Marketing Intern, The Ohio State University Center for Operational Excellence
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COE ForumsCOE Summit 2024In today’s dynamic business landscape, success hinges on the ability to move from strategy creation to execution. It’s time to ignite a culture of action and excellence.408/blogs/opex/2024/03/26/meet-keynotes-coe-summit-2024
Lean thinkingCOE Summit 2024, Product developmentMany companies face significant challenges in meeting cost targets. Whether they're fledgling start-ups or established conglomerates, companies often encounter a familiar scenario: as their product launch draws near, they are caught in a struggle to reduce ballooning costs. Despite efforts, companies often find themselves compelled to raise prices or compromise on product quality to meet revenue and profitability targets.406/blogs/opex/2024/03/21/front-loading-cost-analysis-a-key-practice-lean-product-development
Founder, Entrepreneur, & Professional Speaker, Green Light Improv
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Problem SolvingCOE Summit 2024, Collaboration, InnovationWe start with a large number of ideas, agree to build on each other's ideas, and work together to build ideas until we have the best ideas possible.
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CultureCOE Summit 2024, Change managementChange is hard…super hard. We often don’t talk about how likely it is that our change initiative will fail because we don’t want to jinx it. However, studies have put organizational change failure rates at over fifty percent. Just think about that…we’re more likely to fail than succeed. We have to break this failure cycle!
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Process Improvement Director, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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Leadership DevelopmentCOE Summit 2024, gemba, CultureSometimes the greatest ideas come from unexpected places. That’s why I’m an advocate for “going and seeing.” 400/blogs/opex/2024/02/19/secret-no-secret-why-leaders-need-go-and-see
Executive Director, The Ohio State University Center for Operational Excellence
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COE ForumsDigital Content Archive, Change management, CultureThe new year is well underway, and the Center for Operational Excellence is looking forward to the connections to be made and the programming to be shared that will help your organizations build resilience and adaptability in 2024. We know that many of our member companies are experiencing organizational change stemming from leadership transitions, emerging technology, economic constraints, and a host of other factors.398/blogs/opex/2024/02/12/best-organizational-change-our-top-5-recordings-resources
Problem SolvingThere is so much noise surrounding continuous improvement roadmaps and how we should approach them. Why are there so many options? Which one is the best one to use and when? Is one problem-solving roadmap better than another? Why? What is the difference between all of them?397/blogs/opex/2024/01/29/problem-solving-roadmaps-definitions-examinations-and-common-myths-explained
Distinguished Professor of Operations and Business Analytics, The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business
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Problem SolvingData Analytics, Faculty spotlight, Books, COE Summit 2024Getting the most out of an engineering or analytics project requires the thoughtful coordination of specifically targeted solution tactics. However, generating optimal returns from this process also, and more fundamentally, presumes that the right problem has been targeted. How do we increase the chances of getting that right, and of advancing on practical solutions to address the right problems?394/blogs/opex/2023/12/20/how-identify-right-performance-objectives
Executive Director, The Ohio State University Center for Operational Excellence
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COE Forumslean, Leadership, Digital Content ArchiveAs we consider today’s economic landscape, the need for lean leadership has never been more pronounced. In recent conversations with many of our member organizations, we’ve heard time and again of cost-cutting measures, far-reaching impacts of the pandemic, and ongoing hiring and restructuring challenges that have resulted in smaller workforces. Leaders are being challenged to do more with less.393/blogs/opex/2023/11/29/best-lean-leadership-our-top-5-recordings-resources
Meet the Keynotes: COE Summit 2024
Front-Loading Cost Analysis: A Key Practice in Lean Product Development
How Improvisers Effectively Ideate in High-Stakes Situations
How to Beat the Odds of Organizational Change Failure
The Secret Is No Secret: Why Leaders Need to “Go and See”
The Best of Organizational Change: Our Top 5 Recordings & Resources
Problem-Solving Roadmaps: Definitions, Examinations, and Common Myths Explained
How to Identify the Right Performance Objectives
The Best of Lean Leadership: Our Top 5 Recordings & Resources