Lean Leadership for Executives: Initial findings from LGN Research by David Brunt shown at the Lean Summit 2012 - Learning - Educating - Sharing on 27/28 November
Lean Leadership for Executives: Initial findings from LGN Research
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Lean leadership for executives:
Initial findings from LGN research
UK Lean Summit:
Learning – Educating – Sharing
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David Brunt
28th November 2012
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Lean Global Network (LGN)
The Lean Enterprise Academy is the UK affiliate of the Lean
Global Network, a non-profit corporation (headquarters in
Boston, Cambridge, USA.)
2010 – started this research in the area of lean leadership
Articulate and engage leaders in understanding the fundamentals of lean
thinking and lean transformation process, and their role in taking an
organisation to the next level
Engage leaders in thinking about their business problem situation and
their role in addressing it
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Lean Research?
Academic Research
Theory Driven
Simplify Reality and Measure
Causality
Researcher is Independent of
the Actions
Research by Data Analysis
and Interviewing
To Discover and Prove Laws
that Apply Everywhere
Publish in Academic Journals
for Peer Review
Lean Action Research
Practice Driven
Address underlying Business
Problems in their Context
Researcher is both the Mentor
and Reflector
Research by iterative Problem
Solving using PDCA
Developing stronger
Hypotheses for future Actions
Mentored Reflections shared
with Communities of Practice
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Building a body of evidence Building a body of experience
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Purpose
People Process
• Horizontal flow of value at
the pull of the customer
• Workplace Management
through standardization &
Visualization
• Relentless elimination of
waste, overburden and
unevenness
• Lean Tools applied as
appropriate
Employees:
• Engaged and involved
in CI
• Continuously solve
problems
• Teamwork
Managers:
• System thinkers
• Problem solvers
• Learners
• Teachers/Coaches
Vision/Values
True North
Line of Sight
Strategy Formulation and
Deployment
Lean Management
System
PDCA
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Shook on Leadership
Lean Leaders do Two Things
Get each person to
take initiative to solve
problems and improve
his or her job
Ensure that each
persons’ job is aligned
to provide value for
the customer and
prosperity for the
company
Get the work done and Develop Your People
- at the SAME TIME!
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Lean Leadership Landscape
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Lean
Leadership
5 Principles
Align people &
process to purpose
Purpose
People Process
PDCA
A3
Thinking
Weber
Drucker
Burns
Senge
Peters
Covey
Collins
Schein
Etc.
Influence of
other
management
thinkers
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Lean Leadership Landscape
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Lean
Leadership
5 Principles
Align people &
process to purpose
Purpose
People Process
PDCA
A3
Thinking
Ohno:
Waste (O/P)
Flow & Pull
Genchi Genbutsu
Data/Facts
Minoura:
“T”PS =
“Thinking”
Production
System
Cho:
Go see
Ask why?
Show respect
Uchikawa: No
problem is problem
Weber
Drucker
Burns
Senge
Peters
Covey
Collins
Schein
etc.
Influence of
other
management
thinkers
Eiji: It is
muda to
wave your flag
and have no one
follow.
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Lean Leadership Landscape
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Lean
Leadership
5 Principles
Align people &
process to purpose
Purpose
People Process
PDCA
A3
Thinking
Ohno:
Waste (O/P)
Flow & Pull
Genchi Genbutsu
Data/Facts
Minoura:
“T”PS =
“Thinking”
Production
System
Cho:
Go see
Ask why?
Show respect
Uchikawa: No
problem is problem
Weber
Drucker
Burns
Senge
Peters
Covey
Collins
Schein
etc.
Influence of
other
management
thinkers
9. Grow leaders
10. Develop people
12. Go & see
13. Decisions slowly
14. Learning org.
etc.
Eiji: It is
muda to
wave your flag
and have no one
follow.
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Purpose
People
Develop yourself & your people
to take personal responsibility
for solving problems
Process
• Design & support processes that
provide value to customers –
value streams
Set alignment around the vision
The Role of Leadership in
Implementing Lean
PDCA
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Three Keys to Lean Leadership
Ask “Why?”
Use the technique daily
Show Respect
Respect your people
“Go See”
Management must spend time
on the front lines
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Something to think about?
Assess the gaps between where things are now and where
they should be for the following:
Customer purpose - What do your customers want that you are not
currently able to supply?
Organisational purpose – What does your organisation need to survive
and even to prosper?
Your major customer delivery stream
Your organization’s approach to problem solving
Your approach to developing/supporting problem solving capability
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Ideal
Situation
Current
Situation
Gap =
Problem
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Lean leadership for executives:
Initial findings from LGN research
UK Lean Summit:
Learning – Educating – Sharing
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David Brunt
28th November 2012