How we started a Lean Community of Practice | Murray Guy

" Today’s economy runs on knowledge, and Communities of Practice (COP) are a relatively new organizational form that that can radically galvanize knowledge sharing, learning, and change.  They are formed by groups of people informally bound together by shared expertise and passion for a joint enterprise." [1]

The Saskatoon Community of Practice was started to engage like minded individuals in learning more about lean principles and practices and how they can be used to drastically improve business and project outcomes.   For our first event we invited people from property management, construction, design, property management, manufacturing and the building industry supply chain to a Lean Coffee. 

A Lean Coffee is a great way to kickstart the formation of a COP.  It helps facilitate the group forming, storming and norming process in a democratic and collaborative way. We found a Lean Coffee Infographic that was used to guide us in how to select and discuss topics that are of mutual interest to the majority of the group members.  We used this for the first two two events that were run on the last Friday of the month for an hour. 

We discussed such topics as Study Action Teams (SAT), Value Stream Mapping (VSM), Lean Project Delivery (LPD), Lean Construction Institute - Canada (LCI-C), Target Value Design, Last Planner System, Lean Enterprise Transformational Model and Prefabrication.  We also discussed lean reference materials and books including "The Toyota Way", "Broken Buildings Busted Budgets", "High Velocity Edge", "This is Lean", "Transforming Design and Construction" and the "Commercial Real Estate Revolution".

The COP then decided we wanted to delve deeper into lean methods, tools and go on tours of businesses that have adopted lean practices. Over the next year we organized presentations and tours that were attended by ten to twenty people.

•  "This is Lean" a presentation on the Nuggets from the Lean Construction Institute conference in Boston
• "The Lean Turn Around" a tour of the POS Bio-Processing Center where they adopted lean strategies to save their industrial bio-processing business
•  Lean Manufacturing at Superior Millwork where we learned how lean is applied to manufacturing
• 5S Simulation: Why and How it helps to Build a Lean Culture

                             

Next we decided to host a larger event and called it Lean Talks. At this event we adopted the format of Ted Talks and had  twenty minute presentations on the following topics.

• With 11 Billion People on the Planet ... Is Lean Enough?
• How does Lean get us to a Green Building Industry
• Have you Created your Lean Project Check List?
• Integrated Lean at Every Step of the Way
• DIRTT Lean @ Arab Health Conference
• Changing Culture From Government Funded to Lean Entrepreneur

Most recently our group has decided pursue formal training on Lean Project Delivery and are pilot testing  the Lean Construction Institute - Canada (LCI-C) "Lean Project Delivery Certification Program   The program includes three levels of certification, our group participated in the Level 1 Lean Project Delivery Fundamentals Workshop,  will write the exam and apply for Level 1 certification. Next we will be scheduling the Level 2 Lean Design and Lean Construction workshops for February, 2017.

Starting a COP can be a great way promote the spread of best practices, develop professional skills, create a network that can result in mutually beneficial business relationships.  A community of practice may or may not have an explicit agenda on a given week, and even if it does, it may not follow the agenda closely. Inevitably, however, people in communities of practice share their experiences and knowledge in free-flowing, creative ways that foster new approaches to working together. [1]

We have shared our COP Start-up story in hope that we can help others create and sustain a community of like minded professionals interested in pursuing knowledge of lean practices.  If you are interested in getting one going in your community we hope this blog has provided a bit of a recipe. If you would prefer to get some help getting one going, please contact Lean Construction Institute - Canada to arrange for someone to help organize and facilitate the first event.  

Murray Guy | Lean Lab

[1] Communities of Practice: The Organizational Frontier: "Communities of Practice: The Organizational Frontier

Etienne C. WengerWilliam M. Snyder
FROM THE JANUARY–FEBRUARY 2000 ISSUE Harvard Business Review

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Are there Start-up Opportunities for Sustainable Minded Surfboard Companies? - Mpora

Love the ocean? Then you might want to give this a read...

