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E083: Kata for Good and #RootCauseRacism with Deondra Wardelle

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Posted on June 22, 2021July 1, 2021
Posted in Employee Engagement, Management, Nonprofit, Podcast, Volunteering

In this podcast, I interview Deondra Wardelle, whom I’ve had the pleasure of getting to know over the past year. She is a strategic thinker and consultant based in Indianapolis (Indiana) who focuses on coaching, empowering and developing individuals towards achieving their personal and professional goals. Her passion and life’s calling is using Continuous Improvement

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.

E074: Setting Up a Lean Six Sigma Volunteer Group in Your City

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Posted on September 16, 2020September 26, 2020
Posted in Consortium, Management, Podcast, Volunteering

In this episode, I provide more details for anyone interested in setting up a local volunteer group to provide process improvement consulting to nonprofits in your area. You can find a list of existing volunteer groups on LeanSixSigmaforGood.com I cover the following recommended steps: Find an organizer Find a small organizing group Hold kickoff meeting

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

E072: Food Systems Projects Between Schools and Nonprofits

By -admin
Posted on August 15, 2020December 7, 2020
Posted in Lean Six Sigma Tools, Management, Podcast, Volunteering

For the 2020-2021 year, I am the President of the IISE Sustainable Development Division. The mission of the group is to help align Industrial and Systems Engineers with organizations working on the UN Sustainable Development goals. This is the 2nd interview we’ve done this year, the first one was with Bradley Miller from the University

E071: Interview with Brad Miller from University of Houston

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Posted on July 19, 2020July 26, 2020
Posted in Lean Six Sigma Tools, Management, Podcast, Volunteering

In this podcast, I interview Brad Miller, who is Senior Professor of Practice in the Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston, and teaches courses in Supply Chain Management. He shares his success with teaching students how to apply lean and Six Sigma methods in their homes and at their part-time jobs, including

E070: Interview with Tim Turner with CQPO

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Posted on June 13, 2020June 21, 2020
Posted in Book Review, Employee Engagement, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Management, Podcast, Volunteering

In this podcast, I interview Tim Turner, who used to work at Toyota in Kentucky (TMMK) for 22 years, and has done a lot of work with nonprofits and not-for-profit organizations. He was also a co-author on Volume 2 of the Lean Six Sigma for Good book series (still in process, but available for download),

E068: Applying Lean Six Sigma to Nonprofit Organizations on ISSSP

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Posted on May 18, 2020May 31, 2020
Posted in Employee Engagement, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Podcast, Solid Waste, Volunteering

In this podcast, I share a webinar I gave for the International Society of Six Sigma Professionals (ISSSP) in March 2020. Lean Six Sigma methods have been proven to be effective in corporations and businesses, but how does this discipline apply in the nonprofit world? This webinar will discuss how nonprofits use Lean Six Sigma

E067: Can Six Sigma Help The Recycling Problem With China?

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Posted on May 3, 2020May 18, 2020
Posted in Lean Six Sigma Tools, Podcast, Solid Waste, Volunteering

In this podcast, I read a recent article I wrote about the way Six Sigma methods can be used to address recycling contamination rates in the United States, which has halted the flow of recycling into China. Included in the article is a video summary of a Six Sigma project I worked on at a

E066: IISE Podcast Interview with Liz McCartney about Disaster Recovery

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Posted on April 16, 2020February 16, 2022
Posted in Book Review, Employee Engagement, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Management, Podcast, Solid Waste, Volunteering

In this podcast, I repost an interview I had with Liz McCartney, Executive Director of St Bernard Project (SBP), a nonprofit organization she founded with her husband Zack Rosenberg to rebuild homes and help victims recover from natural disasters. They moved from DC to New Orleans to help out after Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005,