Upcoming Events
2021 North America In Person Conference – Newport Beach RI
Virtual Summits 2021
Theme: Knowledge base
April 16, 2021
July 2, 2021
LPPDE NA 2021 In-person Conference, Newport Beach, RI
Injecting Knowledge into Innovation
October 11-14, 2021
LPPDE In-Person North America 2021 & Speakers
Are you ready to connect with the thinkers at the leading edge of lean improvement journeys?
INJECTING KNOWLEDGE INTO INNOVATION
In October, 2021 we will gather in Newport, Rhode Island. There are three focal points:
Innovation in Product Development
Innovation in a Startup Incubator
Innovation in Education
Geoff Neiley
Sr. Manager Mechanical Engineering at Rapisca
Dantar Oosterwal
Vice President Engineering, Argo, Inc
Norbert Majerus
Majerus Consulting, Inc
Jamie Flinchbaugh
Founder of JFlinch
Jeffrey Hastie
Founder, President of Learn-Apply-Lead, LCC Business Excellence Services
Durward Sobek
Interim Vice Provost at Montana State University-Bozeman
John Carter
Founder and Principal, TCGen
Joe Murli
CEO of The Murli Group
Marcos Esterman
Associate Professor at RIT
Bob Melvin
Vice President of Engineering at Teledyne Marine Systems
Bob Stavig
Adjunct Faculty, Washington State University Vancouver
Peter Palmér
Transformation Office at Scania Group
Dan Shropshire
Vice President Sales & Marketing at Teledyne Marine Vehicles
Blog
Test, Test, Test
Testing has a very different evolution comparing testing of software with testing of hardware. Testing has several purposes: customer feedback, risk mitigation, learning, validation, etc. It’s also a great source for innovations. Why I ask myself if the best...
How Agile and Lean Product Development methods can enable productive building of large and complex systems
The first moment There are moments in life when you realize something. I had three such moments a few years back when pushing a chaotic project forward and realized that my project was not going to be successful, no matter what I was doing, with items in my power. The...
Setting Up for Speed of Development
Get your ducks in a row and your objectives aligned to ensure speed in development In an earlier blog post, we established the objective of the Development Organization is to optimize Throughput or deliver speed of Development. If we agree, then we might ask...
Rowing is a team sport and so is product development
Rowing is a team sport and so is product development. Why is this an important idea? A couple years ago I read the book The Boys In The Boat (Danial James Brown, Penguin Books, 2014) and I learned about the concept of “swing.” Swing is when all eight oarsmen are...
Are you ready to connect with the thinkers at the leading edge of lean improvement journeys?
Innovation Excellence
Our mission is to bring the insights on lean process and product development together for you to learn and exchange
What is Lean PD
Lean PD and Lean Thinking is more of a cultural aspect than a set of methods and tools
Exchange
Learn best practices from others and participate in workshops
Non-Profit
LPPDE is a non-profit organization created to foster opportunities to grow and share Lean PD knowledge
It was great to learn so much and connect with so many people in a close & personal environment!
Thanks to you and the rest of the board on delivering a successful event! I attended a couple of great sessions and learned new info to put to use in our product development system.
The LPPDE conference has provided me with fantastic learning and networking opportunities, and has taught time more about LEAN PD than any training I have ever attended. Thank you for this excellent experience!
Excellent event. Very good speakers, time for exchange, and networking is really worthwhile.