1. Communities of Practice Update
LCI Board of Directors Meeting
Wednesday, May 29, 201
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2. CoP Events and Registrations thru 4/30/19
2019
2018
% Change
Events
126 89
42% Increase
Registrations
3,340
2,056
62% Increase
EVENT TYPES:
Lean Coffee 82 44
86% Increase
General Event 32 34
6% Decrease
LCI Education Course 12 11
9% Increase
REGISTRATION
Average Per Event (2019 / 2018)
1,770
709
22 / % Increase
1,148
1,011
36 / % Increase
442
336
37 / % Increase

3. CoP Spring Work Session
Pre-work session survey revealed:
Thought growth of CoP is:
52% - steadily growing
42% - somewhat stagnant
During work session, value time spent on:
Networking / relationship building
Core Group participation
Growth, functionality, recruiting
Association partnering ideas, successes by others
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4. CoP Spring Work Session
CoP Leaders and/or representative gathered for welcome reception on Tuesday evening followed by full-day work session on Wednesday, April in Dallas, TX
24 CoPs (86%) participated
20 Leaders; 4 other core group member
Work session included:
Rolled out LCI Lean Learning Series in response to work session discussion
Corporate Member engagement
CoPs are identifying which corporate member companies have a presence in their market for outreach efforts
Corporate Member POC has been contacted for local office POC where there is a CoP to connect
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5. CoP Spring Work Session (Continued)
Association Partnering
Shared which associations LCI has an MOU with and which to focus on to align with BOD initiatives to promote Lean at the craft level and more fully engage the design community in Lean
Recommend CoPs build relationships with any local associations who represent trades
Chicago CoP and New Orleans CoP shared success stores they have had in partnering with another association
Core Group Engagement / Standard Work
Southern New England leader shared her Core Group onboarding power point which others can use as a template; DC Metro shared how it used the template and customized
Oklahoma CoP leader shared standard “Bag of Supplies” for events
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6. Developing Lean Interest Groups
These are groups that have contacted LCI about interest in becoming a CoP; they are forming an interest group in their area in order to gauge the level of interest and sustainability to support a CoP
Milwaukee, WI
Co-led by Karen Newhouse (Pepper Construction) and Victoria Navarro (Advocate Aurora)
Held events in January and March with attendance being cut off at 100 for the second event
Third event is being planned for July
Philadelphia, PA
Led by Amanda Patton (Balfour Beatty)
Kickoff event on 5/21 (Lean Cocktail) to introduce group and mission
St. Louis, MO
Co-led by Jose Garcia (Alberici) and Felipe Engineer (McCarthy)
Felipe is delivering LCI’s education course, Intro to Lean Project Delivery at invitation-only event on 5/20
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