Apply "Community of Excellence" framework to Greater Rochester

Collaborators 

Lead Organization: Performance Excellence Network

Contact: TBD ; Email: TBD ; Phone: TBD

Known/Likely Collaborators: Performance Excellence Network (PEN Team)

Potential Collaborators: City of Rochester, MN ; Communities of Excellence 2026 ; County of Olmsted, MN ; DMC EDA ; Rochester Area Nonprofit Consortium

Related Projects

Destination Medical Center (DMC) ; In City for Good (In the Shadow of Growth) ; Journey to Growth Plan

Impacts 

Major Impact: 

PlanScape Impacts :

Level 1: Best Practice, Business Process, Governance/Public Policy, Workforce Development

Level 2: Best Practice, Networking, Globalization

DMC Impacts:

Education/Learning Environment

Community Health Impacts:

Type of Project

Tooling  

Background

The leadership organizations in Rochester in 2013 were having conversations with Performance Excellence Network on
how Rochester Could move forward with pilot (including an update on DMC and how this could support DMC and other Rochester initiatives, what other leaders/organizations should be involved, the status of fundraising, whether this group is willing to serve as an initial steering committee, etc.) 

Complex environment requires a systems approach to make progress. COE was a notion of working with PEN to do a lean 6-sigma type of analysis on the community's collaboration resources.

July 11 2013 Meeting

 Attendees include:

Ardell Brede, Mayor, City of Rochester, John Wade, President, Rochester Chamber, Stephen Lehmkuhle, Chancellor, UMR, Jay Hesley, Vice Chancellor, UMR, Gail O’Kaney, President, RCTC, Dave Weber, Chief of Strategic Operations, RCTC, Mike Munoz, Superintendent, Rochester Public Schools, Gary Smith, President, RAEDI, Lisa Clark, Division Chair Public Affairs (and administrator with DMC), Mayo Clinic, Dr. Peter Carryer, retired CEO of Mayo Clinic Health System (and chair of Performance Excellence Network board), Brian Lassiter, President, Performance Excellence Network, Jennifer Burmeister, Director SE Minnesota, Performance Excellence Network, Lowell Kruse, retired from Heartland Health (St. Joe, MO) and part of the “Communities of Excellence” steering committee, Joyce Allegrucci, retired Chief of Staff for Gov Sebelius (now Sec of HHS  Sebelius) part of the “Communities of Excellence” steering committee, Brad Kemp, Communities of Excellence

Our agenda (subject to change slightly) is:

• Welcome, (Re)Introductions
• Opening Remarks
• Reset the Vision for Communities of Excellence 2026 (for those new to the conversation)
• Discuss Progress to Date and General Time of COE2026
• Discuss How Rochester Could Move Forward with Pilot (including an update on DMC and how this could support DMC and other Rochester initiatives, what other leaders/organizations should be involved, the status of fundraising, whether this group is willing to serve as an initial steering committee, etc.)
• Wrap Up

Thank you all for your time and perspective; we look forward to a productive discussion.

Brian Lassiter 

Who's who

  Rochester professionals, Nicky Espinosa, Director of Strategy Management, Mayo Clinic (and executive coach, Nicky Espinosa Coaching),Elsa Maas, Associate HR Director, Olmsted County to be on Performance Excellence Network panel Best Practices in Managing Your Team in 2020 — Aug 20 Webinar

Michael Wojcik renewed a call for planning process enhancement.

Good to learn that Olmsted County embraces LEAP  ... " which is being used right now at Mayo Clinic and IBM and many other business in this community". 

As the region's various initiatives roll out, is there a willingness and a recognition that the LEAP commitment and mindset should be extended from Olmsted County admin to other public, private and social agencies whose collective effort should be aligned to ensure continuous improvement to reduce frictions and improve productivity?

Vision 2050 AI-Powered Interactive Survey LINK

Mayor Norton Memo to the Public

Results Based Accountability

Collective Impact: Spectrum of working together

Tech Support

City teammates providing an update on this work, specifically regarding legacy public infrastructure projects, Unbound, infrastructure investments and regulatory milestones.  

September 2024 DMCC Board Meeting

May 2024 DMCC Board Meeting and City, County, DMC Joint Meeting

Feb 2024 DMCC Board Meeting

CMRC pausing public activities and investment potential white paper availability announcement.

August 2024 Report : Age-Friendly Olmsted County (AFOC) activities implementing the Age

Friendly Olmsted County 2022-2025 Action Plan since our annual report in February 2024.

3Q2024: July 2024 Admin Message and Reports

July 17, 2024 City of Rochester: Adopting a Resolution authorizing an amendment to the Development Assistance Agreement and the Declaration of Restrictive Covenants to revise the affordability covenants related to the 80% Units.

March and May 2023 reports to DMCC including video, documents and presentations. 

Home Ownership Creation Program - Prairie Ridge: "NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Common Council of the City of Rochester, MN hereby approves the contribution of $4,000,000 to the Prairie Ridge development to support the creation of 201 for-sale homes via the Home Ownership Creation Program.

2Q 2024: June 2024; May 2024 - Admin Message, TBE Report; April 2024 - Admin Message, TBE Report

1Q 2024: Feb 2024 - Admin Message, TBE Report; Jan 2024: Admin Message, TBE Report

Special callouts: Women in Construction; City of Rochester Equity in Development 

June 24, 2024 City Council Study Session: Justice Equity Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) Audit per Goodenough 

Departmental Audit reports of: Human Resources; Rochester Public Library; Parks & Rec 

Volunteer Recruitment Effectiveness: What can advertising teach us? 

Volunteer Process Assessment 

SASSA to receive $1M from MN to train workers for high-demand employment. 

The funding is awarded under the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) Targeted Populations Workforce Competitive Grant Program.