How To Be An Environmentally-Friendly Surfer - Mpora
by Cynthia Krueger
9TH JUNE 2014


Spots like Indonesia are already plagued with sewage. Photo: Zak Noyles Photography

Surfers love the ocean. It’s our playground and our respite. When we’re surfing, we are immersed in nature and feel connected to the sea, the wind and the tides that influence the waves we ride.

While surfers are keenly attuned to the coastal environment, surfing typically involves products that are not environmentally friendly. Surfboards Aren’t As Eco-Friendly As You Might Think  Let’s talk about your surfboard.

Call to Entrepreneurs, Start-ups Ocean Loving People ... When there is a BIG Problem there are also lots of opportunities. Check out and develop new GREEN Products .... Join the Factor 10 Revolution.  

If it’s fibreglass laminated with polyester resin over polyurethane foam, it’s chock full of hazardous chemicals like styrene, VOCs (volatile organic compounds), and isocyanates, which can be harmful to shapers and glassers.

At the end of its life, it can’t be recycled. Your shred stick will end up in a landfill, decomposing very slowly – and because a typical surfboard is made using petroleum products, it leaves a carbon footprint"

At EcoSmart we are trying to do our part building NetZero targeted homes  the recipe is really simple check out the NetZero we submitted for an award.

Let the NetZero Revolution begin

Murray Guy
mguy@i-designs.ca


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Improving Conditions for Green Building Construction In North America | CEC

How will we Hit the Tipping point for NetZero Building Construction?

Recognizing that green building requires specialized skills and capabilities on the part of many actors in the building industry, this report reviews education and training opportunities throughout North America and compares those opportunities to the skills and capabilities that are needed now, or are likely to be needed over the next decade. It also identifies gaps between the educational offerings and anticipated needs in the industry, and makes recommendations for bridging those gaps. 

Improving Conditions for Green Building Construction In North America | CEC

All workforce sectors need specific technical skills, such as the ability to work with certain tools or install certain systems, as well as interpersonal skills—the ability to communicate and collaborate effectively. Beyond skills, however, all parties to a green building project will be most effective if they also embrace an ecological mindset of interdependence and interconnectivity and shift their thinking from the conventional, sequential hand-off paradigm of design and construction. 

Successful education and training programs typically have one or more of the following characteristics:

• Knowledgeable, charismatic trainers with experience in the field 
• Peer-to-peer mentoring
• Online education that is accessible whenever the students can make time for it 
• Short-format instructional videos 
• A focus on the “why” of green approaches in addition to the “what”

The recommendations include specific suggestions for disseminating these best practices, along with steps for addressing the following gaps: 

• Ecological mindset and awareness 
• Soft-skills training and mentoring 
• Financial benefits and evaluation
• Training in specific technical fields 
• Cross-disciplinary education and training 

In addition to these industry-specific education and training needs, the report points out the value of educating those who can drive demand for green building, especially corporate clients in the United States and Canada, and government officials in Mexico.
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If you are interested in providing support for all new construction to f be NetZero Energy by 2020, please contact me.

Murray Guy @Lean_tobe_Green
Learn: LEAN LAB. … Design: Integrated Designs … Build: EcoSmart
For inquires: Mguy@i-designs.ca or 306.934.6818
For more information on Commission for Environmental Cooperation 

Buffett’s Warning on Economic Gloom

Buffett’s Warning on Economic Gloom: "Buffett’s Warning on Economic Gloom

Daniel Gross, Strategy & Business

On February 27, Warren Buffett, the folksy billionaire who presides over Berkshire Hathaway, released his much-anticipated annual letter to the company’s shareholders. Most of the media coverage focused on the Oracle of Omaha’s contention that, despite the aura of decline promulgated by many, the U.S. is actually in very good shape. “For 240 years, it’s been a terrible mistake to bet against America, and now is no time to start. America’s golden goose of commerce and innovation will continue to lay more and larger eggs,” he wrote. This is a stance with which I agree. Welcome to the bandwagon, Mr. Buffett!

