Volunteering – Page 4 – Lean Six Sigma and the Environment

E072: Food Systems Projects Between Schools and Nonprofits

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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,

E062: Warehouse Optimization to Feed the Hungry with Rise Against Hunger

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Posted on March 27, 2020March 30, 2020
Posted in Employee Engagement, Land and Building Use, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Podcast, Transportation, Volunteering

In this podcast, I interviewed Courtney Hudson, Distribution Warehouse manager with Rise Against Hunger. They were awarded the inaugural “Excellence in Sustainable Development” Award in 2019. She shares the improvements they made to their warehouse operations to increase the number of packaged meals they send to countries in need. They are working to achieve SDG

E061: Lean Journey of Employee Gardens for Nonprofits

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Posted on March 23, 2020August 31, 2022
Posted in Employee Engagement, Land and Building Use, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Podcast, Solid Waste, Volunteering, Water

In this podcast, I share a presentation given by Joe Hnat from Collins Aerospace (formerly Rockwell Collins) at last year’s IISE Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida on May 19, 2019. He worked with his facility using lean principles and methods to find space for an employee garden on campus and make it successful. The fruits

E057: Lean Six Sigma for Good Presentation at Rose-Hulman

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Posted on December 21, 2019March 10, 2020
Posted in Energy, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Podcast, Solid Waste, Volunteering

In this first podcast renamed as “Lean Six Sigma for Good” (formerly called “Earth Consultants”), I explain the change in podcast title and purpose. In the audio, I share a presentation I gave at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, IN in early December, to share my experiences apply Lean and Six Sigma to

EC 056: Applying Lean Six Sigma to Boulder Hospice Care Thrift Shop Donations

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Posted on November 25, 2019April 17, 2022
Posted in Employee Engagement, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Podcast, Solid Waste, Transportation, Volunteering

In this podcast, I share the audio from an interview I did with Lynn McCullough and Joe Wojniak (pronounced why-knock). Lynn runs the TRU Hospice Thrift Shop in Boulder, Colorado. TRU Thrift Shop sells donated household items and clothes to raise money to provide hospice care services for those in need. Joe is her brother,