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GA 445 | Ventura County’s Lean Journey with Paul Stamper

Avatar photo By Jessica Bush Updated on October 12th, 2022

This week’s guest is Paul Stamper. Paul shared how lean has helped Ventura County improve its processes and how continuous improvement can bring positive change to government and service environments in general. An MP3 audio version of this episode is available for download here.

In this episode you’ll learn: 

  • The quote that inspires Paul (2:32)
  • Paul’s background (3:38)
  • His favorite philosopher (8:39)
  • About Ventura County’s lean journey (9:17)
  • The makeup of Ventura County (16:32)
  • How Lean and Six Sigma have made it to the town level (17:08)
  • Collaborating with other areas (19:26)
  • An example (23:13)
  • The pandemic response (28:38)
  • Paul’s advice (32:36)

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