Lean White Belt for Leaders is a one-day introduction to the fundamentals of Lean process improvement, continuous improvement and innovation for government and knowledge workers 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 is 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. 

• The Lean White Belt for Leaders workshop is targeted to:

• 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
• Gain practical insights on how to best support improvement in your role as a leader

• Topics covered include:

• 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