schedule at a glance
leadership: People, Purpose, & Passion
MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2023
8:00am – 1:00pm
Vendor Setup
Vendor Area
3:00pm – 5:00pm
Check In
Check In Area
5:30pm – 6:30pm
Panel Discussion Featuring: Kathy Miller, Shannon Karels, Chris McChesney, Edward Blackman, and Dan Davis. Facilitated by Patrick Adams.
Main/Blue Room
6:30pm – 8:00pm
Networking Event – Cocktail Hour
Vendor Area
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2023
7:00am – 8:00am
Continental Breakfast
Vendor Area
8:00am – 8:30am
Welcome
Main/Blue Room
8:30am – 9:45am
Keynote Speaker – Chris McChesney
Main/Blue Room
9:45am – 10:00am
Break
10:00am – 10:45am
Breakout Session #1
• Teaching Lean to the Next Generation
• Using Behavioral Science to Develop and Deploy a CI Strategy at a $100 Billion Company
• The Tale of Two Improvements
• Lean Heals the Heart: Improving Cardiac Care with a Comprehensive Lean Approach
10:45am – 11:00am
Break
11:00am – 11:45am
Breakout Session #2
• Building a Culture of Improvement Using the Cleveland Clinic Improvement Model
• Practical Innovation in Government – What’s different about continuous improvement in the public sector
• Digital tools for Process Measurement and Analysis
11:45am – 12:00pm
Break
12:00pm – 1:00pm
Lunch & Award Ceremony
1:00pm – 2:30pm
Keynote Speaker – Kathy Miller & Shannon Karels
2:30pm – 2:45pm
Break
2:45pm – 3:30pm
Breakout Session #3
Building Excitement in your Continuous improvement Program
Becoming a Lean Leader
Time to Rebalance
Throw Away Your Powerpoint Slides. Why Your CI Training isn’t Working (or Could Work Better)
3:30pm – 3:45pm
Break
3:45pm – 5:15pm
Keynote Speaker – Patrick Adams
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2023
7:00am – 8:00am
Continental Breakfast
8:00am – 8:15am
Welcome
8:15am – 8:30am
Break
8:30am – 10:00am
Workshop Session #1
Courageous Communication Workshop – Grow influence without relying on authority or title
The Red Bead Experiment
Organizational Sociocharacteristics to Build
a Principle Based Transformation
10:00am – 10:15am
Break
10:15am – 11:45am
Workshop Session #2
The Obeya Workshop
The Leadership Development Fallacy
Learn Graphical Facilitation To Communicate Better
11:45am – 12:30pm
Lunch
12:30pm – 2:00pm
Workshop Session #3
What Style of Leadership is Required for a Successful Lean Implementation?
The Toyota Red Cup Challenge
The Leader Standard Work Workshop
2:00pm – 2:15pm
Break
2:15pm – 3:45pm
Workshop Session #4
Hands-On Lean Simulator – Bracket Manufacturing
Mastering Improvement Scenarios with Gemba Mapping
3:45pm – 4:00pm
Break
4:00pm – 4:30pm
Closing Annoucements
Monday – October 2
vendor setup
10:00am – 1:00pm
Exciting Things are happening and the setup with all of our partners and exhibitors is taking place.
Check-in
3:00pm – 5:00pm
Come on in! We are ready. We can’t wait to Share our knowledge and experiences with you, from our speakers, workshops, and tours.
Panel Discussion
5:30pm – 6:30pm
Join Us for this 1st Event of the Summit! Our Panel Discussion: Featuring: Kathy Miller, Shannon Karels,
Chris McChesney, Edward Blackman, and Dan Davis. Facilitated by Patrick Adams.
Networking Event
Cocktail Hour
6:30pm – 8:00pm
Join us!! Network other professionals. Learn, Lead and Enjoy!
Tuesday – October 3
Welcome – Summit day 1
8:00am – 8:30am
Welcome to the first day of the Lean Solutions Global Summit 2023!
Keynote 1
8:30am – 9:45am
Chris McChesney

Chris McChesney is the co-author of the best-selling book in the world on strategy execution. He is the Global Practice
Leader of Execution for FranklinCovey Co. and one of the primary developers of The 4 Disciplines of Execution.
Breakout – Session 1
10:30am – 10:45am

Edward Blackman
& Dale Gregory

Debra Levantrosser
& Ruth Archer

Chad Bareither & Allison Bland

Matrina Poston & Jackeline Iseler
break
10:45am – 11:00am
Breakout – Session 2
11:15am – 12:00pm

Dan Davis

Louie Hendon

Dean Schroeder

John Dennis & Anita Stalin
Lunch
12:15pm – 1:15pm
Keynote 2
1:30pm – 2:30pm
Kathy Miller & Shannon Karels

Shannon and Kathy professionally joined forces when Kathy hired Shannon to be a part of her divisional leadership team,
responsible for a $75m operation, hundreds of team members at four locations in two countries.
break
2:30pm – 2:45pm
Breakout – Session 3
2:45pm – 3:30pm

Steve Kane

Ken Segel

Lee Campe
Break
3:45pm – 4:15pm
Keynote 3
4:15pm – 5:15pm
Patrick Adams

Patrick Adams is the author of the Shingo Award-winning best-selling book, “Avoiding the Continuous Appearance Trap,” Patrick is an internationally recognized leadership coach, consultant, and professional speaker, best known for his unique human approach to sound team-building practices, creating consensus and enabling empowerment. He is the CEO of Lean Solutions and the host of The Lean Solutions Podcast.
Wednesday – October 4
WORKSHOPS
Welcome
8:00am – 8:15am
Welcome to the Workshop Day, where you will get hands-on experience for your teams growth!
Workshop – Session 1
8:15am – 9:45am

Robert Heath

John Dyer

Mohamed Saleh

Karil Sampson
Workshop – Session 2
10:00am – 11:30am

Dave Kippen

Jared Thatcher

Steve Sweers & Brian Bolen

John Turner
Workshop – Session 3
12:30pm – 2:00pm

Shawn O’farrell

John Dyer

Natalie Howden

Chad Lundquist
Workshop – Session 4
2:30pm – 4:00pm

Shawn O’Farrell

John Dyer

Steve Sweers & Brian Bolen

Chad Lundquist
Closing Announcements
4:00pm – 4:30pm