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Procurement in 1/3 the Time
When you can’t get $175M out the door... Last year, Pierce County Human Services (PCHS) faced a growing problem. Contracts were piling...
Lauren Dodge
Jul 12 min read
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Hiring in Half the Time
Ineffective hiring compromises city services In 2022, the City of San Diego faced growing concern about their vacancy rate and time to...

Lauren Dodge
Jun 253 min read
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Less Scatter, More Strategy: A Better Way to Plan Public Sector Learning
Learning and development (L&D) efforts often begin with the best of intentions—fulfilling staff requests, responding to urgent needs, or...
Justine Hinderliter
Apr 242 min read
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Why we're doing the thing I swore we'd never do.
On-demand training is coming this winter, and I admit I was wrong. The set for our next big thing... Tl;dr: We're introducing new...
Ryan Hunter
Dec 3, 20246 min read
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Singles Win Games: Lean 101 at BART is on track to generate big savings over time
Today’s post is from Jessie Rubin, Senior Manager of Performance & Innovation for the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District...

Jessie Rubin
Dec 14, 20235 min read
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Bringing results-oriented management to California's leaders: PPI at the GovOps Leadership Forum!
Ryan with leaders from HCD, HCAI, and CalHR. Last month, Partners in Public Innovation (PPI) had the pleasure and opportunity to help...

Jenessa Rozier
Nov 30, 20233 min read
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Lean Leaders: Improving student enrollment for SFUSD families
The San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) is the system for public schools in San Francisco comprised of 13 early education...

Jenessa Rozier
Aug 18, 20238 min read
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How one Lean Leader built a resilient process to launch new software, error-free
How Lean Leader Alberto Fernandez (Fall '22) challenged his own assumptions and built a robust, repeatable testing process to get stable...

Jenessa Rozier
Mar 17, 20237 min read
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Contributing from Day 1: How one Lean Leader used the training to kick off her first week on the job
Lean Leaders' alumna Sharon Jan recounts her experience in PPI's advanced training in process improvement and change management and how...
Justine Hinderliter
Feb 22, 20234 min read
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SFUSD Lean Leaders reduce PPE delivery time by 95%
How SFUSD heroes Cadi Poile and Amy Chan reduced emergency PPE delivery time to school sites from six weeks to two days. In early 2022,...
Ryan Hunter
Nov 3, 20226 min read
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Now open for December: Lean 101!
Our half-day intro training was previously only available by client request -- now we're opening it to everyone. Back in San Francisco,...
Ryan Hunter
Oct 14, 20222 min read
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