangible results)• How Champions are trained• What…
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14Apr 2020 by Jennifer Ayers
Webinar – 7 Quick Wins: Applying CI to Energy Waste

Webinar – 7 Quick Wins: Applying CI to Energy Waste

Webinar
Topic:  7 Quick Wins: Simple Continuous Improvement Strategies to Reduce Energy Waste Speaker:  Kjell van Zoen, Lead SEM Coach and Kelson Redding, Sr. Engineer (Energy 350; Energy Trust of Oregon representatives)Date:        Thursday, April 23rdTime:       11am-noonCost:        Free for members Webinar Summary: Although we often relate the 8 Wastes to manufacturing and admin processes, the principles of waste also apply to sustainability (energy, recycling, etc) and can lead to tangible savings. Join Energy Trust of Oregon Production Efficiency Representatives Kjell van Zoen and Kelson Redding as they share ways to identify and save energy at your facility with simple low and no-cost strategies. "Manufacturing facilities across the region use these strategies because they are effective in helping reduce energy costs and engage employees in the process. Within the live webinar,…
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01Apr 2020 by Jennifer Ayers
Webinar: Virtual Kaizen

Webinar: Virtual Kaizen

Classes
Topic:  Remote Kaizen - How to Engage People in Improvement at a DistanceSpeaker:  Alison Lord, Performance Improvement Consultant, OHSU Date:        Wednesday, April 8th Time:       11:30am-12:30pm Cost:        Free for members Webinar summary:   Now, more than ever we're seeing the need to be able to effectively collaborate from remote locations. In this webinar, Alison Lord will share the best practices and lessons learned from running remote Kaizen events in the OHSU School of Nursing. During this webinar, Alison will share: Experiences and lessons learned at OHSU School of Nursing leading remote improvement workBest practices for defining when Kaizens should be done remotely or in personHow they've applied best practices from virtual instructor-led training (VILT) to increase interactivityTools and techniques used to build engagementA case study to demonstrate how to…
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31Oct 2019 by Jennifer Ayers
Effectively Coaching for Problem Solving – Nov 12th

Effectively Coaching for Problem Solving – Nov 12th

Classes
Date:        Tuesday, November 12th Time:       12:30-1pm Cost:        Free for members Webinar summary: As we take on new roles and greater responsibility within our organizations, it’s critical to be able to identify which hat you should be wearing: the problem owner or the problem coach. Two things are certain – your time is precious and people want the opportunity to develop. Learn why it’s important to develop problem solvers on your team and come away with some tangible practices to help you coach more effectively. In this session with Katie Anderson, she will cover basic tips around: • Problem solving thinking • Coaching to develop problem solvers • Shifting from problem owner to problem coach Speaker: Katie Anderson (Lean Enterprise Institute, Catalysis, Association for Manufacturing Excellence, & KBJ Anderson…
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