Lean Fellowship Program
Results Washington, part of the governor's office, offered a state Lean fellowship program (PDF) through which state employees spent one-year terms deepening their understanding of Lean principles and tools.
The fellows, all of whom were state employees:
helped lead targeted improvement efforts
worked directly with agency directors and staff at all levels
learned from public- and private-sector Lean consultants
worked closely with Results Washington senior performance advisors
While the fellowship has been brought to an end, we learned through providing these exciting opportunities for excellent employees to develop their Lean skill sets, hone those skills in a wide variety of settings and help tackle some of the biggest challenges facing state government.