But I found another, less-covered point he made to be more compelling.  In a recent CNN poll, 56 percent of Americans said they feared their children would be worse off than they are. This has created a sour mood!

Put another way, the age of disruption, globalization, and rapidly shifting markets has actually been quite good news for companies at large — and for their owners. But it has been less good news for many of the people who work at them. 

The answer, Buffett says, is for society at large to do a better job building shock absorbers that protect all people in times of need. This includes protecting healthcare, promoting lifelong education and training, and to encourage savings would also be useful.

Of course, such programs have a cost. And Buffett would be the first to acknowledge that they do. But he’s highlighted an important point: If you’re not taking into account the impact of your company’s actions on society at large, you may be contributing to the sour mood."

Why not invest in your People with professional development training?  If you are in the Building Industry you may want to consider the following services and workshops.

• Utilizing Lean Project Delivery to create a sustainable competitive advantage in the building industry. Lean Lab | Training and Workshops 
• Facilitating the delivery of High Performance Green Building projects Integrated Designs | The Art of Project Delivery
• Building NETZero homes visit our Blog at EcoSmart | Building the Future

Murray Guy aka @Lean_tobe_Green | mguy@i-designs.ca

Integrated Designs  | EcoSmart  | Lean Lab   

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Need $$$ to Finance your Cleantech Venture? | Murray Guy

If we are going to create a Cleantech Revolution to help to Save the Icebergs that I blogged about yesterday, we are going to have to make it easy for Green Startups to kickstart their businesses.

Having recently launched two companies EcoSmart Developments and Lean Lab, I am interested in getting some help with Crowd Funding to accelerate the process of "Getting Green Done"

Let's see what Nuggets we can discover from recently published blog articles, that can help us!

How Crowdfunding Is Changing The Way Startups Raise Money | Inc.com: BY ADAM HEITZMAN Co-founder, HigherVisibility@HigherVis

The emergence of Crowdfunding has allowed entrepreneurs the ability to get their business ideas financed easier than ever. Funding your idea may now be just a few clicks away.

For those who are unfamiliar, crowdfunding is a means of raising funds from large groups. Kickstarter is probably the best example of crowdfunding. You create your business plan and idea and then upload it to the website with a financial goal in mind, and people can give money toward your goal if they believe in your business.

There are two types of Crowdfunding

Receiving Rewards it is the traditional way of crowdfunding. It is a system where investors would get a reward in return for their investment. For example, if you donated a certain amount of money to an entrepreneur who was trying to launch a new board game, they might send you the board game as a thank you for your investment.

Equity Crowdfunding is the newer way of crowdfunding. As of 2012 and thanks to the JOBS Act, companies are now allowed to collect up to $1 million per year over the Internet, so with this type of crowdfunding those who contribute could become company shareholders. This is a great middle-point between reward-based crowdfunding and the older, traditional way of pitching ideas to investors in person.

According to the Ultimate Crowdfunding Guide from BankingSense, "If you're interested in an equity campaign, your business will need to be incorporated.

If you're on the fence about which type of crowdfunding campaign is right for you and how to get started, I recommend visiting the BankingSense guide for more detailed information."

You should also check out "How Crowd-Funding Is Changing Everything and What that Means for Your Start-up"   This article is by the founders of FundersClub an equity based Crowd-Funding company.

Some Nuggets from this Article are"
Rewards-based crowdfunding can work well as a step towards de-risking customer demand and building a community of early adopters without giving up equity in the business.

“Rewards-based sites can be helpful for startups if you want people to pre-order your product to confirm demand,”

“The advantage of equity crowd-funding with the right platform is that it can make the process of raising value-added capital more efficient for founders,” says Mittal. “When we founded the company, we did it with the goal of being respectful of founders’ time, allowing them to raise quickly but to still tap into a value-added network helpful for key tasks like hiring, forming partnerships, winning customers, and raising follow-on capital. It’s not just about the money or the transaction, these types of platforms can expand your professional network for growing your company.”


