Ann Mei Chang is the Executive Director of Lean Impact, the social good division of the Lean Startup Company. This fall, her book based her own experiences using
The Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineer (IISE) Sustainable Development Division has created a new annual award to recognize successful improvement projects conducted with a not-for-profit (government agency, nonprofit
At CDOT, the vision for Lean is: “everyone, every day, improving every process and every product, to benefit every customer.” Lean improvements include large, cross-functional process improvements as
Some of the most powerful lean lessons come from people I like to call “accidental lean thinkers” – leaders who successfully followed lean principles long before they had
For decades, the methodologies of Lean and Six Sigma have spread successfully throughout many industries, from manufacturing, hospitality, banking, utilities, aerospace, automotive, entrepreneurship, and even entertainment. In addition,
Governor Pete Ricketts and the State of Nebraska’s Center of Operational Excellence (COE) highlighted recent examples of how the COE is improving the operations of state agencies. The COE
The Iowa Lean Consortium’s (ILC) two annual awards for 2017 both went to the University of Iowa in recognition of numerous campus efficiency efforts, which saved money and
When people understand that they can learn and grow, they are able to move forward towards self-sufficiency. This is what Riverview Gardens, a non-profit organization operating on a
Kern County will reveal its plans Tuesday for moving beyond the toy catapult stage of improving the efficiency of county government. The Kern County Board of Supervisors will
This case study describes how the state of Washington implemented two key operational efficiency strategies for government — performance management and employee-driven process improvement. The effort, called Results
