Simulations

Exer­cis­es, games, and sim­u­la­tions are fun, inter­ac­tive ways to learn new con­cepts. The Boun­cy Ball Game is a sim­ple activ­i­ty that teams of five or more can do in about thir­ty min­utes. Facil­i­ta­tors can use the Boun­cy Ball Game as a fun way to intro­duce new con­cepts, stim­u­late dis­cus­sions, and even break the ice at a train­ing event or meeting.

Do you need to see for your­self first­hand how flow can best batch pro­duc­tion? This sim­u­la­tion, host­ed by Kaas Tai­lored, will demon­strate flow by build­ing minia­ture Amer­i­can foot­ball field goal posts. 

We take a break from our tra­di­tion­al teach­ing lessons as we have some fun draw­ing a pig, with and with­out Stan­dard Work. This mod­ule is best viewed with a group of people.

Exer­cis­es, games, and sim­u­la­tions are fun, inter­ac­tive ways to learn new con­cepts. The Let­ter Puz­zle Game is a twen­ty-minute exer­cise that’s suit­able for groups of most sizes. Facil­i­ta­tors can use the Let­ter Puz­zle Game as a fun way to teach ways to improve job train­ing, qual­i­ty, 5S work­place orga­ni­za­tion, and even break the ice at a train­ing event or meeting.

Learn how one-piece flow works with this enve­lope stuff­ing exercise.

See the pow­er of 5S unfold before your eyes as you play this fun 5S num­bers game.

Exer­cis­es, games, and sim­u­la­tions are fun, inter­ac­tive ways to learn new con­cepts. The Bridge Game is a hands-on activ­i­ty that teams or indi­vid­u­als can do in thir­ty min­utes or less. Facil­i­ta­tors can use the Bridge Game to teach the impor­tance of cre­ative think­ing, the impor­tance of under­stand­ing sci­en­tif­ic prin­ci­ples, or just as a fun way to break the ice or start a work­shop or meeting.

Expe­ri­en­tial learn­ing is an effec­tive way to learn con­tin­u­ous improve­ment con­cepts, but what hap­pens when par­tic­i­pants can only con­nect vir­tu­al­ly? There are effec­tive ways to vir­tu­al­ly prac­tice con­tin­u­ous improve­ment con­cepts, includ­ing the Kata in the Class­room work­shop. Orig­i­nal­ly designed for mid­dle school teach­ers, Kata in the Class­room has now found its way into K‑12, col­lege, and cor­po­rate edu­ca­tion­al set­tings around the world. This course uses a cloud-based spread­sheet instead of a jig­saw puz­zle and teach­es tips and tricks to suc­cess­ful­ly run the work­shop virtually.