Infusing Toyota Kata into the Organization - Big Bang or Gradual?
2023-03-22 17:00 - 18:00 (Asia/Dubai) | Webinar
“How do I get started?” is a common question, not only with Toyota Kata, but with any improvement initiative. We will explore the more common approaches, then discuss alternatives that sometimes prove more successful.

About Mark Rosenthal
Mark has been learning on the front lines of Lean Production, quality improvement, and leader development in manufacturing, engineering design, service sector and health care for 30 years.
His experience includes working on lean and quality systems implementation in companies such as Boeing and Boeing suppliers, Genie Industries, Eastman Kodak and Terex at sites throughout North America, Asia and Europe. His baseline background and training experience was with Toyota-trained teachers in the USA and Japan.
Since becoming an independent consultant he has worked with a wide spectrum of organizations ranging from strategic projects for major global corporations, coaching and training small and medium sized businesses down to coaching the owner of a small single-site retail business. His experience includes process mapping and improvement in industrial and manufacturing, administrative and transactional processes, health care, engineering product development, and integrating work flows with I.T. systems.
He has a Bachelors from Clarkson University in Potsdam, NY.

Webinar
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM (Dubai Time)
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM (Riyadh Time)
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (EST)
Book Event

The Secondary Drivers of Change: Understanding The Ripple Effect on Our Organizations and What is Happening Today?
2023-04-26 19:30 - 20:30 (Asia/Dubai)
Either change or become irrelevant.
In today’s fast-paced and ever-changing business environment, organizations are faced with numerous challenges that require them to adapt quickly. Every decision an organization makes can have a ripple effect on various aspects of the company. Therefore, one of the challenges is dealing with secondary changes that occur after an initial change has been made. These secondary changes can affect various aspects of the organization, including its external environment, people, the organizational structure, the internal culture, and systems.
In this presentation, we will explore how changes in one area of an organization can affect the secondary drivers of change. For example, a shift in organizational structure, such as a merger or acquisition, can trigger changes in the internal environment, culture, and systems. It can also impact the people within the organization, leading to changes in employee morale, job responsibilities, and even leadership.
Similarly, changes in the external environment, such as new regulations or shifts in consumer behavior, can trigger secondary changes throughout the organization. These changes can impact on the organizational structure, leading to the creation of new departments or the reorganization of existing ones. They can also affect the internal environment, leading to changes in the company’s culture, values, and norms.
By understanding the ripple effect of change and its impact on the elements of the secondary drivers of change, organizations can adapt more quickly to changing circumstances and stay ahead of the competition. This presentation will provide valuable insights and practical strategies for managing change and leveraging it to drive success.
About Craig A. Stevens
Craig A. Stevens is known as the Change tor-Mentor (www.e-WBS.com) because of his passion for helping others master all things change and the “Flags of America Artist” (www.CraigAStevens.com) for his art that lifts up heroes who gave their lives protecting others. He has written many papers and several books on excellent change management (Amazon.com: Craig A. Stevens: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle).
As an educator, he teaches graduate level classes in Project Management and Optimization for CASRE/ISE/UTK. He also trains using corporate workshops in Change Management, Agile and Traditional Project Management, Lean Six Sigma, Customer Service for Westbrook Stevens LLC, Agile Brains Consulting, and courses through VMEdu (ScrumStudy, 6sigmaStudy, SMStudy). Over the years he has taught for the American Management Association International (AMAI), NASA, Padgett Thompson, and graduate and undergraduate classes and workshops for Vanderbilt, Belmont University, Trevecca, and others.
Craig has been a consultant for over 100 different organizations such as SAIC, TVA, US DOD, US DOE, NASA, Lockheed Martin, Westinghouse, DuPont, and others. Craig has worked in every layer of an organization and in several industries (Healthcare, Agriculture, Government, Manufacturing, Hospitality, Scientific Research, Energy, Real Estate Investing and Construction, Waste Management and Environmental Restoration, and Not-For-Profits). He also worked as a senior project manager in the PMO for a major healthcare organization where he implemented both BA and PM best practices. He was the Manager for the Process Improvement Program for HCA Physician Services, where his team developed the CPI/Lean/Six Sigma program for roughly 800 practices.

