The Leading Edge Group in association with University College Cork, Ireland, are offering a blended Lean SCM Black Belt program for Irish based professionals. The closing date for the next UCC Lean SCM Black Belt program (Postgraduate Diploma in Supply Chain Management) is 30th July 2010.
“An organization’s ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage.” Jack Welsh
Many people are familiar with Malcolm Gladwell’s best selling book ‘The Tipping Point’ first published in the year 2000. Drawing on epidemic theory, Gladwell provided insights into how social trends and programs tipped from a small beginning to widespread adoption. In doing so he popularised the term tipping point, that ‘magical moment when ideas, trends and social behaviours cross a threshold, tip and spread like wildfire’.
The Leading Edge Group are now accepting applications for the current cohort of the Lean Healthcare Black Belt program. This six-month distance learning program aims to provide participants with a practical application of Lean tools and techniques within the healthcare sector, as well as developing the appropriate process improvement, leadership, and project management skills to drive the changes that are necessary for a successful Lean transformation.
Many of the frontline staff working in the Irish health service feel disenfranchised and ignored by key decision-makers and can make a far greater contribution to service delivery and reform. That’s according to Joe Aherne, co-editor of an international healthcare efficiency book recently published and CEO of Leading Edge Group who work with healthcare providers in the US, Canada, UK and Ireland.
The European book launch for “Applying Lean in Healthcare: A Collection of International Case Studies” was held on Thursday June 3rd at the Royal College of Physicians, Dublin, Ireland. The guest speaker was Dr. James Reilly Irish opposition spokesperson for Health and Children.
