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Our Unique Approach to Training

We hope to see you develop skills, that differentiate you; be it for a certification, continuing education units, or simply for the sheer joy of learning. We develop classroom environments that are experiential, fun, and practical. We believe that our approach to course development and delivery differentiates us.

  • OUR approach

Fundamental Principles

By upholding these principles to the highest regard in every class we hold, we ensure that the student is employing best way possible to build the skills that she will need to apply in her process improvement work.

Training and learning doesn’t have to be a burden. Some suggest “to learn” is our most basic human need. We strive to develop courses so you have fun learning: flinging, spinning, and conducting acts of physical and mental creativity. Dress comfortably.

This three pronged approach is what fundamentally differentiates our courses. First, we launch an idea or tool by providing the minimum effective practical knowledge required to begin using the method. We then explore with examples, exercises, and interactive labs – elaborating as we go. Finally, we summarize our findings and monitor our skills development. This is the methodology that holds the course together.
People, regardless of age, have attention spans of twenty or so minutes. We strive to engage you with a host of varied and creative approaches.
Labs are initially conducted in small groups which are continuously decreased in size until the student is comfortable designing, conducting, interpreting, and presenting their own results and findings.
This is achieved in many ways, dependent on the student’s preferred learning style, including: in-class walkabouts, mentoring sessions, personalized labs, and continued coaching support after training.
The word “training” conjures up images of skills development. In contrast, “education” is primarily about obtaining knowledge. Obviously, knowledge is a prerequisite to training. Unfortunately, most corporate training and almost all higher education is exclusively knowledge-based (i.e., long lectures, multiple choice exams, and case studies). Our courses move you from education to training as quickly as possible through experiential learning.

We analyze and communicate lab results with many techniques that require facts, calculations, and doodles. We learn to do this first by hand to gain a deeper understanding of the tools and techniques. Bear with us on this one because it is the number one positive comment we receive on surveys. We will be creating a lot of flip-chart dust. We will write results down, discuss them with peers, check our intuition versus results, and present conclusions to the class for validation and reinforcement.

We provide you with content that is not found in traditional training. Our decision trees and job aides are a passion with us and accelerate your skills development.

Build Skills Step by Step

Our integrated approach to training & certification lets the student:
brain, AI

Gain a deep understanding through hand-on experience

algorithm, flow, board,_canban, backlog

Use the take-home assignment to form the building blocks for each skill

system, network, connect

Learn how to put the skills together in an end-to-end project

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Learning through intense, guided simulations.

Each step is a chance for the students to prove their skills, but more importantly, is a mentored learning environment where it is ok to make mistakes and learn from them without repercussion, as it would be during a real project. With that said, the simulations are so intense, students often comment on how much harder it was compared to most of the real projects they took on afterward.

Let’s Build Something Great Together

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