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Eric Ahlstrom
Mr. Ahlstrom is Lean Leader & Senior Manager Engineering Projects at Amgen, one of the world’s largest biotech companies. During his tenure with Amgen he has delivered projects throughout the Americas and Asia. He currently leads implementation of Lean Construction with several projects currently underway and several more planned. Prior to his career in project management, Eric led Lean transformation in manufacturing. Mr. Ahlstrom has a degree in Industrial Engineering and an MBA. The postings on this site are my own and do not represent Amgen’s positions, strategies, or opinions.
Articles By This Author
Navigating Transformational Change
In my previous post (The Matter of Metrics) I postulated that having sufficient data is not enough to launch a transformational change. So what does trigger change? Some say a burning platform is needed. Where corporate viability is at stake this may be true.
The Matter of Metrics
When company leaders are confronted with the prospect of changing to a Lean Project Delivery approach they will undoubtedly say, “Show me the data.” The implication is that if the data is there to support the implementation of Lean then they will get behind the change.
Integrate or Disintegrate
"Integrate or disintegrate" was a statement I made while facilitating a multi-day kickoff meeting for a mission critical project. My point to the folks was that only as an integrated team could we achieve the aggressive objectives set for this project. I used the example of the 2004 USA Olympic basketball team for what could happen if we didn't integrate.