It’s important to clearly outline what the startup does, how the product or service works, and other details that potential investors will want to understand.” If you’re not prepared to answer these questions, then you should ask whether you’re ready to raise any capital.
Best Practices

1) Know who you are working with. As a founder, you should do your homework on who you raise money from both online and offline.

2) Be Ready. “Your company has to be at an appropriate stage to do well on a site like FundersClub,”  "Because you’re raising capital online, traction and growth serve as important signals. Having strong customer testimonials helps, as does compiling any news or major press hits that you’ve landed."

3) Clarity is king.“You need to be crystal clear about what your product or service does and how it works.  It’s your job as an entrepreneur to clearly communicate your business and its value proposition in a way that investors can understand easily and quickly.”

4) Cover the key points. “The information you post should be no different than what an offline investor would look for. Hit the main points: What is the idea? How does the product or service work? Who’s on the team? What key milestones have you hit? What are your metrics for success? What is the market size potential? What are the investment terms? How big is the round you’re trying to raise?

Ideally, you have a pitch deck that works without you being there to explain it.”


Good luck with launching your #Cleantech the IceBergs need our help!

For more information on how to build affordable NETZero homes visit our Blog at EcoSmart | Building the Future or for commercial the Integrated Designs | The Art of Project Delivery or for Lean Lab | Training and Workshops 

  
 Murray Guy aka @Lean_tobe_Green | mguy@i-designs.ca

Integrated Designs  | EcoSmart  | Lean Lab   

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Can we save the IceBergs | Fred & Louie

In the story “Our Iceberg is Melting” we learn how a penguin colony deals with the change in the face of an impeding disaster. The penguins are living happily on their iceberg as they have done for many years. Then, one curious penguin discovers a potentially devastating problem threatening their home.   

There is a crack forming at the base of the iceberg that is worsening with time and as it fills with water and then freezes again, eventually it will cause the whole iceberg to split. Fred the scout has identified the problem, but must cleverly convince and recruit the Louie the leader and other key members of the colony to strategically work their way to a solution.

This story is analogous to the challenges we face as a society that need to address climate change. Our biggest challenge will be to get people to face up and deal with this difficult problem, as no one seems to be listening.  Maybe we can learn from Fred and Louie how to develop a plan and implement the change necessary to keep our Iceberg from melting. 

 

How would “the Penguins” do it?

As a first step Fred and Louie have established a group that recognize there is a very serious “Planet Earth Survival” problem. They have put them in charge of guiding the change, set a sensible vision of a better future and have communicated that vision to others in a way that they will understand and accept it. 

This group met at COP21, also known as the 2015 Paris Climate Conference. This is where 190 countries gathered to negotiate a legally binding and universal agreement on climate, with the aim of keeping global warming below 2°C. The conference negotiated the Paris Agreement, a global agreement on the reduction of Climate Change, the text of which represented a consensus of the representatives of the 196 parties attending it. The agreement will become legally binding if joined by at least 55 countries which together represent at least 55 percent of global greenhouse emissions. Such parties will need to sign the agreement in New York between 22 April 2016 (Earth Day) and 21 April 2017, and also adopt it within their own legal systems.

What is the Vision for a Better Future?

Next Fred and Louie, decided to create a vision for the Clean Energy Revolution. They started by gathering all of the movers and shakers to create an alliance called MISSION INNOVATION, to accelerate the development of clean energy innovation and to make clean energy widely affordable.  At the launch, 20 countries committed to double their respective research over the five years to 2020. The countries include the five most populous (as at 2015): China, India, the United States, Indonesia, and Brazil. All 20 launch partner countries represent 75 percent of the world’s CO2 emissions from electricity, and over 80 percent of the world’s clean energy R&D investment. This alliance will develop biofuel, carbon capture, airborne wind turbines, nuclear fission and nuclear fusion.

This newly formed group will add to the work of scientists and engineers called the Global Apollo Program that are working on renewable energy, energy storage, smart grids and hydrogen vehicles. Funding will also be made available through the Breakthrough Energy Coalition, a global group of 28 high net work investors that are committed to funding clean energy companies.

