Podcast – Page 13 – Lean Six Sigma and the Environment

EC 016: Employee “Green Bag” Sessions and New Co-working Space

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Posted on December 31, 2016July 28, 2022
Posted in Employee Engagement, Podcast

Summary In this podcast, I discuss a new approach for employee engagement called Employee “Green Bag” Sessions, which is similar to the concept of the “Brown Bag” education sessions. I explain the topics we’ve covered over the past year, including biking to work, taking the bus, solar panels at home, net zero homes and electricity

EC 015: Tips for Encouraging Environmental Behavior Change

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Posted on December 16, 2016February 25, 2022
Posted in Energy, Podcast, Solid Waste

Summary In this podcast, I play the recording of the presentation I gave at the 2nd Annual Green Festival Expo in Portland on Dec 11, 2016. I talk about the misconception that education is sufficient to get people to change behaviors. I review a study on getting hotel guests to reuse their towels, and show

EC 014: Lean and Green Workflow Improvement – The 8 Wastes

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Posted on October 27, 2016October 30, 2016
Posted in Employee Engagement, Kjell Van Zoen, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Podcast

Summary In this podcast, I play the recording of the presentation I gave with fellow Lean and Green expert Kjell Van Zoen at the Provender Alliance conference in Hood River, Oregon on Oct 6, 2016. We talk about Lean basics (single piece flow, 5S, kaizen, Taiichi Ohno, value and culture) and focus on our personal experiences

EC 013: Interview #2 on e6s Methods Podcast about Greening Your Lean Event

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Posted on September 23, 2016November 10, 2020
Posted in Employee Engagement, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Podcast, Raw Materials, Solid Waste

Summary For episode 13, I’m playing another interview I had with e6s Methods podcast, hosted by Aaron Spearin. We go over tips for greening your 5s events. I also go over this in detail in Episode 9 of my podcast, which you can find at LeanSixSigmaEnvironment.org. In this episode, we go beyond just the green discussion,

EC 012: Setting up a Green Team at Work

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Posted on September 2, 2016August 21, 2025
Posted in Employee Engagement, Energy, Podcast, Solid Waste, Water

Summary For the next podcast, I wanted to talk about setting up and improving an environmental (eco) green team at your work. This is one of the early activities you can do to improve sustainability at your job, or within organizations you work with. I discuss my own experiences with creating and maintaining green teams at

EC 011: Details about the 90 Day WASTE Walk Challenge

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Posted on August 23, 2016December 22, 2021
Posted in Lean Six Sigma Tools, Podcast

Summary For the next podcast, I wanted to go into more details about the 90 Day WASTE Walk Challenge that we launched this week! Relevant Links Sign up for 90 Day WASTE Walk Challenge FREE 1-hour WASTE Walks Course on Udemy Transcript No transcript available at this time

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EC 010: Interview on e6s Methods Podcast about Lean Six Sigma and the Environment

By -admin
Posted on July 16, 2016January 10, 2022
Posted in Carbon Footprint, Energy, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Podcast

Summary For the next podcast, I wanted to play an interview I had with Aaron and Jacob. They run the e6s Methods podcast. We recorded one back in 2015, just a year ago. That was going over Lean Six Sigma and the Environment. It ended up being two different podcasts, so I’m going to combine them

EC 009: 10 tips for greening your 5S events

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Posted on June 29, 2016January 30, 2019
Posted in Lean Six Sigma Tools, Podcast

Summary For the 9th episode, I am going over one of our popular posts, “10 tips to green your 5S events.” I’ve also posted a video of the presentation, so you can view the slides. Relevant Links 5S Powerpoint Training Slides >>> Printer Friendly version of 10 Tips >>> 5S Assessment Tool >>> Tips to Green

EC 008: Using Go and See Events to Reduce Water, Energy and Landfill Costs

By -admin
Posted on June 11, 2016January 10, 2022
Posted in Energy, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Podcast, Solid Waste, Water

Summary For the 8th episode, I am posting the audio (and video of the slides) from a presentation I gave at the IISE Annual Conference last month. The video showing the presentation with slides is shown in the transcript, if you want to see the slides with the audio of my presentation. Email me if you would like

EC 007: Greening Your Lean Events

By -admin
Posted on May 20, 2016April 18, 2020
Posted in Carbon Footprint, Energy, Land and Building Use, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Podcast, Raw Materials, Solid Waste, Transportation, Water

Summary For the 7th episode, I am posting an older (but popular) article on how to green your lean event. This episode gives tips and tricks to making your lean six sigma events and meetings more eco-friendly. We also include a link in the notes to download a free checklist of these suggestions. There is also a link