Presentations

Learn how leader standard work can help leaders move from firefighting to intentional, value-driven leadership that strengthens alignment, accountability and continuous improvement.

Discover how aligning daily management systems across multiple business units can create consistent behaviors, improve information flow and strengthen organizational alignment.

This session explores how treating a career like a continuous improvement project can help professionals grow their influence, lead cultural transformation and advance within a single organization.

Discover how SnapCab’s recruiting process builds a stronger culture by prioritizing shared values, effective communication and employee engagement from the start.

Join Ashton Burrell with Danner as she shares Danner’s approach to justify continuous improvement through automation.

For many organizations, the administrative office remains a "black box" of manual processes, paper trails and delayed data. At TEAM TAS, we spent a decade shattering that mold. This session will showcase our 10 year evolution from a paper driven manual system to a fully automated, digitized powerhouse.

Learn how Story’s Construction Production 2.0 system combines lean principles, scientific thinking and facilitative leadership to create more consistent “good days” for craft teams while improving project performance.

Join David Coyle and Jacqueline Richard to discover how Re:Build Manufacturing is revolutionizing product development by integrating Manufacturing Constrained Design™ (MCD), Production Preparation Process (3P) and Process Preparation (2P).

Turn continuous improvement into daily practice using a simple framework that aligns people, processes and technology.

Discover how embedding lean from day one in a greenfield environment can build trust, align teams and accelerate performance.

In this session, we will share the leading-edge highlights of our Lean journey and the development of the Cambridge Operating System (COS)—a practical, people-centered operating system built to create safe, high-performing manufacturing environments. Participants will learn what an effective operating system truly is: a consistent set of routines, tools, and behaviors that align teams around shared goals. We will share the key ingredients that made the difference—and how you can implement a similar approach in your organization.

Learn how layered process audits (LPAs) can strengthen accountability, improve quality and drive lasting culture change.

See how shifting from “start more” to “start less” unlocked major performance gains using Theory of Constraints principles.

Discover how A-dec’s CI Champion program develops employees to lead change, apply lean tools and strengthen engagement across the organization.

Learn how leader standard work can help leaders move from firefighting to intentional, value-driven leadership that strengthens alignment, accountability and continuous improvement.

Transform your hiring process into a strategic driver of continuous improvement, technology and sustainability goals. Alea Clark will introduce the Run, Improve, Evolve framework, which helps organizations identify candidates who can stabilize current operations, eliminate waste and adapt to future demands. Participants will learn how to replace outdated job descriptions and instinct-based decisions with clear excellence profiles that align talent selection with organizational strategy.

How do organizational values show up in daily operations across a complex manufacturing environment? Operating large-scale facilities around the clock creates challenges in keeping teams aligned to priorities while maintaining engagement and performance. This session shares how Rockline Industries strengthened alignment, communication and accountability by embedding practical management systems into everyday work and how your organization can do the same.

This session explores how Medtronic’s quality function is deploying Leader Standard Work (LSW) to make daily management real. Attendees will gain practical insights on adoption, measurement and sustaining habits globally in a complex organization.

Learn how Nationwide united four separate lean journeys through a 14-week refresh that aligned leadership, daily improvement and strategy within one management system.

This session will guide participants through the collaborative efforts of contractors supporting the National Nuclear Security Administration, including Sandia National Laboratories and the Kansas City National Security Campus, as they addressed this challenge.

This session explores how organizations can balance local autonomy with standardized processes to maintain operational excellence in flatter, more agile organizational structures.

Learn how Greene Tweed uses structured rapid improvement events to eliminate waste, improve flow and achieve measurable gains in throughput, quality and operational performance.

Turn cultural challenges into competitive advantage by applying proven strategies that drive engagement and continuous improvement.

Join Krystal Nelligan to learn how through coaching we can connect with our direct reports. This will help you to engage and direct your team members to achieve their goal and realize their protentional while aligning with the company strategy.

Join Emily Swaney and Todd Schneider as they share how we embraced the challenge of empowering our small lean team of 11 individuals to support an organization in its journey to develop 35,000 problem solvers.

Reducing changeover time is a standard manufacturing goal, but lasting results require more than just time studies and quick fixes.

AI has changed how we work with bits: software, documents, workflows. The next frontier is atoms: the parts manufacturers buy, where most of their cost sits. Connect the two and you get the perfect buy: every part at the right price, from the right supplier, at the right time. In this live demo, Johannes Groll starts from a single part, shows what it should cost and how far you are from the perfect buy, then prepares the negotiation to close the gap. Your buyers make the call; AI does the legwork across thousands of parts

Industrial operations are changing faster than ever, and so is what qualifies people to do the work. In this session, Rick van Echtelt, co-founder and CEO of AG5, argues that skills data can no longer stay in HR as a record. He proposes how manufacturers can move from skills records to operational readiness. The aim is to answer one question: can we perform the work with the workforce we have?

Industrial operations are changing faster than ever, and so is what qualifies people to do the work. In this session, Rick van Echtelt, co-founder and CEO of AG5, argues that skills data can no longer stay in HR as a record. He proposes how manufacturers can move from skills records to operational readiness. The aim is to answer one question: can we perform the work with the workforce we have?

Discover how Gibson Guitars introduced standard work in a high‑skill, high‑autonomy environment without sacrificing craftsmanship or pride.

Learn how turning vision into aligned systems, data and problem-solving can drive real engagement, innovation and involvement on the shop floor.

This session explores how respect and collaboration can strengthen engagement, empower teams and drive performance in today’s rapidly evolving workplace.

Explore how lean thinking, behavioral science and frontline engagement helped double engine production and dramatically reduce grievances without capital investment.

Join Travis Foster as he shares the incredible story of being weeks away from losing his job to now leading Boeing’s Leadership Programs. Discover the single leadership principle behind the success, and how to harness its power on your own teams.