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E088: Using Toyota Kata to Help Local Food Banks with Hugh Alley

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Posted on November 2, 2021November 8, 2021
Posted in Book Review, Employee Engagement, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Nonprofit, Podcast, Volunteering

Our guest is Hugh Alley, an experienced lean practitioner and industrial engineer, who has experience with the Toyota Kata method of improvement. He has recently applied this approach to a nonprofit food bank in Vancouver, British Columbia in Canada called Loaves and Fishes. This approach was based on the KataLab approach developed for the food

E085: Applying Lean and Agile for People and the Planet with Brad Jeavons

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Posted on August 31, 2021September 5, 2021
Posted in Book Review, Employee Engagement, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Management, Podcast

In this podcast, I talk with Brad Jeavons, lean and Agile consultant with SA Partners. He is the host of the Enterprise Enterprise podcast. An episode we did together for his podcast will be released soon. Brad and I got along great, as we have similar passions around sustainability, the environment and social issues. During

E082: Improving Government, Healthcare and NGOs with Clare DiFrisco

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Posted on May 28, 2021June 14, 2021
Posted in Government, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Management, Nonprofit, Podcast

In this podcast, I interview Clare DiFrisco. She is a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt and owner/co-founder of Cannsult, a consulting firm based in the US and Australia that also offers an e-learning platform on Leadership and Lean Six Sigma. She is a hands-on practitioner, leader, coach and facilitator with many years of experience

E081: Lean Implementation at the University of Michigan with Lisa Earls

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Posted on May 2, 2021June 13, 2021
Posted in Employee Engagement, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Management, Podcast

In this podcast, I interview Lisa Earls, who is the Senior Operational Improvement Consultant at the University of Michigan. She spent almost 5 years at the University of North Dakota before taking this new role in 2019. We discuss how she is helping teach and coach staff at the University of Michigan on lean principles

E080: Using Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) to Transform Government and Nonprofits with Michael Areola

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Posted on March 27, 2021April 11, 2021
Posted in Government, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Management, Nonprofit, Podcast

In this podcast, I interview Michael Areola, who is a Product Development consultant and Agile Coach at Cenmic Management in Katy, Texas (near Houston). He uses Agile processes and frameworks to streamline development processes, increase team efficiency, drive collaboration and reduce wasted time. He is a Project Management Professional and Agile Certified Practitioner from PMI,

E079: Lessons Learned in Applying Improvement Methods to the Public Sector with John Corliss

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Posted on February 1, 2021February 14, 2021
Posted in Energy, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Management, Podcast, Water

In this podcast, I shared a presentation that I moderated at the 2020 IISE Annual Conference. I am the Sustainable Development Division President for 2020-2021. Due to the pandemic, we originally delayed the in-person conference from May to November, but ultimately had to go 100% virtual. It was originally scheduled to be in New Orleans,

E078: Importance of Leadership Systems for Improving Nonprofits and Government

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Posted on January 17, 2021January 20, 2021
Posted in Employee Engagement, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Management, Podcast

In this podcast, I interview Daniel Edds, Lean Leadership consultant and author. We discuss his work with nonprofits, government agencies and manufacturing companies. His recent focus is the importance of creating a strong leadership system to create proper structure and support of your continuous improvement methods. You can watch the full video here… Links Daniel

E077: Applying Lean Six Sigma to a Sustainable Business in Micronesia

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Posted on November 8, 2020December 25, 2020
Posted in Employee Engagement, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Management, Podcast, Solid Waste, Volunteering

In this podcast, I share a presentation I gave at the IISE Annual Virtual conference on Nov 2, 2020. I explain how I helped apply Lean and Six Sigma methods to this small sustainable business making eco-friendly wallets, business cards and other paper products on the island of Kosrae in the Federated States of Micronesia.

E076: 2020 Excellence in Sustainable Development Award Winner – City of Fort Collins

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Posted on October 5, 2020October 11, 2020
Posted in Energy, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Podcast

In this podcast, I interview Pete Iengo and Jamie Gaskill from the City of Fort Collins (Colorado, USA). The City of Fort Collins in Colorado (USA) has been on a continuous improvement journey since 2010. They made great progress on their Income-Qualified Assistance Program (IQAP) to help residents pay their utility bills, and were recognized as the

E073: Reuse Organization Performance Metrics with Chris Pletcher

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Posted on August 23, 2020June 11, 2022
Posted in Lean Six Sigma Tools, Management, Podcast, Solid Waste, Volunteering

Chris Pletcher is the Business Developer (and “Jack of all trades”) at Finger Lakes ReUse. I met him at the 2019 Build Reuse conference in Pittsburgh, PA and saw a presentation he gave about the metrics and data he uses at the reuse store to improve sales and manage expenses. We had a lengthy discussion