Intro to Lean

This one-day class introduces employees to a number of Lean and Root Cause Problem Solving methodologies, with a focus on a few of the tools best suited for “quick hits”.  All concepts are presented with real-world, “everyday life” examples to make the material more accessible.  There are interactive exercises to reinforce the concepts of Standardized Work, 5S, and flow vs batch.

This class can be structured with examples specific to your workplace, whether it be manufacturing or an office/transactional environment (where 60-80% of the cost of bringing a product or service to market is incurred).

Class length: 1 day

Price: $2500 – $3500

Lean Innovation for New Products or Services

This workshop allows teams to learn the principles that Lean start-ups and entrepreneurs leverage to create successful new products or service offerings where there is a high degree of technological or market uncertainty.  Approximately 1/3^rd of this session is training, and the other 2/3rds has the project teams actively working their projects – creating the value proposition, defining the customer and their problem, identifying the assumptions for success, prioritizing risk, planning assumption tests, and developing response plans.

This workshop will require that any projects be evaluated for “fit” prior to the class.

Class length: 3 days.  There will also be pre- and post-class consulting and coaching required.

Price: $12,000 – $15,000

Daily Lean Innovation

This very interactive class shows participants how to use Lean thinking and an entrepreneurial mindset to tackle daily problems, inefficiencies and bureaucracies in the workplace.  The morning session introduces the concepts in a pretend exercise.  In the afternoon, teams will solve an actual business problem of their own so that they can experience an immediate return on their investment.

While “Intro to Lean” focuses on Lean tools, “Daily Lean Innovation” is more about mindset and creating a culture of problem solvers.

Prior to this class, participants will receive instructions on how to identify a Daily Lean Innovation opportunity.

Class length: 1 day

Price: $2500 – $3500

Six Sigma

This class is designed for projects where historical data exists on a process that is producing defects – typically in quality or cycle time.  There is a strong focus on analytical problem solving and statistical analysis.  Students will need to provide their own laptops and a current copy of MiniTab or QI Macros for Excel.

If you have your own Six Sigma Greenbelt or Blackbelt material and are looking for a trainer to lead the session, I can step in with very little prep time.

Class length: variable based on material

Price: $2500/day

DISC / Influencing Skills

This very interactive session helps students recognize their communication style based on the DISC communication model.  Students also learn how to recognize others’ styles and how to “flex” their own style to better communicate and influence.

This session is great for newly developed teams, teams with new managers, or teams that are struggling with interpersonal challenges — either within their team or with other teams.

Class length: 4 hours

Price: $1200 – $1500

Change Management

This workshop develops the skills to create, speed up, and manage organizational change leveraging the CAP model (Leading Change, Creating a Shared Need, Shaping a Vision, Mobilizing Commitment, Making Change Last, Monitoring Progress, Systems and Structures).  Students will get hands on experience with the many Change Management tools as they address one or more of their current business change management challenges.

Class length: 2-3 days, depending on number of teams

Price:  Variable depending on number of days and pre-/post-class consulting