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Session Description
The session provides a definition of Lean Six Sigma (LSS) and an outline of the value that the implementation of a LSS culture brings to an organization and its customers. Additionally, the processes and main tools required for the successful implementation of LSS projects in the workplace.
What you will learn and take away:
- Understand the value and benefits a LSS culture brings to an organization and its customers
- Understand the five phases of the DMAIC methodology and the importance of their implementation
- Learn some of the essential tools and skills required to execute a successful LSS project.
Talent Development Capability Model
This chapter meeting addresses the ATD Capability Model:
Project Management
Analyzing and prioritizing elements of a learning initiative or talent solution helps to ensure a meaningful and relevant learner experience. Effective project management requires being able to plan, organize, direct, and control resources for a finite period to complete specific goals and objectives.
Agenda
6:00 pm - 6:20 pm Welcome/Virtual Icebreaker
6:20 pm - 7:35 pm- Presentation
7:35 pm - 7:50 pm - Discussion Q&A
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm Announcements/Closing
About the Presenter
Dr. Ian Briggs
Dr. Ian Briggs is an entrepreneurial business leader and highly competent educator with over 20 years of successful teaching and management experience with an emphasis on leadership, operations, program and project management, sales and marketing, customer service and delivery, human resources, and employee learning and development. He has extensive global expertise in managing cross-functional teams across a broad range of industries including electronic manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, information technology, sports, non-profit, and healthcare. He has worked as a Regional Business Director (Southeast Asia) for Merck, and as a Business Manager for Microsoft with cross-cultural responsibility, directing highly successful global projects within these same organizations. As part of a protean career, for 10 years Dr. Briggs developed and managed his own business training and coaching world-class athletes for competition.
Dr. Briggs's educational background includes an undergraduate degree in business, an MBA with a focus on international business and human resource management, and a Ph.D. in Management with an emphasis on leadership and organizational change. With this very diverse background, he is very keen to share a unique combination of academic and practical experience to prepare adult learners for their future success.
