Continuous Improvement Lean Collaborative

ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH ENGAGEMENT: An Evidence-Based Framework to achieve outstanding results with high employee satisfaction
2023-01-26 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Video recorded–use link below
Peter Winiarski
Founder & CEO, WIN Enterprises
Countless studies show that lack of accountability is one of the most common frustrations that many leaders and team members struggle with every day. Although we all know there’s a correlation between accountability and results, we don’t always know the best approach to getting there; and if done incorrectly, the impact can be devastating to our customers, the organization, and moral.
During this session, Peter Winiarski will go deeper into defining what accountability REALLY means and why it’s critical to address accountability gaps before it’s too late. He will share an evidence-based framework and approach that has been proven to get results along with best-practice examples and lessons learned.
At the end of this session, you will have a better understanding of what it means to improve accountability through engagement at your company in addition to having a tangible framework and approach that can be applied to your organization.
Recorded video at the link below.

Lessons in Lean: The Human Spectrum Creating Meaningful Work Environments - The Journey to One System – One Team
2022-11-02 12:00 - 13:00 | Video recorded–use link below
Register at the website link below.
Technology, pandemics, social and political dynamics, and disruptive business models are fundamentally changing the nature of work and the relationships between people and the work we perform. While nobody knows for certain how work will evolve into the future, we do know that leadership strategies and organizational cultures will also evolve as we connect the roles and relationships of people to these new work dynamics.
Adding to these changes, we now have decades of experience and lessons learned through our efforts in Lean thinking and the building of business cultures focused on continuous improvement. While there have been many lessons learned, we know for certain that the future of work will have a focus of One System – One Team.
Join Robert Martichenko as he discusses some of these Lessons in Lean as they relate to the Human Spectrum.
In this session, Robert will discuss …

How is work and workforce development fundamentally changing and what may be the future implications of these changes?
What are some of our most important Lessons in Lean that will allow us to build upon a solid foundation of learning for the future of work and leadership?
What do we mean by the Human Spectrum and how do we lead within a human-focused environment?
What will it mean for us as leaders in order to achieve a goal of One System – One Team?
How will we create a roadmap to bridge conceptual insights to tangible action items in order to determine, “What will we do with this on
Monday morning?”

Video at the link below

Biography:
Robert O. Martichenko
Business Leader | Author | Speaker| Educator| Strategic Advisor
Robert Martichenko is a business leader, author, speaker, educator, and strategic advisor.
As a business leader with an entrepreneurial focus, Robert spent over fifteen years as the founder and CEO of the LeanCor Supply Chain Group. LeanCor was acquired by Transplace (Uber Freight) in 2020, and Robert subsequently transitioned to strategic advisory work in early 2022.
In addition, Robert has created TrailPaths to focus on research and education to better understand the “People and Human” side of Lean thinking, leadership, and workforce development. In particular, Robert is collaborating with like-minded professionals to trailblaze the paths that will help organizations and individuals to develop, engage within and sustain meaningful work environments and cultures of respect. This work is looking into the past, present and future to disseminate and leverage our “Lessons in Lean relative to the Human Spectrum.”
A continuous thought leader, Robert sits on multiple not-for-profit and educational advisory boards, including the American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN), the Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME) and The University of South Florida Supply Chain Program. In addition, he has received several prominent industry awards, most notably, the Distinguished Service Award from the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), the highest recognition achievable for professionals in the supply chain industry.
Robert has written and co-written several business books, most recently, Discovering Hidden Profit. His other books include two Shingo Research award-winning books: People: A leader’s day-to-day guide to building, managing, and sustaining lean organizations and Building a Lean Fulfillment Stream. Additionally, Robert is the author of Everything I Know About Lean I Learned in First Grade and co-author of Lean Six Sigma Logistics. His debut fiction novel, Drift and Hum, has won multiple awards including the IBPA Benjamin Franklin Gold Winner Award for Best First Book-Fiction. He has also written the poetic verse for two children’s books, It’s Perfect Being Me and A Day Well Spent.
Robert is an active speaker addressing topics such as Lean, Operations Management, the Future of Workforce Development, Narrative Leadership, Supply Chain Risk and Creating Meaningful Work Environments.
Robert complements his professional experience with a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, an MBA in Finance, and a Six Sigma Black Belt. Born in Timmins, Ontario, Canada, he and his family have lived in the United States for the past three decades.
Video at the website link below.

What Lean Leaders Should Know About Neuroscience and Productivity
2022-09-20 14:00 - 15:00 | Video recorded–use link below
Carlos Arce
Chief Learning and Engagement Officer
Elation Health

We’ve all been living with the effects of the pandemic. Hear how neuroscience can help us to understand human dynamics in the workplace and discover new ways to optimize peak performance.
Key Take-aways:

Understand how the human brain/body system influences individual and group performance.
Explore which organizational practices enhance wellbeing and which undermine the ability of a workforce to adapt and thrive.
Discuss how science of human performance can be applied to renew and enhance workforce well-being.

