A Lean Coffee: "I do not have time! I am too busy!" (Colorado CoP)
May 11, 2022 @ 7:30 am – 9:00 am
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"I do not have time! I am too busy!"
Does this sound familiar? Maybe you are questioning whether you have time to attend this event. Come join in the conversation on what is impacting your schedule and time and share and learn from others tips and approaches to better managing time, schedules and all the demands that we have.
The purpose of a Lean Coffee is to learn and support each other in our Lean endeavors! Take part in an open conversation in a safe, small and low-pressure environment about the topics that are relevant to our Lean community. We want to hear about the problems you are solving, the issues you want to solve, and lessons you’ve learned on your Lean Journey. No previous Lean experience is required.
Participants from cross functional roles as designers, constructors, owners, trades partners, and associations propose discussion topics around any subject about which they want to learn – THERE ARE NO IRRELEVANT DISCUSSION TOPICS!
Each proposer takes 15 to 30 seconds to pitch their topic, written on a sticky note, to the group. Once all topics have been pitched, voting begins to establish a priority for discussing the topics. Topics are then ordered from highest to lowest votes and examined accordingly. Participants will receive 8 minutes of time to discuss the topic. After 8 minutes there will be a ‘thumbs up/ thumbs down’ to decide whether or not the discussion should continue. Thumbs up equals 4 more minutes on the clock. This happens until it is agreed that the topic has been discussed to satisfaction. Takeaways are considered and then the topic with the next largest amount of votes is addressed. Come as you are and be ready to learn!
Light breakfast and coffee will be provided.
A Lean Coffee: Last Planner System® (Colorado CoP)
April 13, 2022 @ 7:30 am – 9:00 am
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This event will discuss the Last Planner System® in a Lean Coffee atmosphere. Several community members who are actively using LPS® in their projects will be in attendance. The purpose of a Lean Coffee is to learn and support each other in our Lean endeavors! Take part in an open conversation in a safe, small and low-pressure environment about the topics that are relevant to our Lean community. We want to hear about the problems you are solving, the issues you want to solve, and lessons you’ve learned on your Lean Journey. No previous Lean experience is required.
Participants from cross functional roles as designers, constructors, owners, trades partners, and associations propose discussion topics around any subject about which they want to learn – THERE ARE NO IRRELEVANT DISCUSSION TOPICS!
Each proposer takes 15 to 30 seconds to pitch their topic, written on a sticky note, to the group. Once all topics have been pitched, voting begins to establish a priority for discussing the topics. Topics are then ordered from highest to lowest votes and examined accordingly. Participants will receive 8 minutes of time to discuss the topic. After 8 minutes there will be a ‘thumbs up/ thumbs down’ to decide whether or not the discussion should continue. Thumbs up equals 4 more minutes on the clock. This happens until it is agreed that the topic has been discussed to satisfaction. Takeaways are considered and then the topic with the next largest amount of votes is addressed. Come as you are and be ready to learn!
Taste of Congress: Leaning In Together (Colorado CoP)
February 9, 2022 @ 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm
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In case you couldn’t make it to this past LCI Congress in Phoenix last October, relive it with our local team that got to present there! Leaning in Together was about the journey of GH Phipps Construction Companies, a general contractor, and KL&A, a structural engineering and construction firm, growing in Lean together. The firms’ paths have been wound together by various projects, and even when they weren’t actively on projects together, how they grew together in their Lean journeys. Come learn how each firm continued their journey through successes and struggles and helped prop each other up as we all continued to work toward sustained cultural shifts.
Agenda:
- 3:30 to 4:00 - Networking
- 4:00 to 5:00 - Presentation and Q&A
- 5:00 to 5:30 - Network
Speakers:
- Alex Gregory, GH Phipps Construction Companies
- Alex Hesse, KL&A
- Todd Ruff, GH Phipps Construction Companies
- Brant Lahnert, KL&A
A Lean Coffee (Colorado CoP)
January 5, 2022 @ 7:30 am – 9:30 am
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Join us for a Lean Coffee to learn and support each other in our Lean endeavors! Take part in an open conversation in a safe, small and low-pressure environment about the topics that are relevant to our Lean community. We want to hear about the problems you are solving, the issues you want to solve, and lessons you’ve learned on your Lean Journey. No previous Lean experience is required.
