Pawley Institute offers Lean Thinking Webinar Series

The Oakland University Pawley Lean Institute has started its Lean Thinking Webinar Series, a series of webinars introducing Lean principles, practices and application. The first webinar entitled "Introduction to Lean Thinking" is free and now being offered on the Pawley Institute website.

A basic theoretical introduction to Lean, this webinar spans about an hour and contains the basic ideas of what Lean is about and its role in organizations. For those looking for some general background on what Lean is, this webinar provides an overview to answer those inquiries.

It includes three areas: an introduction to Lean and its history, an introduction to three philosophies of Lean and an introduction to five organizational practices of Lean. Designed as a primer in Lean, this webinar can also help organizations decide if Lean will be an asset to them.

The Pawley Institute is also offering two interactive webinars on March 26 and April 16 from 1-2 p.m. The interactive webinars are designed for Lean practitioners, and present basic Lean concepts and tools.

The webinar facilitators are Dr. Shannon Flumerfelt, director of Lean Thinking for Schools at the Pawley Institute and assistant professor in Educational Leadership at Oakland University, and Mark Doman, visiting assistant professor in Human Resource Development at Oakland University. Michelle Mich, Lean intern at Oakland University, will act as moderator.

The facilitators will use data collected from the webinar pre-survey to frame concepts and understand what is and is not working well in the participants’ organizations. These highly interactive webinars will allow participants the chance to type in questions they have during the presentations.

For more information or to register for a Pawley Institute webinar, visit www.oakland.edu/lean.