Lean White Belt

An introduction to the fundamentals of Lean process improvement, continuous improvement and innovation for government and knowledge workers. An essential starting point if you want to learn about Lean, if you are struggling to overcome a backlog or are feeling overwhelmed and want to do something about it. 

Lean White Belt (for Leaders)

The Introduction to Lean (White Belt) delivered from the point of view of leaders who have a unique role to play in leading a Lean transformation and eliminating certain kinds of wastes.

This workshop is for:

• Teams and individuals who want to use Lean thinking to improve their own work
• Individuals who have recently joined an organization implementing Lean who need to get up to speed on Lean basics

This workshop is for:

• Leaders, and leaders of leaders who want to begin applying Lean to improve their own work
• Leaders, and leaders of leaders who want to assess if they would like to begin a Lean transformation
• Leaders, and leaders of leaders who want to learn how they can support their Lean team to obtain better results

The learning objectives of this workshop include:

• Develop an understanding of what Lean is and how it applies to knowledge work
• Learn basic Lean tools and techniques to remove non-value added work and reduce frustration

The learning objectives of this workshop include:

• Develop an understanding of what Lean is and how it applies to knowledge work
• Learn basic Lean tools and techniques to remove non-value added work and reduce frustration
• Gain practical insights on how to best support improvement in your role as a leader

Topics covered:

• Lean principles
• Lean as it applies to knowledge and service work
• How to identify and eliminate interruptions to flow
• How variation and overwhelm cause backlogs and what to do about them
• Lean tools and techniques including visual management and huddle meetings
• Using the Plan-Do-Check-Adjust cycle to conduct experiments to learn and improve
• Practical ways to make Lean, continuous improvement and innovation a normal part of work
• The people side of Lean - what to expect
• How to build support for a Lean transformation and how to get started

Topics covered:

• Lean principles
• Lean as it applies to knowledge and service work
• How to identify interruptions to flow and what leaders can do to eliminate them 
• How variation and overwhelm cause backlogs and what to do about them
• Lean tools and techniques including visual management and huddle meetings and the role leaders play in these activities
• Using the Plan-Do-Check-Adjust cycle to conduct experiments to learn and improve
• Practical ways that leaders can make Lean, continuous improvement and innovation a normal part of work 
• The people side of Lean - what to expect and what leaders can do to create a movement
• How to build support for a Lean transformation and how to get started