TY  - CONF
TI  - Building a Lean Culture.
AU  - Hackler, Cory
AU  - Byse, Erika
AU  - Reed, Dean
AU  - Alves, Thais da C.L.
AD  - DPR Construction, 1450 Veterans Boulevard, Redwood City, CA. CoryHa@dpr.com
AD  - DPR Construction, 222 N. 44th Street, Phoenix, Arizona 85034, ErikaB@dpr.com
AD  - DPR Construction, 1450 Veterans Boulevard, Redwood City, CA. DeanR@dpr.com
AD  - Associate Professor, J.R. Filanc Construction Engineering and Management Program, Dept. of Civil, Constr., and Env. Engineering, San Diego State University, USA, talves@mail.sdsu.edu
PY  - 2017
DA  - 2017/07/09
T2  - 25th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
C3  - 25th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
CY  - Heraklion, Greece
SP  - 309
EP  - 316
DO  - 10.24928/2017/0301
SN  - 2309-0979 (ISSN)
AB  - To accelerate understanding and implementation of Lean throughout a large general contracting company, the Lean leadership group, with the support of management at all levels, shifted from training employees on tools and solutions, to educating them about Lean principles as an overarching way to run their projects. This industry paper describes the work that the company has and is currently doing to train professionals in all its business units. It explains why and how the effort started, the feedback received from participants who have attended a new course in Lean leadership, and the plans to expand this program to increase and sustain Lean implementation. The paper provides a contribution to the literature on Lean implementation and change management and underscores the importance of creating a culture based on solid understanding of the Lean vocabulary, principles, and goals to create a critical mass across projects.
KW  - Lean leadership
KW  - Lean education
KW  - Lean culture.
L1  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/1447/pdf
UR  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/1447
DB  - IGLC.net
LA  - English
N1  - Export date: 04 October 2026
ER  -