Participants from cross functional roles as designers, constructors, owners, trades partners, and associations propose discussion topics around any subject about which they want to learn – THERE ARE NO IRRELEVANT DISCUSSION TOPICS!
Each proposer takes 15 to 30 seconds to pitch their topic, written on a sticky note, to the group. Once all topics have been pitched, voting begins to establish a priority for discussing the topics. Topics are then ordered from highest to lowest votes and examined accordingly. Participants will receive 8 minutes of time to discuss the topic. After 8 minutes there will be a ‘thumbs up/ thumbs down’ to decide whether or not the discussion should continue. Thumbs up equals 4 more minutes on the clock. This happens until it is agreed that the topic has been discussed to satisfaction. Takeaways are considered and then the topic with the next largest amount of votes is addressed.
Come as you are and be ready to learn!
Taste of Congress: Choosing By Advantages - How hard does it have to be? (Colorado CoP)
September 8, 2021 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
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All too often in our industry, we see Choosing By Advantages (CBA) billed as a tool to use when you have a large, complex decision that involves multiple stakeholders. It also happens to be challenging for people to learn how to do CBA properly. Did you know that CBA also applies to small decisions? Medium decisions? Almost every one of the 35,000 decisions the average adult makes every day? Join us to hear our journey of trying to teach people to use CBA consistently. We’ll share stories of things that have worked, and many more stories of what did not!
Speakers:
- Rebecca Snelling - Vice President and National Lean Director, J.E. Dunn Construction, coaches a variety of people, teams and organizations on Lean Transformation. She is currently developing and leading a group of coaches and trainers for JE Dunn employees and project teams implementing Last Planner System® in Design and Construction, Target Value Delivery, Integrated Project Delivery, Choosing By Advantages and other Lean practices and behaviors. Additionally, she coaches Leadership on Lean and works with support staff to standardize and improve processes across the organization. She has been actively involved with the Lean Construction Institute (LCI) and is a contributing author of both LCI books Transforming Design and Construction, a Framework for Change and Target Value Delivery: Practitioner Guidebook to Implementation. She speaks at various industry events across the US and abroad. Rebecca is the Chair of the LCI Board of Directors, an LCI Approved Instructor, and also a Master Trainer of the Choosing by Advantages Decisionmaking System.
- Elizabeth Taylor serves as Lean Services Manager for JE Dunn’s East Region. In this role, she manages a team of four Lean specialists and supports project teams by leading strategic planning sessions, implementing Responsibility-based Project Delivery™, Last Planner System® and various other Lean practices. She has spent her entire professional career at JE Dunn, where she began as a Project Engineer 12 years ago, working her way up to Project Manager, then Lean Specialist and eventually moving into her current role. Elizabeth’s experience spans a wide range of project types, including commercial and institutional clients. Elizabeth currently serves as the Events Chair of the Lean Construction Institute Georgia Community of Practice. She is an approved instructor for LCI for the Introduction of Lean Project Delivery in Design and Construction and Introduction to the Last Planner System.
VIRTUAL LCI Lean Learning Series - Conditions of Satisfaction (Colorado CoP)
August 20, 2021 @ 7:30 am – 9:00 am
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The LCI Lean Learning Series is a facilitated discussion-oriented event focused on a specific Lean subject matter. The event is more structured than a Lean Coffee yet shorter and less structured than a LCI education course. Its purpose is to provide just enough knowledge base to kick start an engaging Lean discussion amongst the participants.
This topic introduces Conditions of Satisfaction (CoS). Participants will gain insight to recognizing the project as a promise and the elements of making a sound promise, including CoS. They will discover how CoS relate to project delivery.
Lean/IPD Projects have been shown to out-perform traditionally delivered projects because there is a focus on alignment of interests, organizational integration, and agreement on project priorities for all parties involved. These project priorities are called Conditions of Satisfaction (CoS) in Lean/IPD Projects. These CoS guide decision making throughout development and implementation. When consensus is difficult to reach, these conditions become the measuring point from which to decide.
