TY - CONF TI - Building a Lean Culture. C1 - Heraklion, Greece C3 - 25th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction SP - 309 EP - 316 PY - 2017 DO - 10.24928/2017/0301 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 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. PB - T2 - 25th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction DA - 2017/07/09 CY - Heraklion, Greece L1 - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/1447/pdf L2 - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/1447 N1 - Export Date: 28 March 2024 DB - IGLC.net DP - IGLC LA - English ER -