An Intensive 5-day Training Course
Lean, Green and Agile Thinking for Leaders in the New Era
Creating value through lean, green and agile to achieve efficiency and effectiveness for Lasting Impact
Course Introduction
This Lean Leadership thinking training course is designed to transform your approach to business with Lean principles and sustainable practices. This course provides leaders with concepts, tools and techniques to discuss and analyse the new business challenges agenda and transform your journey toward efficiency, value creation, and environmental responsibility. Dive into a comprehensive learning experience that blends theory with real-world application, empowering you to lead your organization towards a lean and sustainable future.
This training course will highlight:
- Using Lean thinking to reduce waste and costs.
- Integrating sustainability seamlessly into operations
- Streamlining processes for maximum efficiency and value creation
- Recommend improvements and integrate agile thinking approaches.
Objectives
At the end of this training course, you will learn to:
- Implement Lean practices for operational excellence.
- Identify stakeholders and integrate lean into business strategies and operations.
- Streamline processes to reduce waste and create value through lean and sustainability tools and techniques.
- Apply agile thinking to drive sustainable business practices.
Training Methodology
This training course employs a dynamic blend of interactive lectures, Learning by doing activities, group discussions, and practical exercises. Facilitator will guide participants through real-world scenarios, ensuring a hands-on and engaging learning experience.
Organisational Impact
The Organization will have the following benefits:
- Increased operational efficiency.
- Cost reduction through waste minimization.
- Enhanced sustainability practices through value chain creation.
- Improved adaptability to changing market demands.
- Cultivation of a culture focused on continuous improvement.
- Strengthened competitive position in the market through agile thinking.
Personal Impact
At the end of this training course, the participants will gain the following:
- Advanced skills in Lean thinking and sustainability.
- Improved decision-making aligned with sustainability goals.
- Enhanced problem-solving capabilities.
- Increased leadership abilities within a sustainable framework.
- Career growth opportunities through enhanced skills in Lean and agile practices.
- Confidence to drive positive change in the workplace.
Who Should Attend?
This training course is suitable for a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:
- Senior Managers and executives seeking operational excellence.
- Sustainability professionals aiming to integrate Lean practices.
- Cross functional team coordinators
- Managers and team leaders
- Professionals aspiring to lead sustainable initiatives.
Course Outline
Day 1
Lean Thinking and sustainability strategy
- Historical context and lean principles
- Deming’s philosophy
- TPS
- Identifying and eliminating waste
- The new agenda: Sustainability and VUCA
- Managing stakeholder expectations and addressing their concerns
- The cost of poor quality
- Cause and effect analysis
Day 2
Streamline processes, Lean and green analysis.
- Value stream mapping
- Lean and green analysis
- Measure sustainability
- Root cause analysis
- Capacity management
- Bottleneck analysis
Day 3
Continuous improvements
- Kaizen principles and continuous improvement
- Poke Yoke (error proofing)
- Visual Management and 5S
- Ideation
- Sustainability as a value creation
- Green improvements: Tools matrix for sustainability and operations improvement
- Designing the future state map
Day 4
Agile Thinking
- Difference between Lean and Agile operations
- From lean to Agile: Postponement, Speed, and flexibility
- Stage gates projects
- Agile projects and Agile methodology
- Agile principles
- Understand the ‘real life’ challenges associated with delivery of agile projects.
- Outsource Agile projects effectively.
Day 5
Change Leadership
- Measuring and monitoring progress towards Operational Excellence
- Developing a sustainability action plan for your organization
- Sustainability roadmap
- Metrics for measuring sustainability success.
- Cultural leadership
- Change leadership.
Certificate
Oxford Management Centre Certificate will be provided to delegates who successfully completed the training course.