Session Title

Value Stream Thinking

Abstract

Learn how to reap the common benefits of and avoid the common failings in value stream mapping and transformation.

Value stream transformation is one of the most powerful organization design and business performance improvement strategies there is. Reaping the greatest benefits requires leaders and improvement professionals to think and operate in new ways.

Karen has played a role in thousands of value stream transformation cycles and is a skilled pattern detector. In this talk, she shares the common success factors and failings that make or break attempts to transform one’s value streams.

She shares the role clarity plays in value stream performance, the human side of work system improvement, the elements that make for the greatest success, and conditions that cause sub-par results.

She also shows sanitized, real-world value stream maps so attendees can appreciate common current state performance patterns and the degree of innovation typically needed for future state designs that "move the numbers."

Value stream mapping is a powerful method for gaining the deep understanding needed to design, improve, and manage value streams. But it’s far more than a technical design tool. Karen shows how to leverage psychology so you can create the conditions for high-performing value streams.

Bio

Karen Martin, President of the global consulting firm TKMG, Inc. and President and Founder of TKMG Academy, Inc., is a leading authority on business performance improvement, problem solving, and Lean management systems.

As a thought leader and skilled management coach, Karen has shaped how leaders and improvement professionals approach business performance in over 50 countries.

Karen’s award-winning book, The Outstanding Organization, addresses the missing fundamentals that drive outstanding performance: Clarity, Focus, Discipline, and Engagement. Karen is also the co-author of the Shingo Award-winning Value Stream Mapping and two other books on business performance improvement.

An in-demand global speaker, Karen wows her audiences with high-energy presentations containing practical takeaways. Audiences giving her high ratings have included groups such as MassMutual, Lenovo, Lincoln Financial Group, The Ohio State University, The Environmental Protection Agency, Young Presidents’ Organization, Society for Human Resource Management, and the Association for Manufacturing Excellence.