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When we decided to really commit to becoming LEAN at Benchmark, we knew we would have an extra challenge since our team is spread throughout the world. \u00a0Could we realistically teach the concept of Lean to our team of 140+ Benchmarkers who operate in 9 languages and 8 time zones? \u00a0More importantly, could we build a LEAN culture that would come to permeate how we make decisions and the way we work every day? \u00a0These were important questions our Leadership Team had to answer.<\/p>\n

We had already assembled our Lean Squad<\/a> so now we had to land on how we would go about making Lean part of our daily lives. \u00a0\u00a0We needed to drive home the lean message of continuous improvement. \u00a0We already had daily huddles and scrums and weekly Level 10 meetings<\/a> for our various teams. \u00a0But we did not have a standing meeting that everyone in the company attended every day. \u00a0Would it really be possible to commit to meeting every work day in every one of our offices in the world? \u00a0Could we afford the loss of time? \u00a0The answer was absolutely! \u00a0In fact, we could not afford to NOT meet, especially if we wanted to have a true lean transformation. \u00a0We saw this as an investment in our team and we hoped they would see it the same way.<\/p>\n

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I was especially concerned about our developers. \u00a0They tend to be very smart, matter of fact, black and white and not very touchy feely. \u00a0I could just imagine them saying \u2018Why the heck are we wasting time on this? \u00a0I\u2019ve got code to write!’<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

We decided we would meet every day for 19 minutes, so we named our meeting Lean 19<\/b>. \u00a0Each of the 6 other regions picked a time that they could commit to daily. \u00a0In our headquarters in Los Alamitos, we chose 9:41 AM. \u00a0It was an odd time, so people remembered it. \u00a0We have an automatic Slack reminder that posts at 9:39 and then we \u201cring the bell\u201d at 9:40. \u00a0Most of the team is already making their way to the conference room and are seated by 9:41.<\/p>\n

\"Our<\/p>\n

Our Lean 19 bell<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

For the first few months, our meetings consisted of learning Lean principles, \u00a0talking about our \u201c2-Second Improvements\u201d and reviewing one of our Core Values<\/a> followed by an inspiring Ted Talk<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At first, it was a little hard to get everyone on board and I think some of the team thought we were crazy. \u00a0I was especially concerned about our developers. \u00a0They tend to be very smart, to the matter of fact, black and white and not very touchy feely. \u00a0I could just imagine them saying, \u201cWhy the heck are we wasting time on this? \u00a0I\u2019ve got code to write!\u201d\u00a0 However, I was so wrong. \u00a0Not only did they get on board, they loved it. \u00a0In fact, they seemed to take to Lean quicker than anyone else.<\/p>\n

\"Lean<\/p>\n

Our first Lean 19 meeting was July 18, 2016. \u00a0We\u2019ve had a meeting almost every work day since then and they just keep getting better.<\/p>\n

If you are interested in our daily Lean 19 agendas, just email me at denise.keller@benchmarkemail.com and I\u2019d be happy to share my presentations with you.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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