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Accelerating through the Learning Curve with Cross-Sector Collaboration

A lean government initiative sparks a transformative journey

Presentation Code: VS6-04

Value Stream: VS6 - Collaborative & Innovative Lean

Day & Time: Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 - 9:30 AM

Length: 1 hour, 10 minutes

Government and businesses working together in harmony - that's how the Iowa Lean Consortium was formed. It's a non-profit organization intent on improving the business environment. It was formed after a coalition of Iowa manufacturers approached the state's environmental regulators in 2003 with a unique proposal. The idea was to have a kaizen event to address the backlog that businesses were experiencing in obtaining permits. The resulting event and process evolved into the Iowa Lean Government Collaborative and ultimately into the Iowa Lean Consortium. And it's been quite successful. Learn how bringing the private and public sectors together can maximize the power of lean and benefit all sectors of the economy.

In this presentation:

  • Bring government and business together to smooth the way forward.
  • Apply lean thinking to business and government.
  • Make regulation more efficient by applying lean tools.
  • Bring ideas and lean thinking to problems.
  • Think of government regulations as part of the process and apply lean.

Iowa Lean Consortium

The Iowa Lean Consortium is a non-profit organization. It works to drive competitive performance improvements in Iowa organizations by expanding lean culture and sharing lessons learned. It accelerates lean learning through collaborative experiences with lean practitioners, from the executive level to front-line implementers and across all sectors of the economy.

Teresa Hay McMahon

Teresa Hay McMahon is a founding member of the Iowa Lean Consortium and presently serves as president. She was deputy director of the Iowa Department of Economic Development from February 2010 to July 2011. Prior to that, Teresa served as performance results director of the Iowa Department of Management. Teresa began implementing lean throughout the executive branch of state government in 2004 and established the Office of Lean Enterprise. She served eight years as special assistant to the director of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources in the area of policy and organizational performance.

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