The Safety and Health team within Denver’s Department of Public Works, takes safety and health seriously. The first thing you see when you walk up to this team’s area is an amazing white board. A3’s are taped up on one side; there are funny quotes, examples of their standard work, ideas, and their path for […]
El Paso City Manager, Tommy Gonzalez, proposed a budget that allocated $50,000 for Lean Six Sigma training. He said, “When it comes to government efficiency, there are multitudes of skeptics and naysayers. However, streamlining operations, achieving cost savings and improving service are all within reach for any public-sector agency.” Pothole repairs were the public works department’s focus. […]
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El Paso City Manager Tommy Gonzalez, wanted to ensure that all employees were empowered to serve as agents of change. Some of the greatest innovations and improvements come not from the top down, but from the bottom up. The city challenged each department to look within and identify areas for enhancing performance or streamlining operations, […]
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In 2010, the City of Cape Coral (near Fort Lauderdale) embarked on a Lean Government initiative. They created a short video to promote the program using the Mission Impossible theme. The program was supported by City Manager, Terrance Stewart. The video highlights a few case studies: Cape Coral began transforming in Aug 2007 by using […]
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