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Humanist Manufacturing Overview - Free

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Imagine working for a company that values all humans impacted by their manufacturing operations and welcomes and values their unique contributions. Employees make a living wage and can maximize their full potential in a work environment that motivates them. Their well-being is essential to their employer, providing a safe work environment free of potential physical or mental harm. Suppliers are treated as valued partners. The organization is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion and welcomes all genders, races, and ethnicities. They create opportunities for persons with perceived disabilities, individuals on the autism spectrum, returning citizens, veterans, women, and those needing support in breaking out of the poverty cycle. These are examples of integral initiatives to the human-centered approach to humanist manufacturing.

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Humanist Commitments

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Since humans have existed, so have philosophers who espouse society's need to integrate humanist principles. The course introduces the ten humanist commitments built on the humanist manufacturing framework. Each has a video introduction, an overview of the commitment, a scale to evaluate your current level of embracing each one, a reflection exercise, and additional resources to enhance your knowledge of these humanist commitments. The ten humanist commitments are 1) altruism, 2) critical thinking, 3) empathy, 4) environmentalism, 5) ethical development, 6) global awareness, 7) humility, 8) peace and social justice, 9) responsibility, and 10) service and participation.

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Leadership Development

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Leadership development at all levels of the organization is essential to supporting the needs of employees to be their best selves. The course walks an organization's owner(s) or primary leader through an in-depth evaluation of their capability to lead a transformative change initiative to become a humanist manufacturing operation. There is a focus on how an owner or leader commits to integrating a human-centered approach throughout the organization that provides the steps to develop or enhance the company’s “why” vision, mission, and values. The leadership team then completes the same experience together under the guidance of the owner(s) or primary leader.

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Developing Internal Operations

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The course guides establishing internal operations that fully support the workforce's needs. It focuses on building overall operations aligned with humanist commitments from an internal organizational perspective. It begins with selecting the business operating system (BOS) the company will use to develop "a company guidebook that outlines what, how, when, and why regarding company responsibilities." It works through recommendations to consider when creating a BOS that aligns well with the humanist manufacturing framework. There is content on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the benefits of adopting lean manufacturing, and the wisdom of W. Edwards Deming’s 14 Points for Management. Additionally, there are a wide range of approaches that a manufacturing operation integrating humanist commitments can adopt, various ways to conduct product design, considerations to adopt environmentally favorable materials, looking at trends impacting manufacturing processes, and closes out with a focus on initiatives companies can integrate to become more sustainable operations.

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Creation of an Employee-Centric Organization

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An employee-centric focus is essential to becoming a humanist manufacturing operation. The previous phases share examples of considerations necessary to set up a desirable plant operation for younger generations to consider as a career option. The course guides leadership through a plan to meet employee expectations and ensure that their values align with the values of their employers. Additional content is provided on the value of creating optimal tension for each employee, a point on the curve that is the sweet spot between the extremes of no pressure to perform and too much pressure. There are also suggested approaches to improve employee engagement, boost employee morale, rewire the human brain, recognition, reward, and other considerations around pay and benefits to support the needs of employees.

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Positive External Impact

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Humanist manufacturing operations can potentially be a vital contributor to work to develop thriving communities. One approach is to use best practices to hire previously underutilized employee pools. The reasons for overlooking them often include a lack of understanding of employment personnel's unique but reasonable needs for work accommodations. Additional content exists on understanding and implementing workforce integration models that lead to employers hiring high-caliber employees from various backgrounds that limit their employment options. There is further information to guide manufacturers in revitalizing communities that are experiencing deindustrialization. The High-Roads Industrial Commons model is one approach to bringing back these negatively impacted communities that previous manufacturers have abandoned.

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Strategy, Tactical Planning, & Change Management

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The course assists in the strategy development and planning necessary to move the company from the current state to a more human-centered future state operation. The course participant learns how to shift conversations from a deficit to a strengths-based approach essential to drive the beneficial change required to achieve transformational organizational results. The content provides guidance to utilize the SOAR framework for strategy development, the work to develop tactical plans, and the elements of a successful change management initiative.

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Humanist Manufacturing Community

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The intent of developing the humanist manufacturing community is to create a shared space where the members can continue to evolve their understanding and application of the various elements of the humanist manufacturing framework. The expectation is that the members provide insight and suggestions to one another to provide a continual learning opportunity. Additionally, it is to be a safe space where members struggling with an issue can receive recommendations and support. Finally, those experiencing success can post their achievements for the benefit of the community.

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