Moments of Truth in Visuality and Lean
October 25, 2011
Hosted by Gwendolyn D. Galsworth, Ph.D.
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Episode Description
Have you noticed? When you engage in a change process, at least one key moment will occur when the values and principles of that proposed change are tested. This is a “moment of truth” and the outcome of all your hopes and efforts hangs in the balance. In today’s show, host Gwendolyn Galsworth interviews thought leader, Carol Shaw, who for over 30 years has designed change curriculum, introduced subject experts, coached leaders, and taught seminars to thousands of companies as they pass through their own moments of truth on the way to operational excellence. Hear why many miss the learning in those moments and what happens instead. Learn why the entire workforce must understand (in heart as well as mind) why the change is needed and how “we will get there together.” Listen and gasp that there are no moments of truth in Fake Lean or Fake Visual. Recognize that how you respond to your moment of truth determines how long the change lasts after the consultants are gone. Tune in. Call in.
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Gwendolyn D. Galsworth, Ph.D.
Gwendolyn D. Galsworth, PhD, is president and founder of Visual Thinking Inc. and The Visual-Lean Institute(r), a training, consulting, and research firm in visual workplace technologies. Over a period of 30 years, Dr. Galsworth has codified the field of visuality into a single coherent framework of thinking and application called the 10-Doorway Model.
In 2005, Dr. Galsworth established the Visual-Lean(r) Institute where in-house and external trainers are licensed in nine core visual workplace courses.
Four of her nine courses are now available as on-line training systems (English/Spanish), with more to come. Galsworth is author of seven books, including two Shingo Prize winners: Visual Workplace/Visual Thinking and Work That Makes Sense, available from her website and Amazon.
Dr. Galsworth began in the 1980s as the head of training/development at Productivity Inc. She worked closely with Dr. Ryuji Fukuda to adapt the CEDAC(r) method for western companies, and with Dr. Shigeo Shingo to develop, among many things, poka-yoke for the West. She was principal developer of Visual Factory, TEIAN (operator-led suggestion systems), and the X-Type Matrix.
A Fellow on the Shingo Institute Faculty and former Baldrige and Shingo Examiners, Galsworth has led study missions to some of the world’s finest companies, including in Japan. Dr. Galsworth lives in New England where she happily works, hikes, and writes.
