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Spotlight on Lean in the Public Sector   
 

This is the first in a series of features we will be running, the aim of which is to focus on a significant part of public sector management, to examine the philosophy behind it, the drivers which underpin it and to assess the impact of its implementation across the public sector. 
 
The first Spotlight on... looks at Lean, a discipline which has been mistakenly thought to be a thinly veiled ruse to reduce headcount and cut spending. Read full Introduction


 (Download full Spotlight on Lean report, PDF, file size 2.1MB)

Contributors
Having commissioned editorial from prominent academics and leading practioners across Government we are delighted to announce the following confirmed contributors:  


Dr Zoe Radnor, Associate Professor, Warwick Business School
Zoe Radnor is one of the UK’s leading academics focusing on Lean in the public services. She is currently advising on a number of government Lean projects and, in the lead article, will outline the principles of Lean, its historical background and how it is delivering significant savings across the whole of the public sector. View full article.
 
 
David Whale, Head of Public Sector, Unipart
David Whale, Head of Public Sector at Unipart, explains how the public and private sectors can work together, learn from each other and adopt Lean methods. View full article
 


 

Daniel Jones, Chairman, Lean Enterprise Academy
Daniel is a management thought leader and adviser on applying lean and process thinking and is dedicated to pushing forward Lean thinking. Describing the work of the Lean Enterprise Academy , he will describe how it is pioneering certain techniques and advising their application in the public sector, as well as setting out his views on how Lean can be further exploited by public organisations. View full article

 
MasterCard
Taking a lean approach to cost reduction is the only way to make a real difference and MasterCard believes that the third generation Government Procurement Card (GPC III) can make a really significant contribution. View full article



 


Alison McDonald, Performance & Improvement Deputy Director, HM Revenue & Customs
Case study profiling the PaceSetter project which has led the way for Lean to be developed more widely within the department. View full article
Mark Eaton, Fellow of the Institute of Management (FIOM)
In his article ‘Transformation for the Public Good’ Mark looks at the problems of applying lean and how to overcome it within the new public environment. View full article




 
 
Brendan McCarron, CIPFA Performance Improvement Network
Brendan is CIPFA’s lead adviser on performance, policy and quality issues. He will set the local government scene, how the value proposition has led local government to adopt Lean methodology and techniques to cut waste and what the future holds for local government post-Spending Review. View Full Article

  
 
James Brady, Value for Money & Productivity Unit, Home Office
Case study examining the groundbreaking QUEST project which is showing remarkable results in the Police service. View full article


Simon Elias, Lean Enterprise Research Centre, Cardiff University
As the leading academic lean research centre in the world, the LERC  and has established an international reputation and strong presence in its role of researching, applying and communicating lean thinking. Simon will highlight the LERC’s recent research on Sustainable Lean (how lean thinking can be implemented in a way that ensures lasting, organisational change. He will also describe the work of the newly-established Public Sector Think Tank. View full article


Lisa Nother, HM Court Service Lean Programme Manager, Ministry of Justice
Case study of the Court Service Lean programme and the benefits this approach has brought, together with the difference that the project has made to staff. View full article
 
Click here to download the full Spotlight on Lean report inclusive of all the above articles (PDF, file size 2.1MB) 
 


Wired-GOV Needs Your Feedback…
Your comments and suggestions are most important to us so please let us know your thoughts (good and bad!) about the inaugural ‘Spotlight on Lean’ and which public management topics you would like us to cover in 2011. Please email info@wired-gov.org   



Thanks to our Spotlight on Lean Editorial Team
Wired-GOV would like to thank Philip Cunliffe and Christine Barnicoat for their hard work and professionalism in putting together this inaugural Spotlight on Lean.  Their in-depth knowledge of public sector management issues, coupled with their skills in editing and writing copy have been employed by government departments, agencies and private sector companies and we are delighted to announce that they will be working with Wired-GOV on further reports to be published during 2011.
 
Philip and Christine can be contacted on 01706 824518 or through their website www.cunliffeandbarnicoat.co .uk   

    
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