Organism Thinking Advisor
Central to the curriculum is a fresh and revolutionary understanding of how organizations, functions, and projects operate as symmetrical organisms. It brings alive many traditional systems thinking concepts, including purpose, flow, the interdependence of parts, and feedback, but also many new complex adaptive systems concepts, like self-organization, the edge of chaos, increasing returns, critical mass, fractals, and emergence.
Through systematic completion of over 25 integrated charts and processes, participants will implement an end-to-end system of five activities for Operations excellence. In addition, participants will review Deming’s famous System of Profound Knowledge for Optimization of a System as it relates to Superperformance, tracing the evolution of management science from Machine to Organism View.
Participants who complete this course will be able to:
- Acquire an end-to-end framework for system-level operations excellence
that simultaneously transforms process and culture together. - Master the five activities which are foundational for Organism (System Level) Excellence.
- Be able to shift focus from short to both short and long-term thinking, planning, and execution.
- Advise the implementation of a Quality Management and Leadership System (QMLS) as a central component of Operations Excellence
- Gain an appreciation for organizations as organisms, or living, complex adaptive systems
Corpus Optima Certification Courses are divided between interactive sessions and practicum. The courses are offered in three schedule formats:
Mon + Wed
6PM to 8PM for six weeks (30 hours)
Tue + Thu
6PM to 8PM for six weeks (30 hours)
Weekends for 2 weeks
Fri + Sat
9AM to 4:30PM
Chief Operations Officers
Operations Leaders
Performance Improvement Professionals
System and Industrial Engineers
Organization Designers
Quality Management and Assurance Professionals
Project Managers
Organization Effectiveness Professionals
Supervisors and Managers
Barbara is a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt (MBB) and Organism Thinking facilitator and Operations Excellence Lead with Superfication® Enterprises. She is a results-driven industrial and systems engineer with a thirty-year history of implementing quality and performance measurement systems in multiple industries. These positions have provided her with a seasoned perspective, comprehensive knowledge of all elements of business performance systems design and architecture, as well as a clear understanding of the need for a cohesive operations excellence strategy that supports both the short and long-term goals of client organizations. Barbara is a seasoned executive coach, advising leadership teams and others as appropriate to create a system thinking environment and to achieve strategic business objectives. Barbara has a bachelor’s in Industrial Management from Clemson University and an MBA from Georgia College. She is an active member of the Institute of Industrial Engineers and a Certified AS9100 and AS9110Lead Auditor.