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Virtual Tours - Government

Lean Municipal Government Forum 2017

The City of Grand Rapids, Michi­gan host­ed the first annu­al Lean Munic­i­pal Gov­ern­ment Forum on Sep­tem­ber 20, 2017. See how Grand Rapids was able to not only sur­vive the Great Reces­sion, but thrive in the years that fol­lowed. The event includes talks on Lean lead­er­ship, Lean phi­los­o­phy, and a detailed expla­na­tion of A3 think­ing and how it was used. Tours of the fire and water depart­ments pro­vide excel­lent exam­ples of Lean in use by a municipality.