- Improving organizational
- performance in Minnesota
- state government
Welcome to Minnesota's Enterprise Lean!
Enterprise Lean is a coordinated state government initiative for improving the organizational performance and results in Minnesota's state government agencies.
Enterprise Lean has a simple goal of helping state government work better for its customers and employees using time-tested Lean tools and methodologies and embraces Six Sigma tools and total quality management philosophies.
Lean Training Sessions
Spots remain available in June's two Lean 101 sessions. Take advantage and register today at mnlean.eventbrite.com. More information about Lean training sessions is available on our training page. Training dates can be found on the Calendar page.
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What's New
Say 'Hello' to the State of Minnesota's newest trained Kaizen Facilitators
Pictured above are participants from a recent Kaizen Facilitator training session. In 2013, over 70 additional state, county and city employees across Minnesota have been trained to facilitate kaizen events. To date, almost 1,000 have received this training. Are you looking for a skilled facilitator to help your team with a kaizen event or other Lean exercise? We want to help. Contact us at lean@state.mn.us or check out our directory of employees who have received facilitator training.
Click here for the latest breakdown on Enterprise Lean activities.
Other news
Lean's role in building a more efficient state government featured in Minnesota media-- see the story in MinnPost, the Star Tribune, and on WCCO
2012 Governor's Continuous Improvement Awards -- see the winners.
Enterprise Lean featured on KSTP-TV (video and article)
Enterprise Lean partnership with General Mills featured on KMSP-TV -- click to watch video.
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Continuous Improvement Unit releases results of its Employee Satisfaction Survey -- Click to see presentation -- Click to see report
Governor's Continuous Improvement Leadership Conference presentations now available