How will Fred & Louie, address the Culture Change Challenge?

Fred and Louie both acknowledge that the shift in culture and behavior is going to be the tough part which is WHY they are asking all of YOU to help enact this CHANGE. 

They suggest that if YOU lead by example and share your successes on social media, others will follow. If you tell somebody, and they tell somebody, pretty soon we will have started the Clean Tech Revolution.  We will have created a world where it is cool to live in a NetZero Energy home powered by the sun, built sustainably by clean tech companies and green collar workers.

Will there be a ECOnomy?

This is where it gets real exciting for early adopters, entrepreneurs and clean tech startups as they will become business leaders in a sustainable ECOnomy. Countries like Sweden, Switzerland and Norway will benefit as they are already well on their way to creating Zero Carbon economies. 

Companies like Interface Carpets, Patagonia and BMW to name a few will find demand for there products as more and more people recognize that our future depends upon making socially responsible choices, buying from companies that have bought into creating a sustainable economy.





We will see whole resource intensive industries like the building industry transform to where all building are net energy providers. Early adopters like  Okanagan College, the Mosaic Center and EcoSmart Developments are already delivering NetZero energy building that provide a positive return on investment. 

What you can do!

Fred and Louie are recommending that we all support the warriors and the countries that will make the Clean Tech Revolution come alive. They need for YOU to jump on board to support the mission. We need to become relentless in the pursuit of a new and better way, as the Icebergs are melting and we don’t want to let Fred and Louie down.

You can get started by joining the #NetZero Energy Revolution by getting your homes and building as close to NetZero energy use as possible.

Thank you for taking the time to read this article, for caring about the planet and for sharing this article with up and coming sustainability warriors.

Fred and Louie are recommending that we all support the warriors and the countries that will make the Clean Tech Revolution come alive. They need for YOU to jump on board to support the mission.

Dedicated to Fred, Louie the the ECO-Warriors out there!

For more information on how to build affordable NETZero homes visit our Blog at EcoSmart | Building the Future or for commercial the Integrated Designs | The Art of Project Delivery or for Lean Lab | Training and Workshops 

  
 Murray Guy aka @Lean_tobe_Green | mguy@i-designs.ca

Integrated Designs  | EcoSmart  | Lean Lab   

7 NetZero Targeted Projects and Counting

What is the NetZero Revolution?

There is growing excitement about going NetZero!  We are experiencing this as we just passed an milestone of participating on our seventh NetZero targeted project. The NetZero REVOLUTION is about making NetZero buildings  COOL like the i-phone so everyone wants one.  This article highlights seven projects committed to achieving NetZero Energy.  There are links to case studies for most of the projects.

How do the NetZero economics work?

By adopting Lean practices in building construction we create efficiencies and eliminate waste to cover the cost of the better envelope, more efficient systems and the PV panels that produce the energy needed to take us to NetZero. 

For the NETZero Revolution to Happen, we need to make NetZero #COOL and #Affordable like these projects that are targeting NetZero Energy Use!

Okanagan College Kelowna

EcoSmart NetZero Ready Positive Cash Flow

Salay Maizon NetZero Target Green Roof Passive Design

EcoSmart NetZero Targeted Prefab/Passive/6kw

Mosaic Center Edmonton

Blue Herron Haus

Onion Lake Treaty 6 Governance Center

For more information on how to design & build affordable NETZero homes EcoSmart  
How to deliver NetZero commercial at no extra cost. Integrated Designs  
For a workshop or training Lean Lab   
   

 Murray Guy aka @Lean_tobe_Green | mguy@i-designs.ca

#OHCanada Back in the Caring Game | Triple Bottom Line

Hot of the Press ... This just came in an Email, Proud to be Canadian .... again
Trudeau State Dinner Brings Civil Society In from the Cold

Sierra Club Canada Foundation volunteers and staff don’t do what we do because it’s easy.
We know our work matters. And every once in a while, we get an indication that it’s appreciated. Last week, that message came from the highest level of the new government in Ottawa. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau welcomed United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon to Ottawa for a flurry of public appearances and announcements that signalled Canada’s re-engagement with the world.

