2010Summer Institute

Theme: ?

Learning Partners:

• Poudre Valley Health System (2008 Baldrige Quality Award Recipient)
• Kenneth W. Montfort College of Business, University of Northern Colorado (2004 Baldrige Quality Award Recipient)
• VA Cooperative Studies Program Clinical Research Pharmacy Coordinating Center (2009 Baldrige Quality Award Recipient)
• Richland Community College (2005 Baldrige Quality Award Recipient)

2009Summer Institute - click here to go to the archived event page

Theme: How to Increase Innovation in Challenging Economic Times

Learning Partners:

• Sarah Miller Caldicott, co-author of Innovate Like Edison
• IBM
• Ford Motor Company
• Richard Sheridan, founder of Menlo Innovations
• The Henry Ford Institute

2008Summer Institute

Theme: Legendary Service, Engaged Employees, and Relentless Improvement

Learning Partners:

• The Ritz-Carlton (1992 and 2000 Baldrige Quality Award Recipient)
• The Ritz-Carlton Leadership Center

2007 Summer Institute

Theme:Organizational Sustainability

Learning Partners:

• Valero Energy Corporation
• U.S. Air Force Materiel Command, Wright Patterson Air Force Base
• Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America, Inc.
• Northwest Vista College, San Antonio (2007 winner of the Texas Award for Performance Excellence)

2006 Summer Institute

Theme: ?

Learning Partners:

• IDEO
• Steelecase

2005 Summer Institute

Theme: ?

Learning Partners:

• St. Luke's Hospital of Kansas City (2003 Baldrige Quality Award Recipient)
• Northwest Missouri State University (four-time Missouri Quality Award Recipient)