Initiatives

Business Partnership I-Team
This work group is launching an Executive Think Tank that will define the future of how our city engages with its primary employers for the benefit of our residents and business stakeholders. We believe that fostering a deeper connection between all City stakeholders will yield important advances in creating a more sustainable, resilient, and accessible future.  We will achieve this through:

• Delivering on innovative engagements that pair City Vision and Corporate ingenuity to solve challenges that propel the economy forward
• Fostering connections between the City and Business Leadership to establish organic continuous improvement lifecycles
• By listening to our business leaders to map real problems to real, meaningful solutions.

Continuous Improvement I-Team
The Continuous Improvement (CI) Team supports the organization’s need to be accountable and responsible for effective and efficient business practices. We provide consulting services to teams who are interested in improving processes, adding value for the customer, reducing waste, and building employee skills and organizational capacity. Process improvement honors existing work and builds upon what has already been done. CI team members serve as coaches and facilitators; the employees we partner with perform the improvements and innovations in their workgroup. Improvements are typically achieved without adding staff, budget funding or technology. 

Data Management and Analytics I-Team
The City of Westminster’s data is one of its most valuable assets and will serve as the bedrock of performance management programs that will allow us to insure continuous improvement. Reliable data can facilitate inter-department collaboration, improve partnerships with the private sector, and help expand public engagement. The Data Management and Analytics Committee assists the City organization in defining, delivering, and interpreting data to make informed data driven decisions, measure performance effectively based on key performance indicators and predict outcomes as well as extract meaningful insights to accelerate business/culture initiatives inside our organization.

Internal Culture and Education I-Team
A culture of continuous learning is vital to an organization that strives to be innovative. The goal of the Internal Culture and Education Committee is to create an environment where innovation and thinking differently is how we operate. This committee focuses on how we can help employees think differently about how they deliver service and perform their roles in the organization.  At the heart of this is creating a culture where new ideas are welcomed, and where failure is embraced. This work group has led the way in launching a multi-day workshop available to all staff members that teaches Lean, Agile and Six Sigma process improvement techniques.