Webinar
7:30 PM – 8:30 PM (Dubai Time)
6:30 PM – 7:30 PM (Riyadh Time)
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM (EST)
Book Event

8 Metrics to Measure any Process
2023-05-10 19:30 - 20:30 (Asia/Dubai)
About Ibrahim Saleh
Ibrahim Saleh is an academic scholar with a transformational leadership style supporting organizations through process improvement, performance management, project management, strategy deployment, and leadership development to achieve operational excellence. Ibrahim has a Bachelor’s degree in business administration, specializing in accounting & finance, from the British University in Egypt. A Master’s degree in Technology Management, specializing in Lean Management & Six Sigma, from Central Connecticut State University. And a Business Administration Doctorate from Northcentral University, specializing in managing Engineering & Technology.

Webinar
7:30 PM – 8:30 PM (Dubai Time)
6:30 PM – 7:30 PM (Riyadh Time)
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM (EST)
Book Event

Lean Leaders Use PMOs to Acieve Enterprise Excellence
2023-05-17 19:30 - 20:30 (Asia/Dubai)
Lean Leaders use their knowledge of Project Management Offices (PMOs) to achieve enterprise excellence. Through their roles of process owners, team leaders, operations managers and project managers (PMs), Lean Leaders make a real difference. It is through being responsible for their processes and projects that their companies and organizations accomplish necessary work, and customers are pleased, and real profits are made. An Atlanta Airport Control Tower video will be shared as an example.
About Dave Harry
Dave Harry, a.k.a. “The Process Whisperer®” is the CEO of Process Whisperer® Consultants LLC in Greeneville, Tennessee U.S.A. Dave is a retired U.S. Navy pilot and has lived in Spain, India and Sri Lanka. As an independent Lean Six Sigma consultant and Toyota Kata expert, Dave has taught hundreds of LSS Green Belt, Black Belt and Toyota Kata classes throughout the US over the past 20 years.
Dave is an ASQ certified Six Sigma Black Belt. He was also a Six Sigma Black Belt with Rolls-Royce Energy in Ohio and Lean Six Sigma Champion and Black Belt with Northrop Grumman in Virginia. He is very active in several quality associations including the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) as an IISE Operational Excellence Division Board Member and the Secretary of the IISE Nashville TN Chapter. He is also active in ASQ having presented at many ASQ Conferences and an ASQ Lean Enterprise Division Board Member.
Dave also serves on the Advisory Board of the Operational Excellence Society, and on the Governing Board of the ISE Body of Knowledge. As a member of the Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IEOM) Society, he regularly keynotes at IEOM Society conferences, including Istanbul Turkey, Lima Peru, Asunción Paraguay, and Dhaka Bangladesh. He recently spoke at the American Quality Institute (AQI) Lean and Six Sigma World Conference in Orlando Florida.

Webinar
7:30 PM – 8:30 PM (Dubai Time)
6:30 PM – 7:30 PM (Riyadh Time)
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM (EST)
Book Event

The Super Skills Behind Operational Excellence
2023-06-14 19:30 - 20:30 (Asia/Dubai)
Have you ever underestimated your influence on others? Do you fail to recognize the impact you have on people, their work, and their ability to solve problems and thrive? People-centric skills are critical to Operational Excellence, and we can always do better.
Whether you hold a formal leadership position or not, you have the power to affect those around you. However, the way you think, speak, and act may not always bring out the best in yourself or those you interact with. This can lead to missed opportunities, strained relationships, and less than ideal organizational outcomes.
This webinar, based on her new book, “Picture Yourself a Leader”, Elisabeth Swan will demonstrate what gets in the way, and how to hone your skills so you can operate with better success.

