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*'''Claim''' - A logical and informed observation of waste. | *'''Claim''' - A logical and informed observation of waste. | ||
*'''Complaint''' - The early form of a claim, which may not consider all the factors affecting the claim. | *'''Complaint''' - The early form of a claim, which may not consider all the factors affecting the claim. | ||
*'''Coordinator Community''' - | *'''Coordinator Community''' - staff members involved in one of many [[Coordination Bodies]]. We are initially focused on [[Lead Entity Coordinators]], [[Local Integrating Organization Coordinators]], [[Ecosystem Recovery Coordinators]], and [[Marine Resource Committee Coordinators]]. | ||
*'''Ecosystem Recovery System''' - | *'''Ecosystem Recovery System''' - the sprawling complex of authorities, workgroups, and social infrastructure involved in the management of ecosystem services. This system is the aggregate of the drivers that determine ecosystem state, and therefore the success of all our ventures. All drivers are integrated in gemba where real [[places]] are either restored or degraded. Therefore, the Ecosystem Recovery System, while somewhat haphazard and difficult to comprehend, is what actually determines whether we are successful in achieving a meaningful change to ecosystem state. | ||
*'''Facilitator''' - An individual, following standard methods, that supports development and implementation of an A3, to reduce waste. They could be operational staff, grant funded, or supported under capital program administration. | *'''Facilitator''' - An individual, following standard methods, that supports development and implementation of an A3, to reduce waste. They could be operational staff, grant funded, or supported under capital program administration. | ||
*'''Gemba''' - A Japanese word for the factory floor, the scene of the crime, or wherever the action is, where information can be gathered. In the Ecosystem Recovery System, gemba are the actual places, in the watershed, where ecosystem services are either protected or restored. | *'''Gemba''' - A Japanese word for the factory floor, the scene of the crime, or wherever the action is, where information can be gathered. In the Ecosystem Recovery System, gemba are the actual places, in the watershed, where ecosystem services are either protected or restored. | ||
*'''Improvement Effort''' - A change to our social systems, where an adjustment of behavior, cash flow, infrastructure, or communications results in a reduction of waste, so that we have more resources that can be used to generate value. | *'''Improvement Effort''' - A change to our social systems, where an adjustment of behavior, cash flow, infrastructure, or communications results in a reduction of waste, so that we have more resources that can be used to generate value. | ||
*'''Kaizen, or Gemba Kaizen''' - Kaizen is a | *'''Kaizen, or Gemba Kaizen''' - Kaizen is a Japanese word that translates roughly to "continuous improvement", and represents a practical approach to improving business operations developed in the Toyota Production System, and has since spread globally across manufacturing and many other sectors. It is the predecessor of Lean Management, which is a commercialized version common in the USA. | ||
*'''Value''' - the ecosystem services that we are charged to protect and restore for various publics, as represented by legislatures. | *'''Value''' - the ecosystem services that we are charged to protect and restore for various publics, as represented by legislatures. | ||
*'''Waste''' - waste is any resource expended without directly generating value. Some waste is necessary. The goal of a production system is to create value with the least waste possible--perfect production. | *'''Waste''' - waste is any resource expended without directly generating value. Some waste is necessary. The goal of a production system is to create value with the least waste possible--perfect production. |
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In November 2018 the Ecosystem Coordination Board (ECB) agreed that developing "kaizen" mechanisms in Puget Sound recovery could be useful for improving how we do ecosystem management. We have been given the opportunity to develop an inter-agency kaizen system in Puget Sound, and the ECB agreed that the "coordination community" would be the appropriate workforce for designing this kind of effort. If empowered with adequate capacity, we would be positioned to implement. We have formed a temporary volunteer workgroup from within the "coordination community", staffed by NOAA Restoration Center. This workgroup has agreed to a plan by which we'll rapidly stand up a rudimentary but functioning continuous improvement process. We envision a four step system:
Our assumption is that continuous improvement of the Ecosystem Recovery System is not really optional--all business models require some kind of kaizen; we just don't do it well. Kaizen can be achieved by organizing existing resources and efforts. We will test Steps 1 and 2 of the above proposed system in the Summer and Fall of 2019. We will bring our improvement proposals and system designs back to the ECB and affected institutions in winter, and aspire to work on steps 3 and 4 through the 2020 project development season.
The VocabularyTo understand what we are talking about, it is important to know how we are using words to represent specific concepts. Some of these words refer to specific parts of our social-political system. Others are borrowed from manufacturing theory.
The Workgroup
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