Joseph LaCount

Corporate Continuous Improvement Leader, Global Operations Cargill

Joseph R. LaCount specializes in Business Process Improvement. For over 38 years he has led quality engineering, quality management and Business process improvement efforts in the Agriculture, Aerospace & Defense, Automotive, Printing, Retail, Education, Food & Beverage, Service and Healthcare Industries. Some of the Organizations Joe has had the privilege to work with include: Honeywell, Textron, Alexandria Industries, Target, General Electric, R.R. Donnelley, St. Jude Medical and Cargill. He also ran his own consulting business, providing on-site Quality and Lean Six Sigma consulting and training services for a variety of Industries and Organizations. Joe has hands-on experience working with an Organization’s entire value chain. These efforts included improving Manufacturing, Marketing, Finance, HR, IT, Customer/Donor Relations, Recruitment, On-Boarding, Customer-facing processes as well as improving product/service quality and delivery. Joe joined Cargill in 2009 as a Master Black Belt in the Tartan Process Improvement Group and has held various continuous improvement roles in Cargill. Joe’s current role is Corporate Continuous Improvement Leader, working in the Global Operations group.

Monday, Jan 27: Pre-Conference Workshops, Industry Focus Groups & Main Conference Day One

9:40 AM LEARNING, DOING, AND TRANSFORMING … RAPIDLY, EXCELLENTLY, AND GLOBALLY

For some, the operational excellence aspiration is ‘everyone a problem solver.’ For others, the transformational ambition is ‘continuous improvement for everyone.’ If you and your organization are or are planning to operationalize a similar strategic mandate, this master class and networking session is for you. 

Successfully leading an organization-wide initiative that engages everyone, constantly adds value, and always improves and innovates, can be a complex, daunting, and unforgiving challenge. In this masterclass, designed for significant audience participation, OPEX leaders – through facilitated dialogue -- shall share ideas, insights, and experiences about how they and their organizations are mobilizing to achieve goals, assure strategic alignment, invigorate processes, thrill customers, delight stakeholders, accelerate speed to results, optimize resource utilization, excel at execution, and sustain long-term impact. 

Part 1: Workshop Discussion

·       Expectation practices that sustain commitment, especially with executives

·       Approaches that empower improvement and innovation at unprecedented speed,

·       Methodologies that reduce variation and assure execution consistency,

·       Capability building processes that turn knowledge into action and superior results

Join us in Masterclass D on 29th January for the Part 2 Discussion. 

Wednesday, Jan 29: Main Conference Day Three & Post-Conference Masterclasses

2:00 PM LEARNING, DOING, AND TRANSFORMING … RAPIDLY, EXCELLENTLY, AND GLOBALLY

For some, the operational excellence aspiration is ‘everyone a problem solver.’ For others, the transformational ambition is ‘continuous improvement for everyone.’ If you and your organization are or are planning to operationalize a similar strategic mandate, this master class and networking session is for you. 

Successfully leading an organization-wide initiative that engages everyone, constantly adds value, and always improves and innovates, can be a complex, daunting, and unforgiving challenge. In this masterclass, designed for significant audience participation, OPEX leaders – through facilitated dialogue -- shall share ideas, insights, and experiences about how they and their organizations are mobilizing to achieve goals, assure strategic alignment, invigorate processes, thrill customers, delight stakeholders, accelerate speed to results, optimize resource utilization, excel at execution, and sustain long-term impact. 

 

Part 2: Masterclass

·       Deployment execution disciplines that revere consistency, value, and scalability 

·       Mentoring structures that inspire mentees and energize activity/project outcomes, 

·       Automation that eliminates the waste inherent in most deployment processes,

·       Analytics that provide initiative-wide visibility and power data driven decisions

·       Change management actions that garner buy-in and sustain momentum.

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Joseph.

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