Having recently completed a strategic review of the energy management programme for one of New Zealand’s largest government sector organisations, it was enlightening to use the principles of Continuous Improvement the Energy Kata way.  We started off with a bold future vision, then determined the Current State from a series of interviews and document reviews before identifying two future state options for the client to select from; an ‘Industry Good Practice’ option and an ‘Industry Best Practice’ option.  We then developed a set of target conditions to be achieved within given timeframes to meet a 3 year challenge.  The whole process is a structured way to ensure we meet the challenge and I highly recommend this process for anyone desiring to put in place a robust energy management programme.