Thursday, November 14, 2024 Virtual Conference

Peter Palmér, LPPDE and Juha Tammi, Lean Association of Finland - Welcome and Instructions

Peter and Juha represent the two organization who organize these virtual online events and will moderate the Virtual Summit.

Morten Elvang, Contributor / Managing Partner at Thinking Twice Works – What is going on at work?

What is going on at work? How often do you reflect on what is going on, why it is going on and if it actually is what you would like to happen.

Morten will go through this seemingly simple topic in a somewhat thought provocative way in this interactive session. 

Morten Elvang is an expert in agile and lean for strategy, product, service, and technology delivery. He has worked with platform, product, and service teams of all sizes to gain better results with less hassle - both as a consultant and as an employee. Morten holds an MSc and PhD in Software Engineering and is the author of two contemporary books UNMESS and UNFILTER about Collaborative Lean Portfolio Management and the role it plays in open and adaptable organizations.

Annelie Gullström, Transformation Strategist at Scania – Embrace Change - Change is Inevitable, Progress is Optional

The world is changing, and change occurs faster and faster whether we like it or not. The fact is that change will never be as slow as today!

This presentation will show the fascinating changes going on to open our eyes to what will come.

Annelie Gullström is a thought-leading digital strategist and visionary change leader. Her career spans over 20 years in business development, innovation, strategy and digital transformation, working in industries such as Retail, Real Estate, Finance, and Utility. Annelie is an accomplished public speaker, appearing regularly at conferences around the world, leading the conversation on how companies can stay relevant and build up predictive awareness among others. She is also passionate about exploring new technologies and predicting how changing consumer behaviors and demands will influence all industries and business models.

Kristina Kennedy, Senior Director & Associate Professor at The Ohio State University College of Engineering – An Academic Approach to Value Creation with Multi-Functional Teams

An Academic Approach to Value Creation with Multi-Functional Teams

There is much value in multi-functional teams and that value is being both taught and realized by the students at the Ohio State University’s Integrated Business & Engineering program.  In this session, OSU faculty member (and former Honda engineer), Kristina Kennedy, will share the value creation process (Lean Product Development) process she uses with her students and share outcomes of real-world projects as well as industry sponsor feedback on the value of lean product development as well as mutli-functional teams (a novel approach to senior capstone projects).  More about the OSU IBE program available here:  https://engineering.osu.edu/integrated-business-engineering-honors-program

Kristina Kennedy joined The Ohio State University in 2021 as an Associate Professor in the College of Engineering and Faculty Director for the Integrated Business & Engineering Program (IBE) – a multidisciplinary, cross-college program serving both business and engineering honors students.  In this role, Kennedy teaches the IBE First-Year Cornerstone and IBE Senior Capstone courses.  Additionally, she oversees the program – creating meaningful experiences for students, raising funds, and forging industry partnerships for student success. 

Prior to her current role, Kennedy worked as an engineer with Honda Research & Development.  Her roles included test engineer, interior quality lead and most recently, project leader for the Honda Odyssey and Acura MDX.  During her time with Honda, she founded the first global Business Resource Group  - the Women in Engineering Network – to support, develop, and highlight the work of its members.  She participated in a number of leadership programs and is featured in the “Who Makes a Honda” series. 

Kristina holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Iowa and an MBA from The Ohio State University.  In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her family (game nights, cheering for her kids’ sports teams, and puzzling), traveling, and volunteering.

Lonnie Wilson, Principal Consultant, Owner at Quality Consultants – Some Things Dr. Deming Did Wrong

 Lonnie will reflect and focus on some of the accepted knowledge Dr. Deming spread that might not be totally correct. Warning: This may be a bit controversial.

Lonnie Wilsons specialties are: Evaluation, design of change and training in Lean Manufacturing (the Toyota Production System) and cultural analysis including defining and measuring cultures, cultural problem solving and cultural change Lonnie is an expert in problem solving using Kepner-Tregoe, Statistical Problem Solving and Facilitated group problem solving. He is a Master Black Belt and 6 Sigma Trainer.

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By Juha Tammi & Peter Palmér

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