8 Wastes – Lean Six Sigma and the Environment

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

EC 055: Engaging Staff and Volunteers – Deconstruction and Reuse Conference

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Posted on November 10, 2019June 11, 2022
Posted in Employee Engagement, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Podcast, Solid Waste

In this podcast, I share the audio from a presentation I gave to the Deconstruction and Reuse Conference in Pittsburgh, PA on October 29, 2019. The conference was setup by the Build Reuse (formerly Building Material Reuse Association). I was invited to speak based on my work with reuse organizations like ReStore and The Rebuilding

EC 054: Lean and Sustainability at Portland Business Alliance Sustainability Roundtable

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Posted on October 18, 2019October 18, 2019
Posted in Carbon Footprint, Employee Engagement, Energy, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Podcast, Solid Waste

In this podcast, I share the audio from a presentation I gave to the Portland Business Alliance (our local Chamber of Commerce). They have a Sustainability Roundtable each quarter, and I was asked to talk about my application of Lean to sustainability efforts. You can watch the video below to see the slides that accompany

EC 048: How 8 Wastes Impact the Environment

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Posted on May 12, 2019September 8, 2019
Posted in Lean Six Sigma Tools, Podcast

In this podcast, I share a snippet of a talk from the Master Brewers Association of America Northwest District Spring Meeting. I spoke as part of Lean Portland, along with Matt Horvat and Maria Grzanka. The full presentation is available on podcast and video. Links EPA Toolkit (reference for slide) Master Brewers Association of America