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LIPS 2018 AGENDA

LIPS 2018 CONFERENCE DETAILS

3-6 December 2018 – Berkeley, California


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REGISTRATION FEES

Monday TRAINING all-day (pick 1 of 2) – $260
Tuesday & Wednesday CONFERENCE – $600 
Thursday SITE VISIT or WORKSHOP half-day  – $100


TOPICS

Lean Government Framework (LGF)
Lean in Public Sector Higher Education
Lean in Public Sector Construction
Lean in Public Sector Transportation
Lean in Public Sector Contracting
Leading Lean Transformation in Public Sector

SPEAKERS

  1. Michael Bade – Associate Vice Chancellor, Capital Programs, and Campus Architect, UCSF
  2. Amr Abdel-Azim – Senior Architect, Michigan State University
  3. Tariq Abdelhamid – Chief Lean Performance Officer, Associate Professor of Lean Construction, Michigan State University
  4. Renée Smith – Director of Workplace Transformation, The Governor’s Results Washington Office
  5. Dr. William Huen – Associate Clinical Prof. of Medicine, UCSF, and Medical Director of Quality Management and Kaizen Promotion Office, San Francisco General Hospital
  6. Glenn Ballard – Research Director P2SL, UC Berkeley
  7. Troy Tusup – Chief, Innovative Business Solutions, Caltrans
  8. Kismet Weiss – Administrator, Office of Continuous Improvement, Arizona Department of Transportation
  9. Charlene McArthur – Chief Administrative Officer, Idaho Transportation Department
  10. Luis Fernando Alarcon – Professor, School of Engineering of the Catholic University of Chile
  11. Howard Ashcraft – Partner, HansonBridgett
  12. Wolfgang Breyer – Partner (Attorney at Law), Breyer Rechtsanwälte
  13. Christine Haas – Senior Counsel, UCSF
  14. Lauri Merikallio – Partner, Vison Oy, Finland
  15. Pekka Petajaniemi – Director, Liikennevirasto, Finland
  16. Raghavan N – Professor of Practice, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras; Director, Institute for Lean Construction Excellence (ILCE), India
  17. David Umstot – President, Umstot Project and Facilities Solutions
  18. Alan Mossman – Director, The Change Business Ltd, UK
  19. Victor Roig – Consultant, BIMETRIC, Spain

VENUE – LOGISTICS – TRANSPORTATION – ACCOMMODATION

The conference will take place at the Clark Kerr Campus (Clark Kerr Map) of the University of California, Berkeley, hosted by the Project Production Systems Laboratory (P2SL).

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AGENDA

…subject to improvement opportunities!

Mon. 3 Dec. 2018 | TRAINING DAY

Pre-conference, two all-day training workshops are on the agenda: “Lean Fundamentals” for participants who are new to Lean, and “Lean Government Framework” aimed at senior leaders (no background in lean required) involved in running the business of government.

Workshop 1 |  LEAN FUNDAMENTALS

Presenter

Dr. TARIQ ABDELHAMID

Chief Lean Performance Officer, Associate Professor of Lean Construction, Michigan State University

Purpose To enable participants, “beginners” in Lean Thinking, to get more out of the conference this workshop will provide them with some background in lean. This workshop is designed so that participants’ understanding includes the following:
  • Introduction to Lean Thinking
  • Identification and Elimination of the 7 Wastes
  • Batching and Queuing and Pull Operations
  • Workplace Organization (6S = 5S +Safety)
  • Problem Solving using 5 Whys and Idea Boards
Intended Audience Participants new to lean; those who have had no formal introduction to lean.
Maximum Number of Participants 30
Top 3 Learning Outcomes This workshop aims to achieve:
Outcome #1 – Create general awareness of Lean through its principles (value, waste, flow, pull, etc).
Outcome #2  – Provide a reason for participants to start/continue a Lean journey within their organization.
Outcome #3 – Create demand for Lean Education and Implementation as a follow-up step.

