Join me at the Michigan Lean Consortium’s Conference Aug 10-11

If you're in Michigan, come join me and a great crew for the first annual Michigan Lean Consortium conference near Traverse City, Aug 10 and 11. You can learn more in this PDF:  MI Lean Conference Agenda 2011 FINAL  and you can register online here.

I'm on the advisory board for the MLC since I grew up in Michigan and have a lot of roots there, still. I'm also looking to learn about their Consortium so I can bring lessons learned back to Texas.

Highlights from the agenda include:

• Dr. Richard Zarbo  —  Sr. Vice President and Chair of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Henry Ford Health System
• Jeffrey Liker, Ph.D. —  Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan Author, Toyota Under Fire  and The Toyota Way

I'll be participating in a Leadership Panel:

• G.S. Clarke, Founder, Clarke Consulting
• Mark Graban, author of Lean Hospitals
• Brian Jacobs, Ph.D., P.E., Assistant Professor, Department of Supply Chain  Management, The Eli Broad of College Business, Michigan State University
• Ken LePage, Associate Vice President – Process Excellence  St. Joseph Mercy Oakland Hospital, Trinity Health
• Ed Sosnowski, Program Manager—Open Solar, United Solar Ovonic
• Moderator: Debra Levantrosser Setman

If you’re working to build a culture where people feel safe to speak up, solve problems, and improve every day, I’d be glad to help. Let’s talk about how to strengthen Psychological Safety and Continuous Improvement in your organization.