Lean Affects People’s Lives by Jean Cunningham

A morning Breakout Session of the Lean People Development Summit, held September 11-12, will be facilitated by Jean Cunningham. The 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 Read More …

Roger Bilas on Training Within Industry

In an immersive working session at the Lean People Development Summit, held September 11-12, Roger Bilas will facilitate the TWI:  Still the Perfect Foundation for People Development – 75 Years and Counting session. The Summit draws professionals from HR, continuous improvement, and leadership to explore how best to design job roles aimed at improvement, build Read More …

Lean Talent Development Process

The diagram is a very high-level view of thinking in Lean terms for talent development. So, often we tend to view Standard Work, Continuous Improvement and Exploration from only a tool perspective. Stepping back and taking the 20,000-foot level view can be beneficial. Think of the middle box as the present job skills, job experience Read More …

HR’s Job in Overcoming Barriers to “Wow” Results

Leading off the Lean People Development Summit, held September 11-12, will be Cheryl M. Jekiel. The 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 Read More …

Creating a Culture of Continuous Improvement

At the first Breakout Session of the Lean People Development Summit, held September 11-12, will be facilitated by Ellen Sieminski. The 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 Read More …

Recruiting & Onboarding for a Lean Culture

At the Lean People Development Summit hosted by Lean Frontiers in Savannah, GA In an immersive working session at the Lean People Development Summit, held September 11-12, Susan Kamacho will facilitate on the topics of Recruiting and Onboarding in a Lean environment.  The Summit draws professionals from HR, continuous improvement, and leadership to explore how Read More …