Crain’s Detroit Business carries a story about the 100-day mission to improve operations in Detroit. But “50 days into the 100-day mission, members of Detroit Mayor Dave Bing’s crisis turnaround team said they were digging deep into Detroit’s troubled finances and systems — with grim findings.”
The city has many financial problems and it’s imperative that they do something about it.
According to Freman Hendrix, co-chair and a former Detroit deputy mayor:
“The teams as they have been organized have sort of fanned out across key departments and divisions through city government and are working in a consultant’s role. They’re talking to staff-level folks, asking questions about state of the city’s IT systems, budget processes, finance issues and so forth … there’s no real template for this work we’re doing. This is not like any other transition process.”
Denise Ilitch, another co-chair and owner of Denise Ilitch Designs, further says:
“It’s challenging… We just introduced Six Sigma, and if there’s a strong interest, we have a volunteer willing to help share those tools and processes.”
