Lean Principles expert to deliver challenging conference messages
Stephen Parry prepares keynotes for changing times at three main European conferences
Lean Principles authority and renowned organizational change strategist Stephen Parry is to deliver keynote speeches at three forthcoming European conferences: Modern Management Methods Conference, London (31 October to 1 November), Lean Kanban, Central Europe, Hamburg (4-5 November) and Lean Event, Maarsen, Netherlands (7-8 November).
Central to his presentations at all three conferences will be the message that new times demand new approaches to Lean. In today's environment of continuous and constant change, it is time, he says, to abandon the notion of 'continuous improvement' and design instead, for adaptability in changing times:
"Changing the 'climate' of an organization is all about how well you can develop an adaptive workforce. Much of my recent work with the universities has been about creating an ‘Adaptability Score’ to measure how adaptive organizations are to changing customer needs."
At the Modern Management Methods Conference to be held in London, Stephen will be speaking about how to develop Lean Leadership and create an adaptive, learning and engaging organization.
Stephen's presentation at the Hamburg Lean Kanban event will be exploding some commonly held ideas about the essence of Lean - cutting waste, mastering tools, and embedding processes.
His presentation will show how such myths are perpetrated, and also how they only serve to detract from what should always be the main focus, which is 'people'.
At the Lean Event, Maarsen, Stephen will develop the theme of adaptable workforce as the major competitive advantage today.
Although all of his keynotes will focus on specific aspects of change management, Stephen said that a common thread across all three was the need to change and refine our understanding of Lean Principles in the light of increasingly challenging times:
"Lean focuses on the people: customers, employees and managers. It then designs the whole organization to release and realise human potential."
Notes for editors
* Stephen Parry is respected around the world as a leading authority in Lean organizational design, business transformation and Lean leadership
* He is co-author of the seminal work in this field: 'Sense and Respond: The Journey to Customer Purpose'
* Stephen is owner/manager of Lloyd Parry Consulting. Clients include global IT firms, outsourcing companies, local government, police authorities and financial service organizations
* He speaks regularly at international events and respected business schools such as Cranfield School of Management and the Fisher Business School, Ohio University. He is visiting fellow at The Professor Dan Jones Lean Enterprise Academy in the UK, Fellow of the Lean Systems Society and a regular judge at both the National Business Awards and National Customer Experience Awards
* Stephen has been interviewed on Radio 4 and featured in documentaries on BBC1 and Channel 4
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