Nonprofit – Page 2 – Lean Six Sigma and the Environment

E108: Interview with Maria Grzanka and Reed Harrison

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Posted on December 21, 2023February 13, 2024
Posted in Employee Engagement, Government, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Management, Nonprofit, Podcast, Volunteering

In this podcast, I share an interview I had with Reed Harrison, Executive Director of Mind Matters Portland, and Maria Grzanka, a process improvement expert and prolific volunteer in Portland, Oregon. Reed worked in Supply Chain management and Operations with major companies like Adidas and Columbia Sportswear, but ended up as Executive Director at Mind

E107: Lean Methods for Sustainable Businesses – ISBF Webinar Series

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Posted on December 12, 2023December 25, 2023
Posted in Book Review, Employee Engagement, Energy, Government, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Management, Nonprofit, Podcast, Pollutants, Solid Waste, Volunteering

In this podcast, I share a presentation that was Part 1 of a 2-part sustainability webinar series sponsored by Iowa Sustainable Business Forum and Iowa Lean Consortium (part of CIRAS). It was geared towards introducing those in sustainability roles to Lean methods, which have become some of the most popular improvement methods used in high-performing

Using Lean to meet basic needs in society – Lean Global Connection

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Posted on December 1, 2023November 28, 2024
Posted in External Article, Nonprofit, Solid Waste, Wasted Food

In the 2023 Lean Global Connection, a panel discussion was organized to discuss the use of Lean to assist with basic needs and societal challenges such as hunger, healthcare and unemployment. The discussion features four panelists from diverse fields: The panelists strongly believe in the immense potential of lean thinking and practice to address complex

E105: Improving Government Services to Protect Children and Elections with Kerry L. Bass

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Posted on September 15, 2023November 27, 2023
Posted in Employee Engagement, Government, Nonprofit, Podcast, Uncategorized

In this podcast, I interview Kerry Lewis Bass, who has many years of experience improving processes in the corporate world and within government agencies. He has recently launched his consulting business to assist leaders in an organization to “develop, and successfully implement, assess and improve operational strategy and initiatives.” We discuss his work in government

E104: How Process Improvement Can Help Address Climate Change with David Saunders

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Posted on August 24, 2023October 12, 2023
Posted in Carbon Footprint, Employee Engagement, Energy, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Management, Nonprofit, Podcast, Pollutants, Transportation, Volunteering

In this episode, I speak with David Saunders, who is a retired Quality consultant and has focused his next career on using improvement tools to reduce the impact of climate change. He is a Certified Climate Change Professional (CC-P) through the Association of Climate Change Officers (ACCO), and volunteers with the Chesapeake Climate Action Network.

E101: Applying Lean to Healthcare and Nonprofit Boards with Katie Anderson

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Posted on April 13, 2023April 28, 2023
Posted in Book Review, Employee Engagement, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Management, Nonprofit, Podcast, Volunteering

In this interview, I talk with Katie Anderson, a leadership coach who has extensive lean experience in healthcare, and author of the award-winning Lean management book, “Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn.” She lived in Japan for many years, where she learned directly from John Shook‘s former manager, Isao Yoshino, and the book is a

E100: How Lean Six Sigma Professionals Can Make The World A Better Place – Orlando March 2023

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Posted on March 24, 2023March 26, 2023
Posted in Employee Engagement, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Management, Nonprofit, Podcast, Volunteering

I’m very excited about episode 100, it’s a great milestone in any podcaster’s journey. Thank you for listening! It has taken many years to get to this, but it’s a sustainable pace that has worked for me, and why I feel that I can get to #200 someday. In this 100th podcast, I share a

E099: Rethinking Humanitarian Aid with Andrew Parris

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Posted on February 24, 2023February 28, 2023
Posted in Employee Engagement, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Management, Nonprofit, Podcast, Transportation

In this podcast, I share a video of a speech given by Andrew Parris, Process Excellence Manager at Medair. The presentation was given at the Berlin Science Week 2021 that was organised by ETH Zürich. Andrew discusses how continuous improvement and Lean can make nongovernmental organization (NGO) money go further. He also mentions there are

E098: Lean and Green Interview with The Lean Effect Podcast

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Posted on November 22, 2022February 28, 2023
Posted in Employee Engagement, Energy, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Nonprofit, Podcast, Solid Waste, Volunteering

In this podcast, I was interviewed by Mark Dejong on his The Lean Effect Podcast back in June 2021 (episode 34). We talked about my journey from statistician to Principal Lean consultant, and how Lean Six Sigma is beneficial for the environment, and applicable to our personal lives. We also discuss wastes we normally don’t

E097: Using Six Sigma to Address Racial Equity with Joy Mason

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Posted on November 11, 2022November 16, 2022
Posted in Employee Engagement, Government, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Management, Nonprofit, Podcast, Volunteering

In this podcast, I talk to my friend, Joy Mason, CEO and founder of Optimist Business Solutions, and the founder of The Six Sigma Racial Equity Institute™ (SSREI), which is an innovative leadership program designed to upskill Black Women to be complex problem solvers. We discuss her background in continuous improvement, why she started Optimist