June 2022 Community Newsletter

It's great to be out and about?walking value streams, learning,?teaching and?coaching and sharing face to face. I've walked and mapped a whole host of value streams but last week was a first - we were asked to help assess the applicability of lean thinking and practice to the maintenance of shopping centres.

I've never applied lean to "bogs and bins" before (their term, not ours!) It's actually much more than that too. You can read my thoughts on this frontier in our?blog.?

The visit highlighted a couple of things. How important it is to get?across lean fundamentals in a simple, clear way. Why we need to understand how lean fundamentals, problem solving, performance and improvement management and?team working fit together.?We received excellent feedback on our teach poster method and did some reflection on what we've included/not included and the logic of it.?

As promised and planned, we've added more materials to our Lean Learning Journey platform this month. We hope it's becoming the place to find the best lean learning materials on the web.

We hope to see you online for our new Employee Involvement webinar at the end of July. More information below. In the meantime, enjoy the summer!

Best?wishes,

Dave Brunt

Coming in July!

Employee Involvement?Webinar?

For our latest webinar, we will be exploring,?discussing and showing the Lean “Point of View” around involving employees in continuous improvement. Firstly?you'll learn about the?Purpose, Process & People?elements of excellent?Employee Involvement Teamworking.?

We will then introduce our?Lean Learning Journey?to help you develop an effective Lean Teamworking Culture, followed by a practical Team Working?Self-Assessment.?The session is on?Friday 29th July?at?2:00 pm UK time. Tickets are just?￡24.99!

Buy your ticket or find out more information about the webinar here.

New YouTube Video!

4 Step Rapid Problem Solving Report Out?

Our latest upload?is a 4 Step Rapid Problem Solving Report Out?(Step 1: Concern)?overview?with one of our partner organisations JJ Churchill Ltd. The video includes the Key Learning points for Step 1, a detailed example of a?Step 1: Concern?from a Quadrant Chart followed by an explanation from a JJ Churchill team member.?

You can watch the video on our YouTube Channel here.

Coming Soon!

New Learning Materials

Our team has been working hard to develop our latest material.?Next month our Management System - Performance Teach Poster?and supporting?Facilitation Guide?will be available to purchase as physical copies?on our website.?The upper portion of the Teach Poster covers the Purpose, Process & People aspects of the topic. The lower section explains the 5 Steps to develop a Lean Performance Management System.

Thank you for taking the time to read our Newsletter,

The Lean Enterprise Academy Team

Get in touch by either emailing?[email protected]?or completing our online?enquiry form.