About Elisabeth Swan
Elisabeth has consulted in the business process performance industry for over 30 years. Her experience spans from helping local non-profits expand their reach to guiding Fortune 100 companies through Lean Transformations. She has trained and mentored thousands of people in improvement projects generating millions in savings. She has deep experience coaching problem solvers and facilitating leadership retreats, strategic planning sessions, process walks, and kaizen events.
Elisabeth is the co-designer and lead Instructor for the Lean Six Sigma Leadership Course at University of California, San Diego (UCSD) as well as the instructor and coach for the Lean Six Sigma Green Belt at UC San Diego Health. She also designs and runs Lean Six Sigma courses at UC Davis, and the University of Denver.
She is a co-founder of Just-in-Time Café, and co-host of the Just-in-Time Café podcast. Her latest book is, Picture Yourself a Leader: Illustrated Micro-Lessons in Navigating Change, and she also co-wrote the Problem Solver’s Toolkit: A Surprisingly Simple Guide to Your Lean Six Sigma Journey.
Elisabeth is a former cast member of ImprovBoston and holds a BA in English from Barnard College and Columbia University.

Webinar
7:30 PM – 8:30 PM (Dubai Time)
6:30 PM – 7:30 PM (Riyadh Time)
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM (EST)
Book Event

الذكاء الإصطناعي: فرص للتعلم والنمو
2023-06-21 19:30 - 20:30 (Asia/Dubai)
مع التفاعل الكبير الذي تحظى به أدوات وتطبيقات الذكاء الاصطناعي، كيف يمكن للمهندسين والمديرين، ورواد الأعمال، والمتخصصين فى المجالات مختلقه الاستفادة من الذكاء الإصطناعي للتَعَلُّم، وكيف يمكن للمؤسسات تبنى ودمج الذكاء الاصطناعي في عملياتها اليومية بطريقة عمليه لتحقيق أهدافها الإستراتيجيه .
نبذة عن أيناس عارف
إيناس حاصله على بكالوريوس الهندسه الميكانيكيه و الماجستير فى اداره المشروعات من جامعه كيلر بأمريكا وباحث دكتوراه فى الهندسه الصناعيه والتعليم الهندسى من جامعه ويسترن ميتشيجين بالولايات المتحدة الأمريكيه
خبره فى مجال التعليم العالى والبحث العلمى
بالإضافه إلى الخبره المهنيه فى عده مجالات هندسيه بالتعاون مع شركات محليه ودوليه
إستشارى فني فى مجالات : السلامه والصحه المهنيه والإرجونومكس ، الإداره، الجوده ، التدريب، الإبتكار وتصميم المنتجات بمنهجيه Design Thinking

Webinar
7:30 PM – 8:30 PM (Dubai Time)
6:30 PM – 7:30 PM (Riyadh Time)
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM (EST)
Book Event

Problem Solving System
2023-08-04 19:00 - 20:00 (Asia/Dubai)
About Hide Oba
Hide Oba lives in New York, USA, and consults worldwide.
He started his career as a TPS consultant in 2002. He was coached by his father, Hajime Oba, a 45 years veteran of Toyota, who started TSSC in 1992. In 2008, they founded H&M Operations Management and continued to implement TPS globally in diverse industries.

Webinar
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM (Dubai Time)
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM (Riyadh Time)
11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (EST)
Book Event

Giving Wings to Your Team: Learning to coach the Toyota Kata Way.
2023-09-06 13:00 - 14:00 (Asia/Dubai)
Since there is no roadmap for many of today’s challenges, having managers, supervisors and team leaders develop their people’s navigation skills is an increasingly crucial factor in reaching challenging goals, adapting, innovating and achieving continuous improvement at scale. As a result, coaching ability is becoming an essential skill for any manager.
In their new book Tilo Schwarz and Jeff Liker tell the story of a young manager, Denise, learning to coach her team the Toyota Kata way.
By practicing and coaching scientific thinking skills, we believe that people can outperform the expected and any challenge can be overcome.
Join us for this webinar and get a taste of how to become a better coach or help the managers you work with.