Speaker:
- Tammy McConaughy, is a Senior Lean Specialist with JE Dunn Construction, where she is currently coaching and supporting teams in utilizing lean tools such as Target Value Design, Integrated Project Delivery and the Last Planner System along with lean behaviors. Ms. McConaughy began her lean journey in 2006 in conjunction with the achievement of her Six Sigma black belt and has worked in the construction industry since 2003. She is a National Instructor for the Lean Construction Institute (LCI), has presented for multiple LCI communities of practice, along with being a contributing author for the LCI and the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC).
Colorado CoP Networking & Happy Hour
July 22, 2021 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
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To celebrate our first in-person meeting we are hosting a happy hour to reconnect with our Lean community.
Beer, wine, drinks, and snacks will be provided.
This event will be on the rooftop patio.
LCI Lean Learning Series - What Is Lean? Intern and Recent Graduate Lean Learning (Colorado CoP)
June 25, 2021 @ 7:30 am – 9:00 am
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This event is open to interns and recent graduates who want to explore what Lean is and how it is being applied in the AEC industry.
The LCI Lean Learning Series is a facilitated discussion-oriented event focused on a specific Lean subject matter. The event is more structured than a Lean Coffee yet shorter and less structured than a LCI education course. Its purpose is to provide just enough knowledge base to kick start an engaging Lean discussion amongst the participants.
This topic introduces Lean Project Delivery as relevant to the design and construction industry, compares conventional delivery with Lean delivery outcomes and describes the goals and benefits of Lean.
Speaker:
- Tammy McConaughy, JE Dunn COnstruction
Conducting Gemba Walks: Identify and Eliminate Waste at Your Jobsite (Colorado CoP)
May 21, 2021 @ 7:30 am – 9:00 am
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This course will introduce the What, Why, and How of conducting Gemba Walks for the purpose of improving the value being produced by workers and creating safer working environments. Leaders and workers will understand their roles in ensuring successful Gemba Walks. It will be an interactive training in which participants will engage in the different scenarios presenting Gemba Walks examples
Speakers:
- Jorge Rincon, Lean Manager, Turner Construction - Jorge is a Lean Construction enthusiast. His determination for improving construction productivity led him to embrace a lean journey in benefit of the industry. Jorge is leading the organizational cultural change and embracement of Lean for Turner Construction in Colorado.
- Jesse Hernandez, Regional Lean Manager, Turner Construction - Jesse is a plumber by trade, podcaster by night, and an aspiring CI coach. He entered the construction industry straight out of high school and his path has covered the digging of ditches all the way to aiding people in expanding their influence within their careers and communities. Because of this Jesse is driven to inform educators, parents, and students about the amazing career opportunities in the trades.
A Lean Coffee - Continuing the conversation on Virtual Collaboration Planning. (Colorado CoP)
April 30, 2021 @ 7:30 am – 9:00 am
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Join us for a Lean Coffee to continue our previous event's discussion, addressing virtual collaboration and planning with digital technology. We will cover some of the topics below and more!
- How to effectively use technology with the Last Planner System®
- What are people doing
- What platforms are being used and the pros and cons
- Some of the challenges and how to overcome them
Speakers:
- Eric Lusis, LYNX Lean Services
- LCI Colorado's Community of Practice Core Group members will be helping to support and facilitate this conversation
Taste of Congress 1 - 2020 (Colorado CoP)
August 27, 2020 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
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Every year, abstracts from around the country are submitted to LCI National to present at LCI Congress in front of hundreds of owners, the design community, trade partners, and general contractors. This year, Colorado had three chosen to present, but more submitted. The Colorado CoP would like to share snippets from two of the four with our community. The next two will be shared at the September CoP meeting. Join the virtual presentation to see what your fellow Coloradans are doing in regard to Lean!
(1) Coaches Coaching Coaches: Words Matter to Produce Effective Action in Others (Rebecca Snelling, JE Dunn and Hal Macomber, Touchplan)
Coaching, instructing, mentoring and advising are often confused with each other. Adopting a Lean strategy requires a shift in supervisors, managers and leaders from the role of director to one of teacher. Too often, we don't put enough intention behind the words we use when we are trying to transform behaviors and culture, leading to less desirable results and more waste than we want. This presentation will explore how the role of coaches works with those to teach and coach others by using practices and language that invites openess, supports learning, and produces effective action in others. We will introduce practices for coaches to:
- Develop confidence in the distinction and practices of coaching.
- Develop coaches who dedicate themselves to the coachees' success.
