Carbon Footprint – Lean Six Sigma and the Environment

E131: Agile and Sustainability in the UK with Mike Wrathall

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Posted on December 16, 2025December 15, 2025
Posted in Carbon Footprint, Government, Healthcare, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Nonprofit, Podcast, Transportation

In this episode, I share an interview with Mike Wrathall, where I explore his background in strategy, agile methods and sustainability. His early career involved building digital services, primarily for government and social housing organizations, such as streamlining the process for getting people who are homeless or victims of domestic violence into safe housing quicker.

E130: Agile Sustainability Manifesto with Ines Garcia

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Posted on October 30, 2025October 30, 2025
Posted in Carbon Footprint, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Nonprofit, Podcast

In this episode, I share an interview with Ines Garcia, who is one of the creators of the Agile Sustainability Manifesto. She emphasizes the importance of adapting sustainable behaviors to individual lifestyles and advocating for change through personal example rather than pressure. She stresses that meaningful change starts with individual willingness to be part of

E124: Applying Data to Food Quality and Safety with Eric Moore

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Posted on April 22, 2025April 22, 2025
Posted in Carbon Footprint, Energy, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Management, Podcast, Raw Materials, Solid Waste, Wasted Food

In this episode, I share an interview with Eric Moore, Global Director of Food Safety & Industry Outreach at Testo Solutions, where we discuss Food Safety and Quality, Sustainability, and Innovative Data Monitoring. Eric delves into his extensive 25-year career in food safety, beginning with his education in hospitality at Penn State University and his

E120: Tackling Green with Lean – Lean Global Connection 2024

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Posted on December 16, 2024December 5, 2024
Posted in Carbon Footprint, Employee Engagement, Energy, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Management, Podcast, Raw Materials, Solid Waste, Wasted Food, Water

In this episode, I share a presentation that the Lean Sustainability Global Network (an unofficial team that I’m involved with) gave at the Lean Global Connection virtual conference in Nov 2024. We share how Lean principles can be applied to tackle pressing environmental challenges and improve processes. For example, Lean and Green expands the traditional

E119: Applying Lean within Municipal Electric and Water Utilities – Interview with Jennifer Peterson

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Posted on November 27, 2024November 27, 2024
Posted in Carbon Footprint, Consortium, Employee Engagement, Energy, Government, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Management, Nonprofit, Podcast, Water

In this episode, we interview Jennifer Peterson, the manager of Continuous Improvement at Muscatine Power and Water (MPW) in Muscatine, Iowa. She discusses how she got into continuous improvement (CI) and the impact it has had on MPW employees and customers. She highlights the importance of: Jennifer also shares several examples of successful CI projects

E116: Using Energy Treasure Hunts and Energy SWAPs to Engage Employees and Reduce Costs

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Posted on September 9, 2024November 2, 2024
Posted in Carbon Footprint, Employee Engagement, Energy, Government, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Management, Podcast

In March of 2024, the Iowa Sustainable Business Forum (ISBF) and Center for Industrial Research and Service (CIRAS) were still separate organizations, and they agreed to host a joint webinar to promote Energy Efficiency and Lean. I was fortunate to connect up with Paul Lemar, Jr. from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), who has

E115: Using Lean to Minimize Waste Within ESG Initiatives

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Posted on July 16, 2024July 15, 2024
Posted in Carbon Footprint, Energy, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Management, Nonprofit, Podcast, Solid Waste

Continuing our discussion on Lean Six Sigma and ESG, I brought back last episode’s guest, Erin Bauer (Product Development Manager at ASQE) and added a new guest, Beth Cudney. She is a Professor of Data Analytics and the Program Coordinator for Data Analytics at Maryville University. She received her B.S. in Industrial Engineering from North

E111: Apply Lean to Nonprofit Boards with Sally Toister

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Posted on April 8, 2024April 23, 2024
Posted in Carbon Footprint, Employee Engagement, Energy, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Management, Nonprofit, Podcast, Volunteering, Water

Sally worked many years in the hospitality industry applying Lean Six Sigma, and she shares her experiences to improve the guest experience. She also shares an example of a project that determined the optimal reward points to get customers to agree to reduced or no housekeeping, which was good for the environment, resulting in less

E109: Applying Lean Tools to Environmental and Social Challenges – Lean Global Connection 2023

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Posted on February 14, 2024February 16, 2024
Posted in Carbon Footprint, Energy, Government, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Management, Nonprofit, Podcast, Solid Waste, Volunteering, Water

In this podcast, I share the presentation I gave virtually at the Lean Global Connection on December 1, 2023. It is a free annual online event put on by the Lean Global Network (LGN). The event took place over a 24-hour period. All the presentations were recorded, and I encourage you to check out all

Can lean help battle climate change? – Lean Global Connection

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Posted on December 1, 2023November 28, 2024
Posted in Carbon Footprint, External Article, Raw Materials, Solid Waste

In the 2023 Lean Global Connection, a panel discussion was organized to discuss the use of Lean to combat climate change and reduce carbon emissions. A few themes emerged. While lean does not automatically equate to green practices, its principles and tools can significantly contribute to environmental sustainability. Sustainability is no longer about convincing people