Laura Mottola is the President and CEO of Flow Partners Canada and Flow Partners Chile, with expertise in Lean Mining®, Operational Excellence, Integrated Operations, Innovation, Technology and Lean Circular Economy strategies. Laura brings 20+ years of applied experience to the mining industry.
Based on her experience in the global mining industry, Operational Excellence and Technology & Innovation are greatly enhanced by integrating (1) people development, (2) process improvement, and (3) technology/data infrastructure using Lean as a platform for systemic cultural change. Lean Mining® and the Lean Transformation Framework provide such a platform in the industry enabling long-term sustainability.
Laura is the Founder of the Lean Mining® Institute. Over the last 5 years Laura has been working closely with the Lean Enterprise Institute U.S. comprised of former Toyota executives and foremost thought leaders in Lean, and the Lean Green Institute on Lean Circular Economy initiatives specific to the mining and metals industry.