On Thursday evening, Trudeau hosted a state dinner for the Secretary General in the Grand Hall of the Museum of History. The Prime Minister’s Office invited civil society to join Mr. Ban for dinner. Youth and Aboriginal people. Representatives of environment, international development, mental health organizations and more.

No one I spoke to had ever attended an event like this. Among the civil society representatives, there was an unmistakeable sense that the format was about inclusiveness and breaking down barriers. We also got a first-hand look at the genuine, mutual respect and friendship that has developed between the Secretary General and the Prime Minister. In his remarks, the guest of honour was uplifting, hopeful—and warmly personal in his comments about the PM.

As for the civil society reps, it’s hard to express how excited we were at the very obvious change in tone in Official Ottawa, and we are optimistic about what it implies for the days and months ahead. The PM is saying that we’re all in this together. Many of the people in the room had never before heard that message from a federal leader.

When the evening ended, many of us were too excited to stop…so we gathered at a café across the street from the museum for a post-mortem. (Okay, a bit of an after-party.)

We talked about how to move civil society agendas for sustainability, equality and justice forward, now that we’ve entered an era in which we’re actually welcome to do so.

While we won’t always agree with government decisions (nor will they always agree with ours), we are hopeful the relationship will be built on mutual respect and understanding. Because it’s time. Because it’s overdue. Because it’s 2016. (That one never gets old.)


What a gust of sweet, spring air on a bitterly cold winter evening.



Sincerely,


Diane Beckett
Interim Executive Director
Sierra Club Canada Foundation
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Lean Construction Institute - Canada Conference: Save the dates: April 6th - 8th, 2016 Calgary, Alberta

Building for the Future Conference Notice

Save the dates: April 6^th - 8^th, 2016 Calgary, Alberta

You are invited to attend Lean Construction Institute – Canada national conference where lean thinkers will share best practices in Lean Project Delivery and you will have the opportunity to network with industry professionals.

Our goal is to develop capabilities that create better value on projects by improving performance, productivity and profitability, demonstrating that with LEAN you can have your cake and eat it too.

Our theme for 2016 is Building for the Future as we recognize projects like the Mosaic Center and Okanagan College that are using Lean to deliver exceptional Living Building Challenge/NetZero projects and the Moose Jaw Hospital that is transforming the way health care services are delivered.

Join us for first National Lean Conference in Calgary, at the Westin and learn more about how  to create more value for customers and a competitive advantage in the building industry.

What to expect?

1.          Explore WHY Lean creates a strategic advantage

2.          Learn how to deliver a Lean Project

3.          Add methods and tools to your Toolbox 

4.          Network with industry professionals

5.          Charge your batteries with awesome new IDEAS

BUilding for a Future Program

The Building for a Future conference will focus on developing lean project delivery principles and practices that will enable participants to take their projects to a whole new level of performance.  The journey begins with a hands on Boot Camp to learn how to deliver projects in less time and with less resources to improve productivity, value creation and profitability.

 The conference includes two value streams of learning opportunities.  The “Getting Started with Lean Projects” stream provides all of the key ingredients necessary to deliver a lean project.  The “Methods for Extraordinary Results” looks at best practices for lean practitioners wanting to take their projects to a whole new level.

The conference concludes with a Target Value Design camp that includes a full simulation on how to set-up the Big Room, establish cluster working groups and design a project to achieve the target, value and an optimized design. Keep informed by visiting  Lean Construction Institute - Canada 

Murray Guy | Lean Lab  | @Lean_tobe_Green | mguy@i-designs.ca

Work Shop: Target-Value-Design | Murray Guy

Target Value Design can get us to Net Zero Buildings at Net Zero additional cost | Murray Gu

Target Value Design is a disciplined design management system that turns the traditional design process upside down. Unlike traditional design processes where teams often design in silos and the final cost is not known until after the tender, target cost design is a dynamic process that involves the contractors that are going to be doing the work. It involves establishing a clear target, developing fully integrated design solutions with the whole team that meet the requirements and testing assumptions to the requirements and cost. Simple as that!

