Visual Workplace Radio: Let The Workplace Speak

What is the key to sustainability? This is a question Brent Allen, VP of Strategic Improvement, asked himself repeatedly over his career at Lifetime Products (Utah). Overtime, he realized that many lean tools can trigger good results. But results don’t last if they are not operator-led. In today’s show, Mr. Allen discusses this with host Gwendolyn Galsworth, leading visual workplace expert and award-winning author. He explains why Lifetime chose workplace visuality and how the company uses it to widen leadership ranks to include operators as self-leaders. As a student of world-class manufacturing for nearly thirty years, Brent knew most supervisors would love to get operators to take on more responsibility and make more decisions. The question is how? How do supervisors learn to transfer the doing from themselves to operators? This, Brent shares, requires finding a balance between structure and free will, two elements workplace visuality offers in abundance. Tune in. Call in.