Hear inspiring stories of nonprofit organizations in the Greater San Diego area, specifically from Kitchens for Good and San Diego Humane Society on how they’ve adopted and embraced a continuous improvement mindset. The San Diego Humane Society, an open-admission shelter, is creating a more humane world by inspiring compassion and advancing the welfare of animals […]
This session kicks off with an in-depth interview with Bill Balzer, the author of Lean Higher Education. We’ll ask about: The discussion will conclude by pondering the next frontier of the ultimate university experience with the complete integration of Lean into the core teaching and learning mission. The next session is a Pecha Kucha format with […]
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This session from Process Palooza 2021 showcases everything they’ve done to make continuous improvement a core component of operations at UC San Diego. They developed an adaptive, science-driven, behaviorally informed model that integrated daily innovation cycles that allowed them to “mutate our campus operations faster than the virus.” Their comprehensive approach is called “Return to […]
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Tracy O’Rourke kicks off the 4th annual Process Palooza 2021. Presenters include Chancellor Pradeep Khosla and Executive Vice Chancellor Elizabeth H. Simmons from University of California San Diego (UCSD). They discuss how continuous improvement was useful in shaping the university’s strategic plan and forming a response to COVID-19. They also share a virtual expo to […]
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Lisa Earls 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 using Everyday Lean Ideas and Daily […]
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This week’s guests are Thomas Lencki and Dagmar Vlahos. Thomas has experience with Lean concepts through his time in the Marine Corps and with the New Hampshire State Police and local government. Dagmar received her training with the State of New Hampshire Bureau of Education. They explained all the powerful ways they use lean in […]
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Host Paul Critchley interviews two guests who work at the University Systems of New Hampshire (UNH). Dagmar Vlahos is a Lean and Six Sigma Black Belt who continued her Lean training with the State of New Hampshire. In 2015 she received her Lean Black Belt through the State of New Hampshire Bureau of Education. She […]
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An interview was conducted at the Jan 2021 Happy Hour with Lean Portland. They invited John Ashcraft from Free Geek to discuss their Lean journey to increase their impact on the local Portland community. Their journey started in 2017, and at the end of 2020, they have almost tripled their output of refurbished laptops.
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Dagmar Vlahos is a Lean professional at the University of New Hampshire. She is interviewed by Patrick Adams for his podcast, The Lean Solutions Podcast. She discusses their improvement program on campus, how they converted to online training for staff to deal with COVID, and how that has had an impact on the speed of […]
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The webinar was led by Tonya Smith-Jackson, Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs at NC A&T State University and IISE’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee chairperson, and is joined by D. Scott Sink, Ohio State University. They are also joined by Bevlee Watford, Associate Dean, Equity and Engagement at Virginia Tech, College of Engineering, along […]
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