Biography:
Carlos Arce is a leadership and organizational development coach using neuroscience and mindset research to improve individual and organizational performance. He is the Chief Learning and Engagement Officer at Elation and, formerly, the Chief Learning Officer of a nationally recognized healthcare organization in areas of service, leadership, and quality.
He has combined his expertise from healthcare with applied neuroscience and mindset research to offer business leaders innovative approaches to organizational change and improvement efforts.
With over 20 years of expertise in leadership and workforce development, Carlos has helped teams and companies, in a wide array of industries including banking, telecom, energy and government, achieve outstanding business results by improving the effectiveness of leaders, organizational culture, and employee engagement (professional burnout and employee disengagement).
He is a senior-level learning strategist who understands the drivers and obstacles that create both a thriving business and healthy employee culture. His application of innovative and engaging learning methods has helped transform and improve a variety of organizational operations including: executive team effectiveness, multi-disciplinary collaboration, and hiring and onboarding.

Recorded video at the Website link below.

Future of the Supply Chain and Lean: a Panel Discussion
2022-08-12 12:00 - 13:00 | Video recorded–use link below
David Tweedt, Panelist

President and Chief Financial Officer, Win Enterprises, LLC
Best-selling author

Brian Waild, Panelist

Director of Supply Chain, Precinmac, LP

What does the future of our global supply chain look like? What Lean concepts need to be reconsidered? Join us to hear insights from subject matter experts and participate in an engaging panel discussion.
Key Take-aways:

Understand how Lean supply chain management may (or may not) be the most effective way to stay ahead of supply chain issues.
Discuss lessons learned and best practices.
Explore potential triggers to proactively manage, monitor, and predict future performance.

Biographies:
David Tweedt is a best-selling author, President and Chief Financial Officer of Win Enterprises, LLC, and a thought leader in operations improvement, leadership, and team effectiveness. He is an innovative transformation expert with over 30 years of experience working with and creating high performance teams. Combining Lean principles with business acumen, critical problem solving, and technical innovation, he has built a strong track record of implementation & execution for true transformation in his work at Wiremold, Newell Rubbermaid, and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
Brian Waild is an operations and supply chain executive with 30 years of experience bridging organizational strategy with extended supply chain relationships. He is currently leading the supply chain transformation as Director of Supply Chain Precinmac, LP and, formerly, Global Planning and Logistics Manager for Elmet Technologies and Sr Manager Operations and Supply Chain for Newell Brands. He specializes in merging LEAN principles and Theory of Constraints thinking to transform his supply chain and help his suppliers increase their performance.
View the recording of the session at the website link below.

The Future State: Leading in Uncertainty
2022-02-08 14:00 - 15:00
Hear how Dr. Dickson is able to apply lean leadership in times of crisis and establish management systems with leaders at all levels across the system to engage every person, every day and drive results.

Eric W. Dickson MD, MHCM, FACEP
President & CEO UMass Memorial Health Care, Inc.
Dr. Dickson is President and CEO of UMass Memorial Health Care, the largest not-for-profit health care system in central Massachusetts with $2.6 billion in annual revenue, 1,700 physicians and more than 14,000 employees.
The system includes three owned hospitals on eight campuses with more than 1,000 licensed beds; four affiliated hospitals; 70 office-based community practices; a behavioral health services agency and hospital; six urgent care centers; and an Accountable Care Organization (ACO). UMass Memorial trains 550 residents and fellows annually and performs world-class research in partnership with the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Dr. Dickson also serves as a Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
Dr. Dickson has served as a member of the Baldrige National Quality Award Board of Examiners, lectures nationally on the use of the Toyota Production System in health care and is an active faculty member for the Institute of Healthcare Improvement, where he works with health systems around the world to reduce health care costs while improving quality.
Dr. Dickson completed his medical degree and residency training in emergency medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and has a master’s degree in Health Care Management from Harvard University. Dr. Dickson is the incoming Board Chair of the Massachusetts Hospital Association and the incoming Board Treasurer for America’s Essential Hospitals, which is the national association for safety net hospitals.

Innovation and Digital Solutions
2021-11-16 11:00 - 12:00
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for this free virtual Special Session with 3M’s
Michael Muilenburg
Operational Technology & Strategic Planning Manager,
3M Film and Material Science, Technology, and Engineering Group
Innovation and Digital Solutions
driven by systemic problems or crisis
November 16, 2021
11 AM – Noon EST
-You will learn: How do leaders drive digital solutions, capture value, create positive culture change, and guide employee experiences to truly transform operations.
Registration will be limited to 100 registrants.
