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As we learn and implement the tools and practices of a lean system, the underlying management and leadership methods become critical to sustaining fundamental operational change. This session will explore the operational structure, managerial methods, and leadership practices essential to effective value-stream management, that is — how to focus attention and resources simply on managing the flow of value to customers.

The book Lean Thinking accomplishes nothing if not refocusing attention to the flow of value beyond the boundaries of departments, functions, and even firms. In the workbook Learning To See, LEI introduced value-stream mapping as a tool to aid in transforming management’s focal plane from individual processes to the flow of value. The response of industry to this new tool has been overwhelming. Now, we can scarcely find a company that has not used value-stream mapping to help it identify the flow of value and eliminate sources of waste in its value streams.

However, as with all progress, additional challenges and opportunities have presented themselves. As firms have changed their focal planes, they have found that they are usually ill-equipped to actually manage according to their new-found vision. They are still organized incorrectly, still manage the wrong things, and leadership has yet to catch up with this new way of thinking.

 This interactive workshop will explore these issues and describe a model that people my choose to adapt for their own particular situations.

Price: $800 per participant, payable in advance.

Discount of $100 each if one person registers for two or more workshops at the same location.
Discount of $100 each if two or more people from the same company register for the workshop.