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Start Time

Lean Fundamentals Session Topic

0730 Coffee & Registration
0800 Welcome & Introductions
0815 Lean Fundamentals
0915 Break
1045 Go to Gemba / Gemba Walks
1130 Report Out / Debriefs
1200 Lunch (included in registration)
1300 Workplace Organization – 6S (5S + Safety)
1400 6S – Go to Gemba / Report Out
1430 Break
1445 Lean Thinking: Pull / Flow
1545 Break
1600 Problem Solving: 5 Whys / PDCA / OET
1645 Next Steps / Conclusions / Plus/Delta
1700 Adjourn

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Workshop 2 | RUNNING THE BUSINESS OF GOVERNMENT USING THE LEAN GOVERNMENT FRAMEWORK (LGF)

Presenter

RENEE SMITH

Director of Workplace Transformation, The Governor’s Results Washington Office

Purpose To help organization leaders see how they can use Lean as a strategy for running the whole business of government – rather than simply a set of tools for improving processes.
Intended Audience Leaders of government organizations
Session Description Ask anyone who has ever been a leader at any level of government, and they will tell you it’s complex, demanding, and stressful work. Of course that’s not unique to government. According to the Marlin Company’s Attitudes in the American Workplace VII Annual Labor Day Survey, 82% of workers report that they are at least a little stressed, and nearly 73% of workers say they would NOT want their boss’s job!

Why is work so stressful? Certainly there are many reasons, but most organizations have one or more of these culprits festering at the root of work stress: a lack of organizational identity, dysfunctional waste-laden processes, untapped worker capability, completely missing methods to tell if teams or the whole organization is winning or losing, and something other than humans being at the center of the organization’s mindset and culture.

The purpose of this session is to help leaders see how they can reflect on their work through the lens of the five components of the Lean Government Framework: (1) purpose, (2) process, (3) capability, (4) management system, and (5) human-centered mindset and culture. Explore this framework as a powerful strategy for running the whole business of government and move from stressed out to creating a way of working that will deliver value to customers over the long-term.

Top 3 learning outcomes This workshop aims to achieve:
Outcome #1 – After hearing a short lecture and participating in small group exercises, list the 5 components of the Lean Government Framework and describe how each component applies to your responsibilities as a leader.
Outcome #2 – After considering the current state of your organization, in small group exercises using a set of prompt statements provided, identify at least one opportunity to improve your organization in each of the 5 components of the Lean Government Framework.
Outcome #3 – After identifying opportunities to improve your organization and participating in small group exercises, using the PICK prioritization chart and Basic Action Plan template provided, create an action plan for what’s most important to work on next in your area of responsibility.

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Start Time

Lean Government Framework Session Topic

0800 Coffee & Registration
0830 Impromptu Networking Introductions Exercise
0900 Introduction to the Lean Government Framework (LGF)
0930 Break
0945 LGF Purpose Component Exercise
1030 LGF Process Component Exercise
1115 Break
1130 LGF Capability Component Exercise
1200 Lunch (included in registration)
1300 LGF Capability Component Exercise (continued)
1345 LGF Management System Component Exercise
1430 Break
1445 LGF Human-Centered Mindset Component Exercise
1530 Break
1545 Current State Analysis Exercise
1630 Action Plan Development Exercise
1645 Debrief & Plus/Delta
1700 Close

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Tue. 4 Dec. 2018 
| CONFERENCE DAY 1

Start Time

Session Title
Moderator

Speaker(s) – Organisation

Overview

0800 Registration & Coffee  
0830 Welcome
Intro to LIPS Purpose: “Delivering long-term value to the people we serve.”
Michael Bade, Associate Vice Chancellor – Capital Programs & Campus Architect, UC San Francisco (UCSF)
Amr Abdel-Azim, Senior Architect, Michigan State University
Dr. Glenn Ballard, Research Director P2SL, UC Berkeley
Framing the conference.
0900 1 – Make Work More Human
Moderator: Alan Mossman
Keynote: Renée Smith, Director of Workplace Transformation, The Governor’s Results Washington Office What does it take to create a government workplace where the public is satisfied and public servants can truly thrive? It takes a radical transition from a fearful workplace to a loving workplace. Love? Yes love. In government? Yes in government.
1015 Break  
1045 2 – Challenges that Lean can Address in the Public Sector
Moderator: Glenn Ballard
Howard Ashcraft, Partner, Hanson Bridgett Outline the challenges that lean thinking enables people working in the public sector to address.
1200 Lunch (included in registration)  
1300 3 – Five Reasons Why Implementing Lean is Hard in an Academic Safety Net Hospital culture (and exactly why we need it)
Moderator: Michael Bade 
Dr. William Huen, Medical Director of Quality Management and Kaizen Promotion Office, San Francisco General Hospital Discuss lean implementation challenges in an academic hospital setting. 
1445 Break  
1515 4 – How to bring lean into government agencies?
Opportunities & Obstacles to Lean in Government
Moderator: Glenn Ballard
Panel:
Renée Smith, Director of Workplace Transformation, Governor’s Office, State of Washington
Dr. Luis Fernando Alarcon, Professor, School of Engineering, Catholic University of Chile
Pekka Petajaniemi, Director at Liikennevirasto, Finland
Raghavan N,, Professor of Practice, IIT , Madras; Director, ILCE, India
Panelists will make opening statements about their approach to getting started with lean in a public agency and then develop a discussion with participants
1645 Plus/Delta  
1700 Close  

