Changing the Culture
 As you begin your lean journey you will encounter two realities when taking on lean transformation.
1. The first involves the physical changes that help reduce waste.
2. The second involves the changing of the existing culture.
 Experienced lean practitioners understand that making physical changes in the reduction of waste is much easier than changing the cultural landscape of an organization.
 Sustainability is the key to long term effectiveness and the only way we can achieve sustainability is by changing the culture.
 Creating a new standard of how people approach a challenge or a problem even how they work. The change in culture also applies to how people approach each other and how they communicate.
 Measuring organizational performance will change the focus from the individual to the entire team.
 A continuous improvement culture requires more than just going through the motions of a physical plant layout or process changes, it requires a change in how we approach everything we do.

Eroding confidence equals declining steel demand

Eroding confidence equals declining steel demand: Eroding confidence equals declining steel demand

Lean Culture Shock  As a lean leader you will be challenged to lead diverse groups that are either just starting out with little experience or have many years of experience.
 In each circumstance they bring their own unique set of challenges one of which is a cultural shock

“Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people”
Eleanor Roosevelt

One of the great lean principles is that it focuses on the process as the main element of correcting a nonconformance and not just blaming the person. People for the most part want to be effective and successful as they go about their work. It is our jobs as lean leaders to help them find out why the process is not allowing them to be effective.

Penn State Abington Continuing Education for Professional Development 2011 Fall Semester Starting in September

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http://www.abington.psu.edu/psasite/ce/resource-guide/engineer.html