The target cost design process requires that the design team completely understands the Project Requirements and what represents value for the owner, tests design assumptions early and regular for value, keeping all options open until the last minute and finally choosing and integrating the best concepts that create the best value for the target cost. 

In this four-hour work shop, you will participate in the design of a Smart Building Net Zero project that will be a building of the FUTURE. Through collaborative and the adoption of lean and more integrated practices we hope to establish a conceptual DESIGN to meet the TARGET requirements and cost while provide exceptional VALUE.

The design workshop will include six clusters of 4 to 8 people organized around building systems including foundations, structure, envelope, interiors, mechanical, electrical and communication systems.

1. The first round of the simulation will include an assessment of the Project Requirements document and a testing of assumptions with the Owner’s representative.

2. This will be followed by a short pull planning session to plan the afternoon, establish milestones and deliverables.

3. The cluster groups will then proceed with 20 minute refinements of design, followed by 20-minute report outs of the cluster groups to the overall design cost to the target.

4. Finally, we will collaborate, integrate and innovate until we develop a solution that meets or exceeds the project requirement at or below the target cost.

The work shop will conclude with a discussion on how collaboration and integration can be used to deliver higher performance at less cost enabling teams to be more competitive.

Murray Guy aka @Lean_tobe_Green

Learn: LEAN LAB. … Design: Integrated Designs … Build: EcoSmart

For inquires: Mguy@i-designs.ca or 306.934.6818

Awe … Do we really need to go to BOOT CAMP | Murray Guy

High Performance Project Lean Boot Camp | Murray Guy 

Of course, have you ever heard of a team winning a championship that didn’t go to BOOT CAMP? 

At boot camp we learn why other teams are sluggish, why they drop balls, have bottlenecks and don’t win championships. The Boot camp day includes an overview of lean principles and practices that enable work to flow, value to be created and higher productivity and business success to be achieved. 

We learn how the Last Planner System is used to create reliable work flow on a project and how it delivers amazing results. The whole purpose of BOOT CAMP is to learn the basic principles of how to create flow and why the Last Planner System is the system that we need everyone to buy-in to using for design and construction. Think of BOOT CAMP as a “Lean Immersion Weekend Getaway”, where we immerse ourselves in lean so we understand just how BIG an impact process change can have on productivity. This is demonstrated with hands on production simulations.

• Villego Stage 1: This house building simulation involves a team of 6 to 14 participants building a house utilizing two different approaches. For stage 1 the house build normally takes 10 to 12 weeks using more traditional project delivery practices. This simulation sets the baseline for home building production based upon traditional methods.

• The Parade Game illustrates what impact work flow variability has on the performance of construction trades and their successors. The game consists of simulating a construction process in which resources produced by one trade are the prerequisite to starting work by the next trade. It demonstrates that throughput will be reduced, project completion delayed, and waste increased by variations in flow.

• The Airplane Game (6 Participants) helps break down employees’ natural resistance to change, making it a practical and entertaining way to introduce new concepts, open constructive dialogue and demonstrate the positive aspects of well-planned directed change. Employees involved in the simulation see why lean Production Methodologies are necessary. It helps to remove their fears regarding change and encourage them to identify non-value added activity. Using a fictional aircraft factory, the Airplane Game teaches advanced manufacturing practices, including:

• Villego Stage 2: When we combine what we have learned about reducing variability of work flow, single piece flow, better planning with inventory and quality control and use them in our second home building simulation we learn that we can reduce the time for a house build from 10 to 3 weeks.
  
  

When participants experience hands on lean production and see the huge potential of a different way of approaching production, the light bulb goes on and there is an AHA moment. Creating this AHA moment is instrumental in getting the team engaged and primed for the cultural change needed for Lean Project Delivery.

Murray Guy aka @Lean_tobe_Green

NetZero Projects: Learn Online LEAN LAB. Design Integrated Designs or Build EcoSmart