European Network Event, Utrecht: Follow Up Resources
On 5th October we held a European Network Event in Utrecht. The event was the perfect opportunity to connect with our accredited organisations in The Netherlands and offer our practitioner members the chance to connect with others within our lean community, listen to inspirational presentations and foster new collaborations. Have a look at what was discussed below.
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Some quotes
On the LCS, “the international Lean community sees it as valuable [certification]”
“The biggest result from using the LCS is that the organisation has opened up to improvement”
Presentations
Lean Instituut @ Verbeteen
Title: A systematic and multidisciplinary approach of changing behaviour in Healthcare
Speakers: Robert van Kleeff (Lean Coach & PhD candidate Utrecht University) and Linda Youssef (Lean Coach).
Colette Roetgering, Bycc
Title: Lean Management as a System
José Franken, University of Twente
Title: LCS accreditation as a mean to come to a lean way of working at the university
Jan Heijneman, UPD
Title: Importance of the strategic LCS competency level and how to achieve it
Jacco Deirkauf, Hillfive
Title: Thriving for CI in a private equity company
LEANmeter
The event also included a demonstration of LEANmeter, developed by Lean Capability Builders. This is a tool to help identify strengths and areas of improvement. Check out the LEANmeter website >>>
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2022 Webinar Programme
Welcome
The LCS Autumn 2022 webinar programme provides a great opportunity to find out more about LCS accreditation, certification and continuing professional development. Informative sessions on LCS services last less than an hour and provide a time efficient way to gather key facts, plus you can discuss queries with LCS presenters.
There are also sessions focusing on special topics and themes, which are more educational in nature, involving participant interaction and generating unique insights.
Topics
Topics include the Level 3 Programme, An Introduction to LCS Continuing Professional Development, How to Become LCS Accredited and Using Accreditation to Help Embed Continuous Improvement. The sessions are ideal for practitioners considering personal development opportunities and for organisations or consultancies thinking about becoming accredited.
Dates
Click on the links to register. Note: all webinars are FREE OF CHARGE
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Improving how to Improve – featuring the new book “The 3D Workplace”
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Using Accreditation to Help Embed Continuous Improvement
- 14th December Click here to register >>>
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An Introduction to the Kata Competency System
- 8th November – Click here to register
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An Introduction to LCS Continuing Professional Development
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The Level 3 Programme
- 17th November – Click here to register >>>
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How to be Accredited
Collaboration Partnership for India Established
The LCS is pleased to announce a new collaboration to develop the LCS in India and has appointed Value Weaver Consulting as its exclusive partner in India.
This is the first agency agreement for the LCS and signals its commitment to establishing the LCS as a major Lean qualification in the sub continent..
As the LCS representative in India, Value Weaver will develop the market for LCS accreditation, certification and assessments, as well as seek to develop new associated services to meet specific market needs.
“This is a landmark moment for the LCS, and it signals our intent to develop the market in a structured and orderly manner. Lean thinking is already well established in the region and we believe the agency approach will help in its further adoption in organisations and accelerate competency development among the practitioner community”.
LCS Director, Simon Elias
Value Weaver Role
Value Weaver provides advisory, consulting expertise and training services to guide customers to successfully accomplish LCS accreditations and then to get the best value out of their lean transformation journeys. It aims to develop its services and innovate under the LCS umbrella and customise its offering around clients’ requirements.
“As a management consulting firm with clients across the globe, Value Weaver works very closely with its clients to build a continuous improvement culture, focusing on a continually value-adding customer experience and highly efficient ways of working. A very important part of the lean transformation is upskilling staff, so they think about the customer first and have the right capabilities to problem solve and improve processes. LCS accreditation and certification plays a pivotal role in this.”
Aashish Bhagat, Value Weaver Managing Partner
More information
The Lean Learner T-Shirt Series Offer
To celebrate the launch of LCS Continuing Professional Development we are introducing the exclusive Lean Learner T-Shirt Series and offering new sign ups a free t-shirt when they start their CPD cycle!
- Impress your colleagues with your wisdom!
- Guaranteed to lead to intelligent conversations at parties!
- Signal to commitment to ongoing learning and path to guru status!
We are excited to introduce a new range of t-shirts developed by the LCS team, with a free t-shirt presented to those CPD registered with an A3 plan in place. Our collection is a perfect complement for those starting their CPD journey with us and features three quotes from some interesting historical thinkers – namely Gandhi, Michelangelo and former US President Harry Truman.
LCS Continuing Professional Development
The LCS CPD platform offers an easy-to-use and accessible online facility to structure your personal development process:
- You create an A3 plan – your roadmap to personal improvement – containing personal goals for your development cycle.
- You log activities you undertake to achieve your goals.
- You periodically self assess your progress,
- The LCS provides feedback, approves plans and endorses progress.
For more information and to register, click here >>>.
Continuing Professional Development
February 2021
We’re pleased to announce the launch of our brand new Continuous Professional Development (CPD) facility for LCS practitioners. You now have an opportunity to track and document the skills, knowledge and experience that you gain both formally and informally as you work.
Registering for LCS CPD will make sure you not only identify your personal continuous improvement goals, but also signal to the wider community that your competency is relevant, growing, informed and well-practised.
The LCS CPD can make a real difference to your professional development. Key points:
- It presents a radical and inherently lean alternative to traditional CPD approaches.
- It uses an innovative model based on Plan-Do-Check-Act.
- It uses a slick web-based CPD planning and management system.
- It’s low cost, easy maintenance.
- It’s accessed via the new LCS Premium Practitioner Membership
Check out the short video guide on how it works, its benefits, how it can be accessed and click on the links for further information.
Webinar: An introduction to LCS CPD
Attend a 45-minute webinar that introduces LCS CPD, which will cover its features, benefits and how to register. You can also ask questions and provide feedback on the approach. Sessions will take place on 19th February and 19th March. Click here to register >>>
Further information
2020 Autumn Webinar Programme
Welcome to the LCS Webinars
The LCS Autumn webinar programme provides a great opportunity to find out more about LCS accreditation and certification. Lasting less than an hour, they offer a time efficient way to gather key information, plus you can ask questions and discuss with LCS presenters.
Topics
Topics include the Level 3 Programme, How to Become LCS Accredited and Using Accreditation to Help Embed Continuous Improvement. Note that we may be adding further topics as the autumn progresses. The sessions are ideal for practitioners considering personal development opportunities and for organisations or consultancies thinking about becoming accredited.
Dates
Click on the links to register free of charge:
- The Level 3 Programme
- 16th September Click here to register
- 4th November Click here to register
- Using Accreditation to Help Embed Continuous Improvement
- 30th September Click here to register
- 18th November Click here to register
- How to Become LCS Accredited
- 23rd September Click here to register
- 11th November Click here to register
