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Innovative Thinking

Innovative Thinking has changed the way organizations operate. No longer stuck in the paradigm of "mass" thinking, nearly every enterprise—including service companies—has adopted some portions of the Toyota Production System (J.I.T. or team concept environments). Many have even rushed off, taken a course and pronounced themselves LEAN. Yet few have tested the depths of cost reductions possible with a complete change of paradigms.

Research by Gallup has uncovered that less than 30% of employees are truly engaged in their jobs. Lean Thinkers have long shown that an additional 25-40% of the work done by most organizations is waste or non-value added. This means that nearly 40% of every payroll dollar is lost. With the advent of true global competition, can you afford to lose 40% of your time as a company?

Who Should Attend
Technical professionals, middle managers, project leaders, and administrators in organizations needing to slash operating costs to stay competitive.

New Tools You Will Learn

The Five Principles of Lean
Mapping: Reducing Non-value added work
Standardization and 5S
Flow: Reduction of Variation
Visual Management Control
The 7 Wastes of Mass Thinking
How to improve Creativity and Innovation for Knowledge Workers

Workshop Instructional Format
Interactive dialogue, experiential learning activities, case studies, simulations.

Application
Specific GE type Work Out for actual cost reductions.

More...Creativity and Innovation
"Access to talent and creative people is to modern business what access to coal and iron ore was to steelmaking. Creativity is now the decisive source of competitive advantage."    Florida

In lean thinking, the flow of product is the measure of efficiency. But in knowledge based organizations, it is the flow of creativity that drives effectiveness. Soon access to capital and technology will be equal around the globe. Commodity based companies will disappear in western society. Only knowledge based enterprises that can tap into latent creativity will survive. Employees are the only sustainable competitive advantage. Creativity is the new coin of the realm and trust is the cornerstone. Mass is out; lean is in!

The Business Case

• Frito Lay: $100 Million in cost reductions
• Sysco: Sales increases of 25-30% for participants of creativity training
• WGBH (PBS Boston): 50 Emmys, 37 Peabodys, & 25 duPont Awards for Journalism
• 3M: $4B in new product intro each of last 4 years
See Creativity, Inc by Mauzy and The Rise of the Creative Class by Florida

What You Will Learn About Creativity and Innovation

Creativity / Innovation: Separate but Equal Sweet Spot: Extrinsic / Intrinsic Motivators The Process: Tool by Tool/Step by Step Your Culture: Toxic to Talent?

Your Creativity Index: Fit or Flabby? Brain Stretchers: Get out of the box! Measurement: Bean Counters at Bay Creativity as a Business Strategy

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