Introduce yourself to the core elements of ‘Lean Thinking’ and explore its application within your agency. At the conclusion of this course, you will have a series of practical actions you can directly apply when you return to work.
Content
The history and evolution of Lean.
Lean into action.
The value of flow.
Designing the system from the customer.
Outcomes
Understand the system you work in.
Identify factors that are preventing flow.
Value the importance of de-cluttering.
Uncover hidden savings by optimising resources to achieve more.
Who Should Attend
If your agency / department wants to streamline its processes, create more added value and improve flow so you can optimise the resources you have for better outcomes, then this workshop is for you. This workshop will help to identify customers needs and reduce wasteful activities within your systems and processes for better outcomes.
Benefits to You and Your Organisation
It will enable you to see the needless complexity within your system and how to reinvigorate the flow, to add more value to your customer. Your agency/department will benefit through your ability to identify new ways of doing things, and by creating a streamlined approach to reduce waste you will achieve greater results.
This workshop will give you practical tasks to review your own agency/department’s systems and provide you with tools to improve flow and declutter.
Learn about our speakers
Scott Way
Director
BDO Industrial & Organisational Psychology (SA) Pty Ltd
Scott is the founder and director of BDO Industrial & Organisational Psychology. He is a registered Organisational Psychologist with over thirty years consulting experience throughout Australia, Asia & New Zealand.
During this time, he assisted over 300 organisations and provided training and development to over 10,000 managers and employees, and over his involvement with IPAA he has supported over 500 workshop participants.
He has previously held senior positions within the automotive and mining industries, as well as the Australian Public Service.
Qualifications & Memberships
• Bachelor of Arts (Psychology)
• Graduate Diploma In Applied Psychology
• Master of Business Administration
• Member of the Australian Psychological Society
• Chartered Member of Australian Human Resources Institute
• Member of the Australian College of Organisational Psychologists
• PBA Approved Supervisor
• Registered Psychologist
Scott is an experienced consultant and is currently involved in organisation enhancement activities in a number of public and private sector organisations. His areas of expertise include;
• Organisation review and development
• Staff, manager and leader development
• Team building
• Strategic & Business Planning
• Targeted Training
The Emerging Executive Development Series is comprised of 8 half-day units focused on providing public sector leaders with practical tools to apply in their workplace to enhance performance and productivity. Topics include:
Building a Constructive Culture
Responding to Turbulence
Team Power
Doing More with Less
Emotional Intelligence and Beyond
Understanding Lean Thinking
Positive Influencing Skills
Adaptive Leadership in the Public Sector
“Presenter was engaging and gave good examples and explanations.”
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“[When I return to work I will] sort through a range of workflows and find time savers.”
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“[When I return to work I will] put influencing skills to the test to try to effect some process changes to remove inefficiencies.”
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“[When I return to work I will] Increase discussion with Unit Managers about drip-waste and continuous improvement.”
