Fred Mathijssen, Nike
3 years ago, the focus on Lean revealed the need for more visual management and day-to-day insight into the status and progress of the project management group within Nike Technology. The journey Nike Europe’s Tech department went through since that moment into the now, where the Obeya visualizes how Nike Tech aligns to Nike’s strategy supported by programs, our portfolio, key metrics, and a structured review process with our GEO and Global business partners – has been challenging, encouraging, fun… The journey has just begun! Biography As Senior Director of...
Pierre Masai, Toyota Motor Europe
Hoshin Kanri literally means “Compass Management”. Its main purpose is to agree the direction at each level of the company in a way that leaves both latitude to operational units – IT included – to formulate their own plans, and to align them horizontally and vertically from the top company direction to the employees and back (“catchball process”). Pierre Masai will share insights and explain concretely how this process works at Toyota, including at the IT function he leads, but also the experiment he conducted to support the Hoshin process of any organization...
Problem solving dojo
Want to improve your problem solving skill in an IT environment? Looking for a fresh way to solve a vexing issue you are facing right now? Come to the Problem Solving Dojo, an interactive workshop where participants hone their PDCA thinking under a Lean IT expert’s supervision. Antoine Contal is a Lean IT coach and board director of the Agile France Association. He wrote the first French book about Lean IT. Lean IT Leadership – the essential...
Leaders and Managers have specific roles to play in support of a Lean IT transformation. Unfortunately, many Lean IT initiatives are hindered by Leaders who delegate their role and/or Managers who unintentionally disable the effort. This scenario always ends with disappointing results at best, and an alienated, bitter IT staff (and their customers) at worst. The problem lies not in what Leaders and Managers wish to achieve in their organization, it lies in what they focus on and how they go about positioning their people for success. Hundreds of books have been written on...