Last week, we welcomed over 25 people to our first event for the Dublin Lean Network in 2022. We were delighted that Eilish Henry agreed to deliver a presentation webinar on Lean & the Shingo Model.
Eilish Henry
By way of background, Eilish Henry is the Director for Europe of SISU Consulting Group. Eilish was the first Shingo global coach and facilitator appointed in Europe. Over the past 12 years she has supported 37 organisations to achieve all levels of Shingo recognition. This includes all but one of Ireland’s Shingo Award Recipients. In particular, she has supported 12 out of the 20 most recent Shingo Prize recipients.
As Director of SISU Europe Eilish has continued to support companies in Ireland and around the globe to progress on their OpEx journeys. This includes providing direct support to 12 of the 17 most recent Shingo Prize recipients. In addition to those listed above, this includes: Newsprinters Motherwell; Abbott Diagnostics Longford; Boston Scientific Cork; Abbott Nutrition Sligo; AbbVie Sligo; Abbott Nutrition Granada; Abbott Manufacturing Singapore; Abbott Nutrition Sturgis; ANSC One China.
In 2004, she was awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her work in leading large cultural change programs in the UK public sector.
Eilish started off by saying that Ireland is very good at networking, and we are recognised globally for building strong networks and sharing our experiences and learning. She said that this is one of the reasons why Ireland has more Shingo Award recipients per head of population than any other country in the world.
She also went on to commend Enterprise Ireland, the IDA and Universities for supporting Lean initiatives such as the Dublin Lean Network.