About Tilo Schwarz

Tilo supports organizations and managers in successfully leading change and empowering their teams for improvement, adaptiveness, and superior results.
He was a plant manager at a renowned German power-tool manufacturer, where he and his management team started practicing Toyota Kata as part of Mike Rother’s groundbreaking research in 2006.
By doing so, Tilo and his team established continuous improvement as a daily working routine throughout all processes and areas of the plant. That led to winning the A. T. Kearny manufacturing competition “Factory of the Year” and a WHU/INSEAD Industrial Excellence Award.
Tilo is co-founder of the Campus for Leaders at the University of Applied Science Ansbach and the author of several books on coaching and Toyota Kata.

How Can We Teach Managers to be Coaching Leaders?
2023-09-13 19:30 - 20:30 UTC
These days it is common for companies to want their managers to be coaches instead to autocrats. They want them to engage and develop their people. But how? Telling someone how you want them to change their behavior is a losing proposition. Dr. Liker talks about his new book with Tilo Schwarz, “Giving Wings to Her Team,” a business novel about the process of learning to coach the Toyota Kata Way. Through deliberate practice of kata, small practice routines, Denise learns to coach her team in scientific thinking to achieve breakthrough goals.

About Jeff Liker
Jeffrey K. Liker is Professor Emeritus, Industrial and Operations Engineering at The University of Michigan and President of Liker Lean Advisors, LLC. He is author of the best-selling book, The Toyota Way, Second Edition, and has coauthored nine other books about Toyota including The Toyota Way to Service Excellence, and The Toyota Way to Lean Leadership. His graphic novel with Eduardo Lander and Tom Root tells the story of lean transformation at a mail-order company: Lean in a High-Variability Business. His articles and books have won thirteen Shingo Prizes for Research Excellence. He was inducted into the Association of Manufacturing Excellence Hall of Fame and the Shingo Academy.

Seven Ways to Awaken the Respect Inside Each of Us
2023-09-18 19:30 - 20:30 (Asia/Dubai)
Respect Every Individual has become an increasingly important guide for organizations on the journey to cultural transformation and enterprise excellence. Join Gwendolyn Galsworth, leading visual workplace/visual management expert as she describes three core types of respect. The first two are routine, expected, and commonplace. The third is exceptional, but largely dormant unless cultivated by design; it is also the most powerful. Learn about the Seven Respect-Building Behaviors that Dr. Galsworth developed to help operators and managers alike transform their companies by transforming themselves—beginning in the training room.

About Gwendolyn Galsworth
Gwendolyn Galsworth, Ph.D., is president/founder of Visual Thinking Inc. & Visual Thinking Europe, a global training and consulting firm that serves five continents. Across more than 30 years of hands-on implementations, Dr. Galsworth has created and codified the knowledge and know-how that now define workplace visuality and visual management. As a recognized visual workplace expert, she leads visual conversions around the world, is a Shingo Faculty Fellow and author of seven books, two of which are Shingo Prize winners. Visit www.visualworkplace.com for over 100 free podcasts and articles.

Systems Thinking with Obeya
2023-10-18 19:30 - 20:30 (Asia/Dubai)
Combining systems thinking with Obeya accelerates organizational learning. This makes us more effective at seeing together, thinking together, and trying together to develop capacities to serve the purpose of the organization.
About Bjarne Berg Wig
Author and sensei, Bjarne Berg Wig has more than 30 years of experience in quality management and Lean. He was Quality and Innovation Manager at Hydro Agri Europe. For the last 20 years, Bjarne has helped many Norwegian and international companies and public sector organizations transform into learning organizations. He has developed academic programs with Bergen University College in Quality Management and Lean leadership. Several hundred leaders have gone through his practical training with high impact on many companies and municipalities in Norway.

الحلول الهندسية فى العصر الرقمي
2023-10-25 19:30 - 20:30 (Asia/Dubai)
الرقمنة هي عنوان العصر الحديث و هي دليل علي التطور،لكن كيف تخدم الرقمنة الحلول الهندسية في الصناعة؟ و ما هي الفوائد المكتسبة من الرقمنة في مجالات الصناعة وكيف تعزز توطين الصناعة والنمو الاقتصادي ؟
نبذة عن إسلام فاروق
إسلام فاروق هو مهندس تصميم ميكانيكي يتمتع بخبرة تزيد عن 20 عامًا في هذا المجال. وقد عمل في مجموعة واسعة من المشاريع، من تصميم الآلات الصناعية إلى تطوير منتجات جديدة. وهو أيضًا المؤسس والرئيس التنفيذي لمصنع ناجح لتصنيع الآلات الصناعية وقطع الغيار.

