Future State offers introductory programs online and in person.
Video One
Follow a simple and direct path to excellence by Thinking Lean
o Inspire a Healthy Organization through “Restoring Your Health”—for both physical and emotional safety
o Seek Everyday Clarity – developing alignment for strategic direction with Breakthrough Initiatives while encouraging creative thinking and innovative action
o Always Respect your People—individually, including employees, customers, and society in general
o Strive to Continually Improve every part of your organizational system moment of every day through a team of teams
Video Two
Restoring emotional and physical health
o The impact of Childhood Acquired Trauma (CAT) on emotional and physical health
o How Adult Acquired Trauma (AAT) limits success in life and the workplace
o Know what happened to you and accept it as part of your “Brutal Truth.”
o “…maintain unwavering faith that you can and will prevail in the end, regardless of the difficulties,…” (Jim Collins, The Stockdale Paradox)
Video Three
Respect for People
o The first Pillar of the Toyota Production System (Lean Thinking)
o Instruction from Dr. W. Edwards Deming
o Paul H. O’Neill on employee and customer safety
o Foundation for convergent dialogue, creative thinking, and innovative ideas
Video Four
Strive for Continuous Improvement
o Treat your organization as a system of interconnected parts that talk to each other every day
o Go to the Gemba every day seeking and recording problems faced by your staff
o Understand the Current State through knowing every analytical and improvement tool, the material used and get a sense of what it all does.
o Solve every problem at the lowest level of the organization using scientific principles that visibly measure and show real improvement
Video Five
Build your Organizational System of Sustainability Deliberately
o Use a Breakthrough Initiative for alignment. “We will achieve measurable world-class organizational fitness for management.”
o Develop a system of visual communication for daily use
o Chart every pathway of improvement from a Current State to a Future State, making it simple and functional by eliminating waste in all forms.
o Solve every problem using the scientific method based on agreed upon priority determined according to total benefit.
Custom video training modules.
Investment in Performance Improvement payback through creation of value and elimination of waste
Recognizing and accepting problems through recording and writing problem statements—The Stockdale Paradox
Breakthrough Initiatives—an alternative path to strategic planning through defining your Future State
A path to employee engagement using the Roger’s Innovation Curve and Deming’s 14 Points
Work as a system with blaming and shaming eliminated
Employee and Customer Safety with Paul H. O’Neill as your guide
Understanding your Current State with an in-depth leadership assessment
Workplace Organization in one day through 5S (Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardize and Sustain
Effective meeting using Robert’s Rules of Order the right way and eliminating bullying
Developing Standard Work for Governance and Performance Reporting
Continuous Improvement to world class one process at a time
Implementing a just in time procurement system
Moving from Command & Control to Team of Teams
How to prioritize essential initiatives through teams and a project management board
Aggregating Marginal Gains for Amazing Results
Starting respectful conversations through Divergent Conversations (Yellow Stickies)
Identifying must do projects
When you want to pursue perfection and learn the tools that take you there, Future State will work with you for a monthly fee for coaching and an additional daily fee when training or improvement events are needed.
à Up to X hours of coaching monthly