LPPDE Executive Forum

This full day session will bring together senior leaders from companies who use lean product development to improve their product development performance. Designed for CEOs, COOs, Presidents and Vice Presidents with product development responsibility, this session will address the opportunities and challenges of leading a lean product development transformation from the top. It will be hosted by our Board Chair, Durward Sobek with Michael Kennedy and Katherine Radeka.

Topics to be discussed include:

• LAMDA / PDCA at the management level.
• The role of the leader in driving culture change to support lean product development.
• Metrics and performance management.
• Helping middle managers through the transition
• Reorganizing to support knowledge sharing
• Developing the chief engineer function