If you could have a superpower what would it be? The power to heal yourself or others? Super human speed? The ability to read minds? Invisibility? For me, it would be the ability to fly. I would love to be able to take off and leave the constraints of land travel behind whenever and wherever I wanted. The freedom and perspective that ability would provide is definitely something I would love to have.
Unfortunately, none of us are likely to have a superpower wish fulfilled anytime soon. I am, however, offering every one of you the chance to have freedom and perspective that you haven’t had before. Flight 201 is a four day training opportunity for approximately 30 future LEAN Champions who are preferably front line staff with a passion for improvement and who are formal or informal leaders in their program/facility.
When the training is complete, you will be able to assist your peers with LEAN projects on location and would be the “Go-To” person in the facility for LEAN questions. And to support you in the work you will be facilitating in your workplace, we will have LEAN Champion forums to discuss your challenges and successes and put forward new ideas and opportunities. My hope is that we will be able to plan these forums on a quarterly basis, but if time and activity levels allow we will do it more often!
Now, I have had some folks in the past balk at the term “champion”. But when you consider that a champion really just means someone with repeated wins, it makes sense! How exciting will it be for you to provide your co-workers with a win every time you facilitate a project or bring to fruition an idea they had for better patient care or access? And I mean – really – who doesn’t like winning?
You may be wondering how you are supposed to have time for this with the demands of your everyday work. Part of the sign-up process will include a contract for you and your supervisor to agree to that outlines some of the expectations – both of you and your supervisor if you are part of the training.
I know I feel empowered every time I encounter a challenge and am able to employ some of the LEAN knowledge I have to meet it head on. I want everyone to feel like a superhero who can be free from the restriction of having to keep your feet on the everyday ground littered with bad processes and frustrating procedures. If you are interested in initiating a string of wins in your facility as a champion, have your supervisor contact me before May 18 and we will talk about whether or not this training would be a fit for you!
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