Welcome!  This brief episode explains who we are and what the follow on episodes will cover such as Business Excellence, Transformation, Operational Excellence, and Strategy Deployment.  We are excited to have you take this journey with us.

Introduction To Enterprise Kaizen

This episode covers the methodology of Strategy Deployment, also known as Hoshin Kanri. It is a very powerful methodology which creates focus, priority, and alignment to the execution of your strategic plan. I have implemented this approach successfully in several companies and I believe it is one of the best methodologies to use for both changing and growing your business.

The How-To's of Strategy Deployment

We discuss nine actions to take in order to quickly solve your problem at hand.  These are the fundamentals needed for Rapid Problem Solving (typically less than one month).

Rapid Problem Solving - Use These 9 Skills

This episode focuses on how to create an effective Obeya within your office, conference room, or production floor in order to have the ability to quickly see and understand the program/project you're working on.  I discuss how to do both individually and for teams.

Creating An Effective Obeya

Thom Keehan has a unique background in the design and launch of enterprise-wide business systems that is both broad and deep. He has worked in a wide array of countries in a large range of industries always focusing on employing his comprehensive background of Lean Six Sigma and problem solving as he leads business recovery, turnaround, and transformation. He has held positions in Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Finance, and Banking within the Appliances, Plastics, Corporate, Capital, and Transportation divisions of GE as well as three Joint Ventures. Within his consulting business, Thom re-engineered various functions while acting as interim executive. He holds Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Virginia and is a graduate of GE’s prestigious Edison Engineering Program and Advanced Courses.

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