Employee Engagement – Page 5 – Lean Six Sigma and the Environment

E084: Everyday Innovation and Ideas Programs in the State of Colorado

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Posted on July 9, 2021September 5, 2021
Posted in Employee Engagement, Government, Management, Podcast, Transportation

In this podcast, I facilitated a webinar on engaging employees to gather innovation and improvement ideas with two agencies within the State of Colorado. The event was hosted by the Colorado Lean Network. You will first hear from Corey Niemeyer from the Colorado Department of Public Safety (CDPS) about their IDEA center, which stands for

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

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

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.

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),

E069: Interview with LSS Master Black Belt Amanda Zimmerman

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Posted on May 20, 2020March 14, 2021
Posted in Carbon Footprint, Employee Engagement, Energy, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Management, Podcast, Pollutants

In this podcast, I interviewed Amanda Zimmerman, a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt here in Portland, who has a wide and extensive background. We worked together briefly at a local not-for-profit, and have stayed connected for the past few years. She talks about her journey from history major to learning about Six Sigma, her

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

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,

E065: Book Review – Why Governments Don’t Think They Make Widgets

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Posted on April 12, 2020April 27, 2021
Posted in Book Review, Employee Engagement, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Management, Podcast

In this podcast, I read a book review I wrote recently about the book “We Don’t Make Widgets” written by Ken Miller. His book discusses the challenges and myths of process improvement in Government. Links Ken Miller Bio Examples of Lean Six Sigma in Government Books We Don’t Make Widgets: Overcoming the Myths That Keep