Keynote Speakers

Leadership expert Heléne Smuts shares practical strategies for overcoming team dysfunction and building a culture of trust, engagement and accountability. Attendees will leave with actionable tools to strengthen team performance and create a more productive work environment.

Karen Martin challenges conventional thinking around one of lean’s core principles, showing how leadership and work systems can create the conditions for people to grow, contribute, and drive better business results.

MIT senior lecturer Steve Spear explores how top-performing organizations create systems that make problems easier to see, solve and learn from. Drawing on lessons from Toyota and leading organizations worldwide, he shares how leaders can unlock collective ingenuity, accelerate improvement and build a lasting competitive advantage.