- Develop the sensibility for coaching vs. advising. They are not the same. Know when to do one or the other.
- Develop the capacity in others for range - the ability to think from more than one perspective.
- Develop possibility thinking.
(2) Molding a Mindset - Not Implementing A New Tool (Savannah Gregory, Sara Coutts and Mark Schneider -The Neenan Company)
A company can declare that a department or team is going to use a Lean Method - in this case, pull planning. Simply making a decision and showing the teams the tool was not a successful way for our company to truly embrace this change. The value of the pull planning method is something that is commonly discussed. Implementing the system is not as widely known. In order to implement a system that would not just become another box for teams to check, a mindset had to be developed, rather than simply teaching how to use a new tool. The problem of implementing a new system was solved by our multidisciplinary team spending the time to learn and create a pull planning method that would work within our company. As a result, teams are spending less time in meetings, and meeting strategic milestones at a higher rate than before. However, the system was not the key change. The team was focused on discovering the behaviors teams needed to have for the change to take root long term. This presentation will be a lesson learned and how-to on the discovery process behind behaviors and workflows that had to be created before pull planning method was successfully implemented.
LCI Introduction To Lean Project Delivery – Virtual Event with Breakout Discussions (Colorado CoP)
July 31, 2020 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
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Most project teams seek ways to add more value for their clients while meeting schedule and budget requirements. By focusing on value and recognizing the various types of waste in project delivery processes, productivity can be increased by implementing the Lean approaches taught in Introduction to Lean Project Delivery. In this course, you will gain insight to Lean Project Delivery by understanding how Lean connects people, principles and practices to optimize results by shifting both thinking and behaviors. This course, which includes real-life design and construction examples will be an important step on your journey to becoming a Lean Thinker. The event will include small breakout discussions throughout to support a more intimate learning experience in the virtual space.
Learning Objectives:
- Gain an understanding of the breakdowns with current project delivery methods, discover the goals and benefits of implementing Lean.
- Understand the Foundation of Lean as Six Tenets and identify the Eight Wastes as relevant to design and construction.
- Recognize that Lean is a shift in thinking and behaviors leading to high-performing teams.
- Discover key Lean practices and tools which result in increased collaboration and improved project outcomes.
LCI Instructor:
Tammy McConaughy, Senior Lean Specialist at J.E. Dunn Construction
Virtual Panel: Lean and Safety (Colorado CoP)
May 8, 2020 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
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Join us for a panel discussion of, How lean principles are being applied to managing safety on our job sites. Each panel member will give a 5-minute overview of how they are using lean principles to manage safety and then we will open the discussion up to our audience to ask questions.
Our panel members are:
- Chris Davis, Lean Manager at the DEN Airport expansion project with Turner Construction
- Corey Willingham, Senior Safety Specialist at JE Dunn
- Scott Holzer Regional Safety Manager at KHS&S
- Chad Lincoln, Assistant Project Manager at Howell Construction
Flat Rate Registration - $10.00
VIRTUAL Lean Coffee - The New Work Norm in Design and in Construction (Colorado CoP)
April 17, 2020 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
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Join us for a Lean Coffee to learn and support each other in our Lean endeavors! Take part in an open conversation in a safe, small and low-pressure environment about the topics that are relevant to our Lean community. We want to hear about the problems you are solving, the issues you want to solve, and lessons you’ve learned on your Lean Journey. No previous Lean experience is required.
Participants from cross functional roles as designers, constructors, owners, trades partners, and associations propose discussion topics around any subject about which they want to learn – THERE ARE NO IRRELEVANT DISCUSSION TOPICS! Each proposer takes 15 to 30 seconds to pitch their topic, written on a sticky note, to the group. Once all topics have been pitched, voting begins to establish a priority for discussing the topics. Topics are then ordered from highest to lowest votes and examined accordingly. Participants will receive 8 minutes of time to discuss the topic. After 8 minutes there will be a ‘thumbs up/ thumbs down’ to decide whether or not the discussion should continue. Thumbs up equals 4 more minutes on the clock. This happens until it is agreed that the topic has been discussed to satisfaction. Takeaways are considered and then the topic with the next largest amount of votes is addressed. Come as you are and be ready to learn.
Attendance is free of charge. Please pre-register.
