Jacksonville Lean Consortium Leader Will Deliver a Plenary Session on Collaborative Learning at a National Lean Management Conference

Company News: Page (1) of 1 - 02/03/12

Jacksonville Lean Consortium Leader Will Deliver a Plenary Session on Collaborative Learning at a National Lean Management Conference (February 03, 2012)

Cambridge, MA (PRWEB) February 03, 2012

The co-founder and past chairman of the Jacksonville Lean Consortium will deliver a plenary session at the annual Lean Transformation Summit, set for Jacksonville, March 7-8, 2012. The conference is sponsored by the nonprofit Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI).

Jerry Bussell, who sports the license plate Leanjax, will describe how the consortium, a growing network of 40 companies and government agencies, actively shares information to support each other's lean management transformations.

Bussells session is set for 9:30 a.m. March 7, followed by an afternoon breakout session with how-to details about implementing a collaborative learning culture.

Our vision for the consortium was to make Jacksonville the center of excellence for lean thinking in North America, Bussell said. He said one of the biggest benefits to consortium members is "Getting people with experience to help you solve a problem."

Lean Learning
The annual Transformation Summit gives managers and executives relevant, real-world information about how to implement lean leadership and management. The work of the consortium illustrates this years Summit theme of how Collaborative Learning focuses and accelerates lean transformations.

Bussell helped launch the consortium in 2003 when he was vice president of Global Operations at Medtronic Surgical Technologies in Jacksonville, FL.

LEI expects about 400 managers and executives to attend the conference at the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront. Preconference workshops run March 5-6. Registration is open now at http://www.lean.org/Events/2012_lean_transformation_summit.cfm

Lean Conference Content
Managers and executives pursuing lean transformation will learn from these collaborative learning leaders:

Healthcare Value Network
Jacksonville Lean Consortium
Young Presidents Organization
Medtronic, a member of LEIs Partners Program, our research and learning network

The Summit also features:

Closing keynote by John Shook, chairman and CEO, LEI
A new Senior Manager Gemba Walk Workshop with LEI Founder Jim Womack
6 Learning Sessions about applications and methodologies on the frontier of lean thinking
7 Pre-Summit Workshops

Visit the Lean Transformation Summit page today for details, to register, and for information about live video streaming. You also can contact LEI at 617-871-2900 or summits(at)lean(dot)org.

###

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/LeanConfeerence/02/prweb9159832.htm.

Page: 1

Related Keywords:fishing industry, electricity production and distribution, cinema industry, radio industry, television industry, music industry, manufacturing and engineering, machine manufacturing, process industry, industrial production, automotive equipment, fishing industry, shipping service, cinema industry, radio industry, television industry, music industry, process industry, engineering, instrument engineering, heavy engineering, manufacturing and engineering, design and engineering, economy, business and finance, waste management and pollution control, financial and business service, business enterprises, management change,
Related Sites: Digital Producer , Digital Webcast , IBC News , Audio Video Producer , BN - Broadcast Newsroom , Digital Post Production , DVD Creation , Oceania , DMN Newswire , BN - Webcast , VideoBasedTutorials
Related Newsletter: DMN Newsletter , Waveform Newsletter , Timeline Newsletter , Streamline Newsletter , Digital Media Net , DVD Viewpoint , Tutorial Finder , Review Seeker , BN - Broadcast Newswire