Final version Presented by Simon Murray, Founder @Your Maintenance Coach Ultimately the value of any trainer, coach, or leader is in their ability to deliver fully implemented projects on time to budget. So many things in our modern world make this a real challenge; from remote teams to disengaged staff and conflicting priorities, there are obstacles every step of the way. In this session, Simon will share his learnings from adopting a 6 week project cycle in both his own business and with clients. This cycle has led to a massive increase in team engagement and also a surprising rise in completed works. In addition to sharing the results, Simon will walk attendees through all of the steps and templates that he has adapted from the software development industry to better support the CI program in any organization.

1. Six Weeks to Success:
How to double your output and half your stress
by using 6-week improvement cycles
Presented by
Host: Mark Graban
Senior Advisor, KaiNexus
Mark@KaiNexus.com
Presenter: Simon Murray
Your Maintenance Coach
simon@yourmaintenancecoach.com

2. Introducing Simon Murray
From bricks to bread, from family business to global
multinational. Simon has spent the last 20 years
creating, leading, and coaching High Performance
manufacturing teams.
With roles in reliability, project management,
operations and General Management Simon
has held many positions within a manufacturing
business and as such offers a unique perspective
to continuous improvement.
In 2012, Simon founded Your Maintenance Coach and
has worked with dozens of businesses across 4
continents. While predominantly focused on helping
Maintenance and Reliability teams Simon’s passion is in
Continuous Improvement and thrives in finding and
implementing new ways to do old things.

15. 1yr Goals
Quarter
Goals
The 6
Week Cycle
Project Fatigue
6 weeks on
2 weeks off

20. www.basecamp.com/shapeup

21. The Project Cycle
Anytime
During Cooldown
6 Weeks Activity

22. Justify Your Idea
1. Problem
2. Appetite
3. Solution
4. Rabbit Holes
5. No Go
Generate Ideas
Shape Them
Blitz
General ideas
Focus Areas
Requests
Pitch Content

23. Check Your List

24. Place Your Bets
Idea #1
Idea #2
Idea #3

25. Get Your Tasks Listed
From the Impact Filter www.strategiccoach.com
What PROBLEM are we fixing?
What is the ideal OUTCOME ?
What is the PURPOSE?
Best Result
Worst Result
We don’t get enough ideas
generated from the front line staff.
50% increase in the number of
ideas generated and implemented
by front line staff.
We want a truly engaged and
motivated workforce, who’s ideas
are acknowledged and actioned.
Amazing engagement from all with area
champions leading the idea generation
process
We don’t do it, staff disengagement and turnover
increases. Business performance will be negatively
impacted
Outcome
Outcome
Outcome Outcome
Outcome
Outcome

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28. Future Webinars
• Two Special Webinars
– Plan & Vote for Kindness
• October 20 from 1:00 - 2:00 pm EDT
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• October 22 from 1:00 - 2:00 pm EDT
– Open to everybody!
Register: www.KaiNexus.com/webinars

29. Other Resources
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31. Q&A
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Host: Mark Graban
Senior Advisor, KaiNexus
Mark@KaiNexus.com
Presenter: Simon Murray
Your Maintenance Coach
simon@yourmaintenancecoach.com