Recruiting and Selecting Lean / Continuous Improvement Talent
This session will discuss how to identify candidates who bring more than technical lean knowledge; they also need curiosity, influence skills, humility, and an ability to develop people. Attendees could discuss practical interview questions, selection exercises, and behavioral signals that distinguish a project-focused practitioner from someone who can build lasting improvement capability. The conversation could also address how to recruit internally versus externally and how to avoid hiring “tool experts” who cannot adapt to the organization’s culture and operational realities.
Idea Exchanges are facilitated, open forum sessions where conference participants have a chance to tell their stories. Other than a pre-defined topic, these sessions are unstructured and rely on the facilitator to keep the conversations flowing. Idea Exchanges are a unique opportunity to learn, share and grow.
Alea Clark is the founder of Industrial & Technical Talent Advisory, an executive search and talent advisory firm dedicated to advanced manufacturing and technical organizations. She partners with plant leaders, engineering executives and HR teams to hire leaders and specialists who can run the work, improve the work and evolve the work in the middle of AI, CI and ESG pressures.
Over her recruiting career, Alea has helped build high performing teams for startups, subsidiaries and established manufacturers.
Known for her blend of strategic thinking, straight talk and wit, Alea is obsessed with replacing vague hiring vibes with clear, behavior based criteria. Her work centers on what employees actually want to see from leadership today and how better talent selection can make operational excellence, AI adoption and sustainability goals far easier to achieve.
