Jamie Andrus of the Shingo Institute will participate in two unique presentations in partnership with Lean Frontiers, Inc. Both sessions are titled “HR and Continuous Improvement: Building Synergy in Lean Transformation” and will first be delivered as a webinar on July 11, 2017 from 1:30-2:00PM EDT. Her second presentation comes as a more in-depth Keynote on the first day of the Lean People Development Summit, held September 11-12. Lean Frontiers VP, Dwayne Butcher, commented, “To have the Shingo Institute represented on the agenda through Jamie’s presentation is quite an honor. We have long admired their contributions to the lean community and look forward to hearing Jamie’s perspective on the development of people in the lean enterprise.”
Jamie’s July webinar is part of 3 pre-summit webinar series designed for HR, Continuous Improvement People starting on June 27th. The webinars are approximately 30-minutes in length and offered at no cost to the participants. More information can be found at http://leanpeopledevelopment.com/3webinars/.
The Lean People Development Summit draws professionals from HR, continuous improvement, and leadership to explore how best to design job roles aimed at improvement, build problem-solving skills, define process improvement competencies, and develop leaders at all levels of the organization. This summit was formally known as the Lean HR Summit and has been offered for six years. For more information visit: http://leanpeopledevelopment.com/.
In her presentations, Jamie Andrus, MSHR, will go over HR policies and processes, working in sync with organizational and business processes, have the promise to be facilitative of enterprise excellence. On the other hand, HR policies and practices, out of sync with the cadence of excellence and continuous improvement, may be burdensome and distractive to business leaders seeking to drive transformation throughout the enterprise. This study uses a grounded theory approach to tease out and explore the relationship between these two functions in organizations pursuing a lean journey.
Drawing from a series of ten focused case studies Jamie will provide the foundational theory regarding perceptions and actions that facilitate and/or constrain lean transformation. Key area covered will include:
- How Continuous Improvement (CI) Leaders can facilitate continuous improvement in the Human Resource (HR) Function.
- How having HR on board can accelerate lean transformation in Health Care.
- Common barriers to effective coordination between HR and CI leaders.
- Strategies for overcoming common barriers
Jamie Andrus is the Manager of Client and Affiliate Relations at the Shingo Institute in the Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University. Shingo Institute Licensed Affiliates bring years of experience and a wide array of expertise to our clients. They serve as an extension of the Shingo Institute team as they share, promote and deploy the Shingo Model™ throughout the world.
The Shingo Institute currently has 20 Licensed Affiliates located throughout the world. Jamie has the responsibility of supporting and maintaining the relationships of the current affiliates, tracking and managing their activities and teaching the various Shingo workshops. She also manages the applications for potential affiliate applicants, training, orientation and onboarding of the new affiliate organizations and certification of Shingo Certified Facilitators.
About: Lean Frontiers hosts leading-edge, intensely-focused learning events for the lean community. These events take the form of Large Summits, hands-on workshops, and online learning opportunities. For more information on Lean Frontiers, visit www.leanfrontiers.com