Operational & Digital Excellence Industry Benchmarking
FocusIn events are knowledge exchange workshops hosted and attended by industry leaders. Our events are opportunities for organizational leaders in Operations, Sales, Human Resources, and Continuous Improvement to share best practices, learn practical applications, and network with other highly-motivated industry professionals.
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Hosted by Mike Hoseus, former Toyota executive and co-author of the Shingo Award Winning book, Toyota Culture.
Leadership Benchmarking Events
September 16-18, 2025
England, UK
- Toyota Culture Workshop with special guest, Mike Hoseus
- Leadership Problem-Solving Simulations & Group Exercises
- Site visits at Toyota and Jaguar Land Rover
September 23-24, 2025
Munich, Germany
- Leadership and OpEx workshop sessions with Ben Hoseus
- Seminar on Advanced Manufacturing and People Development
- Production tours at MAN Trucks and BMW
October 14-16, 2025
Kentucky, USA
- Toyota Culture Workshop with Mike Hoseus
- Leadership Problem-Solving Simulations & Group Exercises
- TPS Plant Tour led by TSSC at Toyota Kentucky and visits to other manufacturers
November 9-14, 2025
Japan
- Visits to world-class plants and facilities
- Seminars, workshops, and group events
- Cultural immersion and deep-dive into operating norms
March 1-6, 2026
Japan
- With special guest, Mike Hoseus
- Visits to world-class plants and facilities
- Seminars, workshops, and group events
- Cultural immersion and deep-dive into operating norms
April 14-16, 2026
Kentucky, USA
- Toyota Culture Workshop with Mike Hoseus
- Leadership Problem-Solving Simulations & Group Exercises
- TPS Plant Tour led by TSSC at Toyota Kentucky and visits to other manufacturers
Previous Participant Companies
- Ameriqual Group
- Ball Metalpack
- Bosch
- CH Guenther & Son
- CID Resources
- Clariant
- Custom Foods
- Finlays
- Hitachi
- Humble House Foods
- Hyster-Yale
- Lejeune Steel Company
- O.C. Tanner
- Premier Research Labs
- Prevost
- Southwest Research Institute
Past FocusIn Events
Apri 15-17, 2025
Kentucky
- Toyota Culture Workshop with Mike Hoseus
- Leadership Problem-Solving Simulations & Group Exercises
- Site visits at Toyota, Aichi Forge, and Hitachi Astemo
November 11-12, 2024
Munich, Germany
- Operational Excellence Workshops with Ben Hoseus
- Seminar on Advanced Manufacturing and Leadership Development
- Production tours at MAN Truck and BMW
October 15-17, 2024
Kentucky
- Toyota Culture Workshop with Mike Hoseus
- Leadership Problem-Solving Simulations & Group Exercises
- Visits to Toyota, Big Ass Fans, and Hitachi Astemo
June 11-13, 2024
England, UK
- Lean leadership and TPS workshop sessions
- Seminar on managing business risk, growth opportunities, and profitability
- Site visits at Toyota UK and Jaguar Land Rover Solihull
May 5-10, 2024
Japan
- Visits to world-class plants and facilities
- Seminars, workshops, and group events
- Cultural immersion and deep-dive into operating norms
April 9-11, 2024
Kentucky
- High Performance Culture Workshop with Mike Hoseus
- Leadership Problem-Solving Simulations & Group Exercises
- Visits to Toyota, Aichi Forge, and Hitachi Astemo
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Previous Events
April 21st & 22nd, 2021
Texas
- Lean Culture Workshop
- Leadership Problem-Solving Simulations
- TPS Best-Practice Sharing
Event Overview
FocusIn events are designed to offer leadership learning and best-practice exchanges among senior executives in Operations, Sales, Human Resources, and Learning & Development across varying industries looking to develop and strengthen cultures of continuous people development in their respective organizations.
Our goal is to bring leaders from around the world to experience a unique learning framework, interact with like-minded professionals, and develop and align their employee engagement and development strategies.
- Gain a better understanding of how to build a high-performance culture
- Learn best practices from top Learning & Development executive leaders
- Understand how to establish transparency, accountability, and engagement throughout your organization
- Learn how to motivate others through effective leadership coaching
- Begin the journey of engaging others in continuous daily improvement
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Event Partners
The mission of CQPO is to establish a learning environment of mutual respect, which emphasizes problem solving, teamwork and continuous improvement practices that enable organizations to produce effective, efficient and defensible systems.
Get your team on the same page about the things that matter most.
Orchestra is a team-driven software that creates structure where improvement plans are made visible and accountable to others. Orchestra builds interaction between leaders and teams to create mutual alignment on development goals.
Process Capability Partners is an advisor to small and middle market manufacturing companies and has expertise in process and operations improvement.