COE Summit 2017: In Pictures
The Center for Operational Excellence launched its first-ever Leading Through Excellence summit in 2013 with a crowd of 200 process excellence leaders - and a vision for bringing together teams from a variety of companies to dive into the latest insights on leadership development and problem solving.
Just this month, COE concluded its fifth-annual summit, smashing records with a sold-out event that brought more than 400 change agents from more than 50 companies to Columbus. Here's a look back at the event in pictures from photographer Jodi Miller:
Nearly three-dozen breakout sessions, workshops and keynotes take place at the Fawcett Center over Leading Through Excellence's three-day span, but hundreds of attendees also head off-site as well. COE member Engineered Profiles, led by President Mike Davis, hosted one of several tours during the summit, offering attendees an inside look at how the manufacturer sustains leader standard work in the plant and office sides of the business.
COE featured a leadership icon in sports - Buckeyes Football Coach Urban Meyer - as one of its keynote speakers. Meyer encouraged the crowd to "empower your people, give them ownership," outlining how his trademark 10-80-10 philosophy allows him to leverage the talents of his elite players to build excellence throughout the team.
How can the A3 problem-solving structure be leveraged to involve all members of your team and generate discussion? Cal Poly Prof. Eric Olsen took 50 Leading Through Excellence attendees through an interactive workshop exploring lean facilitation methods that can be adopted at any organization.
Keynote speaker Donald Sull, a senior lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, brought key insights from his book Simple Rules: How to Thrive in a Complex World. Sull and co-author Kathleen Eisenhardt set out to see how the best companies balance the need for standardization and efficiency with creativity and innovation. Sull offered that "simple solutions aren't always better than complex ones, but just because it's complex doesn't mean it's better."
Fisher College of Business students are a vital element of Leading Through Excellence, where they volunteer on tours and introduce speakers and showcase some of their own work. Here, students share takeaways from Six Sigma projects they completed at non-profit and for-profit organizations in the Columbus area.
Dozens of teams from companies across the country - including this group from COE member and summit sponsor Huntington Bank, pictured here with Executive Director Peg Pennington (far left) - use the summit to hit "pause" on their schedules at the office and search for new insights they can use upon their return.
Summit breakout sessions are a mix of insights from Ohio State researchers and presentations from leaders at a wide variety of companies. Here, American Woodmark Corp. CEO Cary Dunston opens up on his journey as a leader and the crucial role of emotional intelligence.
How can the art of storytelling be used in business to make a case for change? Aditi Patil (pictured, top right image) and Tony West of ThedaCare in their full-day workshop guided attendees on how to blend "hand," "head" and "heart" to tell impactful stories as leaders.
Fisher Prof. and Associate Dean Elliot Bendoly, one of several faculty researchers featured at the summit, shared results from recent research he's conducted on how cutting cycle time in different stages of research and development can help - or harm - market performance.
Businesses can't ignore the digital revolution and have to decide "if you're going to be the taxi cab or Uber," keynote and Mindset Digital CEO Debra Jasper says in her presentation.
Summit closing keynote Chris Yeh, (Buckeye fan and) co-author of The Alliance: Managing Talent in the Networked Age, argued that companies today need to view their employees less as a family and more as a team, empowered to reach outside to their extended networks to help solve tough challenges. "People are your differentiator," Yeh said.
For a look at all summit photos, head to our Flickr page.
Want to join us in 2018? We're back April 10-12 with featured keynote and The Power of Habit author Charles Duhigg.
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