Field Driven Lean owner, Brian Winningham has over 20 years experience estimating, planning, managing and leading construction projects. He is passionate about sharing the benefits of Lean Construction. Brian is the leader of the San Antonio LCI Community of Practice (CoP). He is an LCI Approved Instructor for LCI training courses and also an approved instructor for the AGC Lean Construction Education Program (LCEP). Brian is also a Veteran of 3/75 Ranger Battalion and active with Veterans in his community.
LCI Education: Conducting Gemba Walks (Colorado CoP)
March 27, 2020 @ 7:30 am – 9:30 am
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This course will introduce the what, why and how for conducting Gemba Walks for the purpose of improving the value being produced by workers and creating safer working environments.
The subject matter of this course is What is Gemba and more particularly, How to do a Gemba Walk effectively? It will be presented using custom videos and content will be reinforced by interactive group exercises, questions and discussions. Participants will leave with tangible takeaways they can use to make improvements to future Gemba Walks.
7:30 am - 8:00 am: Networking and breakfast
8:00am - 9:30am: Presentation
Learning Objectives:
- Gain a foundational understanding of Gemba and Gemba Walks
- Observe and discuss actual Gemba Walks
- Learn how a Gemba Walk supports seeing waste
- Consider improved ways to see work and talk with workers
Speakers:
- George LaClaire, MYR Group
- Tammy McConaughy, J.E. Dunn Construction
Registration Rates:
- LCI Member - $20
- Nonmember - $30
- Owner - $10
- Student - free
This course is registered with AIA CES for 1 LU credit
A light breakfast, along with coffee and beverages, will be provided.
Lean Coffee - Mindset of a Big Room (Colorado CoP)
February 28, 2020 @ 7:30 am – 9:00 am
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Join us for a Lean Coffee to learn and support each other specific to the Big Room! Take part in an open conversation in a safe, small and low-pressure environment about the topics specific to our Lean community. We will hear from current teams working in the Big Room to answer questions about the problems you are facing and the issues you want to solve, and discuss the lessons learned on their projects.
No previous Lean experience is required.
We welcome ALL participants from cross functional roles as designers, constructors, owners, trades partners, and associations of the Big Room to propose a topic for discussion. Each proposer takes 15 to 30 seconds to pitch their topic, written on a sticky note, to the group. Once all topics have been pitched, voting begins to establish a priority for discussing the topics. Topics are then ordered from highest to lowest votes and examined accordingly. Participants will receive 8 minutes of time to discuss the topic. After 8 minutes there will be a ‘thumbs up/ thumbs down’ to decide whether or not the discussion should continue. Thumbs up equals 4 more minutes on the clock. This happens until it is agreed that the topic has been discussed to satisfaction. Takeaways are considered and then the topic with the next largest amount of votes is addressed. Come as you are and be ready to learn.
Light snacks and coffee will be served. (Lots of coffee!!)
Flat rate: $5
LCI Mindset of an Effective Big Room (Colorado CoP)
February 7, 2020 @ 7:30 am – 12:00 pm
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This training session will introduce the concept of a Big Room and how it fits into the design and construction process. Participants will learn why we use a Big Room, the diferent types, how to create the ideal space, and how technology supports a Big Room. They will also learn how to effectively manage the time spent in this highly collaborative setting.
Learning objectives:
- Participants will understand what it means to become immersed in a Big Room atmosphere by tightly coupling learning with action in a Big Room setting.
- Participants will be able to develop their own detailed Big Room concept and implementation plan.
- Participants will know how to organize and manage a Big Room tailored to their specific project needs.
- Participants will be able to collaboratively develop a list of Standards and Better Practices.
7:30-8:00 AM - Coffee, light breakfast, Networking
8:00 - 12:00 PM - Workshop
Registration:
Member - $20
Non-Member $30
Owner-$10
This course is registered with AIA/CES for 4 LU credits.
Lean Happy Hour (Colorado CoP)
January 23, 2020 @ 4:30 pm – 7:30 pm
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Happy hour and networking event for the local community of builders interested in Lean. We'll have drinks and snacks ready. We'll have a small talk about our local LCI Community of Practice goals for 2020. Come over, enjoy a drink, and meet more people who want to support and make a change in our industry.
Drinks and snacks will be provided.
