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Feb 20, 2024 • 28min
E110: Lean for Community Projects with Lean Portland – Lean Global Connection 2023
In this podcast, I share the presentation given by my peers who helped us create the Lean Portland group back in 2015. They gave this presentation at the Lean Global Connection on November 30, 2023. It is a free annual online event put on by the Lean Global Network (LGN). The event took place over
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Feb 14, 2024 • 29min
E109: Applying Lean Tools to Environmental and Social Challenges – Lean Global Connection 2023
In this podcast, I share the presentation I gave virtually at the Lean Global Connection on December 1, 2023. It is a free annual online event put on by the Lean Global Network (LGN). The event took place over a 24-hour period. All the presentations were recorded, and I encourage you to check out all
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Dec 21, 2023 • 52min
E108: Interview with Maria Grzanka and Reed Harrison
In this podcast, I share an interview I had with Reed Harrison, Executive Director of Mind Matters Portland, and Maria Grzanka, a process improvement expert and prolific volunteer in Portland, Oregon. Reed worked in Supply Chain management and Operations with major companies like Adidas and Columbia Sportswear, but ended up as Executive Director at Mind
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Dec 12, 2023 • 60min
E107: Lean Methods for Sustainable Businesses – ISBF Webinar Series
In this podcast, I share a presentation that was Part 1 of a 2-part sustainability webinar series sponsored by Iowa Sustainable Business Forum and Iowa Lean Consortium (part of CIRAS). It was geared towards introducing those in sustainability roles to Lean methods, which have become some of the most popular improvement methods used in high-performing
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Nov 27, 2023 • 35min
E106: Lean and Green Case Study – Prefab Home Manufacturer Saves $300K
In this podcast, I share a “Lean and Green” case study I supported for a prefab home manufacturer in California in 2020-2021. I was asked to speak to the Industrial and Systems Engineers class by Professor Corey Kiassat at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, CT. He contacted me after my presentation at the Lean Global Connection
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