Lean Government Summit

The Overlooked Breakthrough: The Lean Approach to Strategic Planning

Does your organization struggle to say "no", leaving critical initiatives starved of capacity? Are your business processes slow because your leaders overwhelmed by too many priorities? The art of Lean Strategic Planning (hoshin kanri) adapted for government can be the breakthrough your organization has been missing. In this session, Craig will share a proven Lean approach to strategic planning that helps organizations break free from the "too much, too slow" trap. He'll share content from case studies where organizations went from 22 priorities to just two priorities, creating breakthrough focus and freeing up capacity.

The Change Agent’s Handbook: Practical Resilience Tools for Turbulent Times

Being an agent of change is grueling at the best times; and we aren’t in the best of times. Helping others is what we do, but who’s helping you? Building upon last year’s successful presentation, join Jean Marleau, a seasoned public servant and self-described "positive disruptor," as he shares practical tools to help you manage yourself, as you support others, during these trying times. Discover strategies that enable you to recast challenges, maintain a positive mindset, and continue driving change within your organization.

AI in Government for Beginners

All the world is abuzz with talk of AI these days…but when it comes to actually using it to improve the daily work of government, it’s still not very common. In this session Ken will use real-life examples and hands-on demonstrations to speak to you about: In what sorts of typical government work tasks AI can help you… and in what sorts of tasks it can’t, how AI improves work processes and how it does not, how to apply an intelligent combination of AI solutions and traditional process changes (aka Lean) to increase the overall impact of your improvements.