the lean trainer's paradox

The Lean Trainer’s Paradox

You teach kaizen, continuous

improvement

own training procedures?

Yet when did you last improve your

1.Recognize this?

▧ You’ve been teaching for years▧ It’s a routine▧ Your trainees consistently rate your

training very highly

2.Then maybe you're here:

3.(Stuck at a local optimum)

You are on top of a nice hill

In other words...

But you could be here instead

So how do you get here?

ALWAYS BE TESTINGKeep improving your training based on continuous measurements

1.Have your trainees

evaluate your lean training

▧ Kirkpatrick’s level 1: primary reaction▧ Happy sheets▧ Questionnaires (use lms)

2.Test if they memorized

lean concepts

▧ Kirkpatrick’s level 2: learning▧ Online tests (use lms)▧ Ask trainees to come up with a mini

case study (test comprehension)

3.How are they applying

their training on the job?

▧ Kirkpatrick’s level 3: transfer of training

▧ Traditionally: assessments▧ Put the theory online, measure usage

of sources and references (use lms)

A/B Testing(Only applicable when you’re training large

numbers of lean consultants)

1. Each new trainee is randomly assigned to either old training A or new one, B.

2. Test transfer of training for both sets in exactly the same way.

3. Go with best performing training.

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Use online training platform (lms) to manage and facilitate continuous improvement

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Thanks!

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