إسلام مهندس ماهر وذو خبرة عالية. وهو يتقن مجموعة متنوعة من البرامج، بما في ذلك CAD وFEA وكذلك الهندسة العكسية.

التواصل فن أن تفهم الآخرين وأن يفهموك
2023-12-13 19:30 - 20:30 (Asia/Dubai)
نبذة عن وليد مازن
يمتاز وليد مازن بخبرته التي تتجاوز 17 عامًا في مجال تدريب وتوجيه موظفي الشركات على كافة المستويات في النظام الإداري المبني على وقف الهدر، ويعتبر هذا النظام اختصاص ياباني يهدف إلى القضاء على الجوانب التي يضيع على أثرها الوقت والجهد والمال.
وتشمل القطاعات التي قدم وليد الخدمات إليها تصنيع الأجهزة المنزلية، الأشغال المعدنية، الأغذية والمشروبات، الزجاج، البلاستيك، تخزين البضائع، بالإضافة إلى مختلف المنظمات الخدماتية والتعليمية. كما وعمل وليد في المملكة المتحدة والسويد والدنمارك وإيطاليا وألمانيا ورومانيا والمجر وبولندا ومصر والسعودية وقطر والامارات.
يدير وليد مشاريع تدفع بعجلة التغيير وتسهل عملية التحسين في مجالات المشاريع المرشدة والتصنيع الرشيق ونشر السياسات وتطوير الصناعة الخالية من الهدر.
وليد حاصل على درجة البكالوريوس في مجال هندسة النظم –الهندسة الصناعية من جامعة الملك فهد للبترول والمعادن في المملكة العربية السعودية، بالإضافة إلى درجة الماجستير التنفيذي في إدارة الأعمال من جامعة إمبريال كوليدج بالمملكة المتحدة. كما ويصنف من الأشخاص المؤهلين لمستوى الحزام الأسود في منهجية الستة سيجما للصناعة الخالية من الهدر.
ويسعى على نحو مستمر إلى تمكين المؤسسات العربية – مما دفعه إلى أن يترجم كتاب “كايزن وفن التفكير الإبداعي” و “المبادئ الأساسية للتصنيع المرن ” للغة العربية للكاتب شيغيو شينغو.

الذكاء الاصطناعي: فرص للتعلم والنمو
2023-12-20 19:30 - 20:30 (Asia/Dubai)
مع التفاعل الكبير الذي تحظى به أدوات وتطبيقات الذكاء الاصطناعي، كيف يمكن للمهندسين والمديرين، ورواد الأعمال، والمتخصصين فى المجالات مختلقه الاستفادة من الذكاء الإصطناعي للتَعَلُّم، وكيف يمكن للمؤسسات تبنى ودمج الذكاء الاصطناعي في عملياتها اليومية بطريقة عمليه لتحقيق أهدافها الإستراتيجيه .
نبذة عن أيناس عارف
إيناس حاصله على بكالوريوس الهندسه الميكانيكيه و الماجستير فى اداره المشروعات من جامعه كيلر بأمريكا وباحث دكتوراه فى الهندسه الصناعيه والتعليم الهندسى من جامعه ويسترن ميتشيجين بالولايات المتحدة الأمريكيه
خبره فى مجال التعليم العالى والبحث العلمى
بالإضافه إلى الخبره المهنيه فى عده مجالات هندسيه بالتعاون مع شركات محليه ودوليه
إستشارى فني فى مجالات : السلامه والصحه المهنيه والإرجونومكس ، الإداره، الجوده ، التدريب، الإبتكار وتصميم المنتجات بمنهجيه Design Thinking
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