UN Sustainable Development Goals – Lean Six Sigma and the Environment

E102: How Massport uses Lean to Achieve Sustainable Airport Operations

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Posted on April 20, 2023May 2, 2023
Posted in Carbon Footprint, Employee Engagement, Energy, Government, Land and Building Use, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Management, Podcast, Pollutants, Solid Waste, Water

In this podcast, I share a webinar held with Dr. Luciana Bardi and Darcy DeGeorge from the Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport). MassPort is a state authority responsible for three airports including Logan International Airport, four maritime facilities as well as real estate in Boston. They give an overview of Massport along with the lean engineering

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

E080: Using Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) to Transform Government and Nonprofits with Michael Areola

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Posted on March 27, 2021April 11, 2021
Posted in Government, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Management, Nonprofit, Podcast

In this podcast, I interview Michael Areola, who is a Product Development consultant and Agile Coach at Cenmic Management in Katy, Texas (near Houston). He uses Agile processes and frameworks to streamline development processes, increase team efficiency, drive collaboration and reduce wasted time. He is a Project Management Professional and Agile Certified Practitioner from PMI,

E079: Lessons Learned in Applying Improvement Methods to the Public Sector with John Corliss

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Posted on February 1, 2021February 14, 2021
Posted in Energy, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Management, Podcast, Water

In this podcast, I shared a presentation that I moderated at the 2020 IISE Annual Conference. I am the Sustainable Development Division President for 2020-2021. Due to the pandemic, we originally delayed the in-person conference from May to November, but ultimately had to go 100% virtual. It was originally scheduled to be in New Orleans,

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.

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

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 051: Spreading Lean Six Sigma Nonprofit Volunteering Around the World

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Posted on May 27, 2019May 30, 2019
Posted in Podcast, Volunteering

In this podcast, I share a presentation I gave at the 2019 IISE Annual Conference in Orlando, FL on May 19, 2019. For the past 3 years, Lean and Six Sigma practitioners in Portland (Oregon) have been volunteering with local nonprofits to teach and mentor them on process improvement. The focus has been on environmental reuse nonprofits

EC 050: Update on Lean Six Sigma and the Environment Progress

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Posted on May 25, 2019May 25, 2019
Posted in Podcast, Solid Waste

In this podcast, I share an update on my recent work to apply Lean and Six Sigma techniques to reduce environmental impacts. I discuss the following topics: Monthly Coaching Calls Green Banana Paper (Kosrae, Federated States of Micronesia) IISE Annual Conference Volunteer Service Project Excellence in Sustainable Development Award Clothing nonprofit work Links IISE Sustainable

EC 032: Interview #3 on e6s Methods Podcast about Lean Six Sigma for Good book and website

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Posted on June 30, 2018
Posted in Podcast

Summary In this podcast, I share a recent interview I had with Aaron Spearin on his e6s Methods podcast. We discuss my book, “Lean Six Sigma for Good,” the accompanying website, and I update him on my recent job change, along with my sustainability efforts. This is the 3rd interview with him, and it is