Why is "Modern Management" destined for the dustbin of history? Join Jim Womack, LEI Founder and Chairman, for a groundbreaking live video presentation on what’s truly modern: "Lean Management." In this 2-hour event, you will be able to interact with the lean thought leader as he shares perspectives on his latest research.
We've all been deploying and mastering lean tools, but to sustain the gains and become a true lean enterprise, we need truly lean management.
Join lean thought leader, author, and LEI founder Jim Womack for a live video on the new thinking and actions required for lean management. In this two-hour live event, you'll hear his latest perspectives and have the chance to discuss them during a Q&A session. Most organizations are still managed using the existing "modern management" systems descended from methods introduced by Alfred Sloan in the 1920s. The world has been working diligently to perfect an approach that is fundamentally broken. Jim will discuss why and how lean management requires managers and executives to think and act in new and different ways, what we call "Lean Management."
The event, based on Womack's recent and ongoing management research, will focus on:
- What is "Modern Management?" How did it get to be the predominant management model while being irreparably flawed?
- Why do attempts to implement new lean tools in the context of a "Modern Management" system prove to be unsustainable?
- What is "Lean Management?" How does managing and leading in a lean environment differ from the work of management in a traditional command-and-control environment?
- What can you do if you are in an environment that is resistant to change?
This two-hour event includes plenty of time for your live questions. For each registration, you are free to project the session in a conference room or auditorium and include your whole team. This is a great opportunity to educate your whole organization about "Lean Management" by bringing Jim to your site, virtually, through this event. All for just $295, less than the price of one plane ticket to Boston.
Online space is limited, so please register as soon as possible so you and other Lean Thinkers at your company do not miss this unique opportunity to learn from Jim Womack's latest research on "Lean Management."
Womack on Lean Management:
A Live Video Event
October 13, 2009
11:00 AM EDT
other time zone equivalents
If you plan on viewing the event with a group on one computer, only one registration is required.
Event Fee: $295
Please Note: You must have the capability to view streaming video in order to participate. If you are not sure of this capability please contact your IT department. You may also test your system here.
What is the difference between this and LEI's webinars? At LEI's webinars you hear the presenters and see the presentation slides for 45 minutes followed by 15 minutes or so for Q&A. At this live video event, you will see and hear Jim Womack live along with the presentation slides for two hours, including about 45 minutes for Q&A. You also will receive a pdf of the presentation slides before the event. Another key difference is that the extended format gives presenters more time to examine a key issue in-depth and it gives you more time to follow-up with questions on issues that are important to you and your situation.
Cancellations will receive a full refund until the start of the event (11:00 AM EDT, October 13th).To cancel please call 617-871-2900.
About the Presenter:
James P. Womack, Chairman and Founder, Lean Enterprise Institute
Management expert James P. Womack, Ph.D., is the founder and chairman of the Lean Enterprise Institute, Inc. (LEI), a nonprofit training, publishing, conferencing, and management research organization chartered in August, 1997, to advance a set of ideas known as lean production and lean thinking, based initially on Toyota’s business system.
The intellectual basis for the Cambridge, MA-based Institute is described in a series of books and articles co-authored by Womack and Daniel Jones over the past 20 years. The most widely known books are: The Machine That Changed the World (Macmillan/Rawson Associates, 1990), Lean Thinking (Simon & Schuster, 1996), Seeing The Whole: mapping the extended value stream (Lean Enterprise Institute, 2001), and Lean Solutions (Simon & Schuster, 2005). Articles include: "From Lean Production to the Lean Enterprise" (Harvard Business Review, March-April, 1994), "Beyond Toyota: How to Root Out Waste and Pursue Perfection" (Harvard Business Review, September-October, 1996), and "Lean Consumption" (Harvard Business Review, March-April, 2005).
Womack received a B.A. in political science from the University of Chicago in 1970, a master's degree in transportation systems from Harvard in 1975, and a Ph.D. in political science from MIT in 1982 (for a dissertation on comparative industrial policy in the U.S., Germany, and Japan). During the period 1975-1991, he was a full-time research scientist at MIT directing a series of comparative studies of world manufacturing practices. As research director of MIT's International Motor Vehicle Program, he led the research team that coined the term "lean production" to describe the Toyota Production System.
About The Lean Enterprise Institute:
The Lean Enterprise Institute, Inc. founded by James P. Womack in 1997, is an education, publishing, conferences, and research organization with an action plan. Compared with traditional "think" tanks, we are a "do" tank. We carefully develop hypotheses about lean thinking and experiment to see which approaches work best in the real world. We then write up and teach what we discover, providing new methods for organizational transformation. We strive to answer the simple question of every manager, "What can I do on Monday morning to make a difference in my organization?" And, by creating a strong Lean Community through our website and public events we try to give managers the courage to become lean change agents.
We carry out our mission through Value Streams: Lean Education, Lean Learning Materials, Lean Summits, and our website lean.org. In addition, we exchange information across the world through the Lean Global Network, consisting of more than a dozen nonprofit organizations similar to LEI, sharing a common mission in different countries.
Any company, executive, or organization and any manager wishing to join the transformation to a lean way of creating value is welcome in our Lean Community. We exist to support everyone who is starting or continuing the lean journey.