Wed. 5 Dec. 2018 | CONFERENCE DAY 2

Start Time

Session Title
Moderator

Speaker(s) – organisation

Overview

0800 Coffee  
0830 5 – Lean in Public Sector Construction
Moderator: Victor Roig
Michael Bade, Associate Vice Chancellor – Capital Programs & Campus Architect, UCSF
David Umstot, Umstot Project and Facilities Solutions
Dr. Glenn Ballard, Research Director P2SL, UC Berkeley
After personnel, construction (new build, refurbishment and repairs and maintenance) is the most significant expenditure for many government agencies. This session will offer a primer on how public sector organisations can get the most out of their construction spend.
0945 Break  
1015 6 – Lean in Transportation
Moderator: Dr. Tariq Abdelhamid
Troy Tusup, Chief, Innovative Business Solutions, Caltrans
Ms. Kismet Weiss, Office of Continuous Improvement, Arizona Department of Transportation
Charlene McArthur, Chief Administrative Officer, Idaho Transportation Department
Mr. Lauri Merikallio, Partner at Vison Oy, Finland
This session will focus on ways lean is being used to provide better value for money from infrastructure expenditure.
1200 Lunch (included in registration)  
1300 7 – Legal issues in procuring for lean services; issues and principles open & transparent procurement. How can you get the results you want when contracting for services?
Moderator: Alan Mossman
Christine Haas, Senior Counsel, UCSF
Howard Ashcraft, Partner, Hanson Bridgett
Michael Bade, Associate Vice Chancellor – Capital Programs & Campus Architect, UCSF
Wolfgang Breyer, Breyer Rechtsanwälte, Founding Partner (Attorney at Law)
The purpose of this session is to look at how lean thinking is helping public sector organisations rethink the ways they contract for all kinds of services.
1445 Break  
1515 8 – Leading Lean in the Public Sector
Moderator: Renée Smith
Dr. Glenn Ballard, Research Director P2SL, UC Berkeley

 

In this session Glenn Ballard will outline his learning from observing lean leadership in action leading to a discussion of the topic between Glenn, Renee, and the participants.

Thu. 6 Dec. 2018 | SITE VISIT or INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP

Post-conference, two half-day practice sessions are on the agenda:

1. Go to Gemba – Visit the UCSF Neurosciences Building at Mission Bay in San Francisco

Hear from the people on the ground about their experience with lean project delivery, including UCSF (owner), SmithGroup (Architect) and DPR (General Contractor). The on-site Big Room can accommodate up to 25 people.

Depart from Berkeley by car or bus (transportation provided by conference organizers) in the morning at 800, visit project and learn from participants in the big room, have a box lunch (included in registration) on site, and then return by bus to Berkeley to arrive around 1300.

2. A Human Workplace: Building the Foundation for a Lean Culture and Management System – Interactive Workshop with Renée Smith, Director of Workplace Transformation, The Governor’s Results Washington Office

In every organization, for every team and leader, something is at the center of work. Whatever is core drives every other decision and action. For Lean organizations, teams, and leaders, humans are at the center of work, because by definition Lean is a human-centered philosophy of work. This human-centered mindset often gets overlooked in the rush to adopt Lean tools to make improvements. But sustaining a Lean culture transformation means building a human workplace that prioritizes people, both customers and team members.

In this workshop explore into a new way of understanding what’s at the center of your work and the impacts of those priorities. Through reflection, activities, and discussions, recognize and grasp what it means to be human-centered and the consequences when we are not. Build awareness and skill for welcoming the contributions that come when we bring our full selves to work. Identify current workplace challenges and strategize new human-centered actions that can ultimately create a truly Lean workplace where team members can thrive and customers are well-served.

Box lunch provided (included in registration).

Learning Objectives:
1. Understand the importance of human-centered work and walk away with strategies for creating a more human workplace that highly regards people and achieves results.
2. Explore and understand the impacts when humans are not the priority but something else is.
3. Increase skills for inclusion to help each team member bring themselves to work for optimal contributions and outcomes.
4. Name personal challenges faced right now at work. Identify the pressures to act with fear, and instead choose practical strategies to act with care for people in the workplace.


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