On the Lean Six Sigma for Good podcast, Brion interviews Mike Wrathall, an Agile and Sustainability consultant about his extensive work background helping organizations in the private and public sector improve. Projects included social housing, homelessness, domestic violence victims, public education and regenerative agriculture. You can view the notes and transcript at https://leansixsigmaenvironment.org/index.php/e131-agile-and-sustainability-in-the-uk-with-mike-wrathall/, or watch […]
This Lean Enterprise Institute podcast episode shares an interview conducted by Josh Howell (LEI President), and Mark Reich (LEI Chief Engineer Strategy) and Olivier Larue, President of Ydatum. They discuss the Toyota Production System (TPS), specifically the “Toyota triangle”, which includes philosophical, technical, and managerial elements that are crucial for TPS to function as an […]
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Christy Cook, co-host of the Going Zero podcast, is joined by Mike Wrathall, an sustainability strategist who’s helped organizations across sectors, from social housing to defense, navigate complexity and accelerate their impact on the environment. Mike shares his journey from a childhood passion for recycling to leading sustainability and climate strategy efforts at major firms […]
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Remembrance Ranch is a 12-month transformation experience for teenagers and their families in high risk situations founded by Patrick Adams. Patrick is a lean and six sigma expert and founder of Lean Solutions. In his interview with Ron Pereira of Gemba Academy, Patrick talks about the inspiration for creating the nonprofit due to his own […]
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Shane Daughenbaugh interviews his former mentor at the State of Nebraska, Matt Singh. He is currently a Senior Project Manager at Children’s Nebraska. Prior to that he spent 8 years as the director of operational excellence and master black belt for the Department of Administrative Services in the state of Nebraska. He became certified as […]
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With the upcoming 2024 elections ending on November 5th, how are election officials managing the ballot traffic and executing a free and fair election process? In this IISE podcast, they talked to Gretchen Macht, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical, Industrial & Systems Engineering at The University of Rhode Island. She is […]
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This podcast interview features Andrew Rowe, a former entrepreneur with AllMed who has transitioned into a community advocate in Portland, Oregon. He discusses the challenges facing Multnomah County and the city of Portland. Drawing on his extensive business background, he discusses how Portland faces a critical juncture where systemic change is necessary to address its complex […]
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Ron Pereira from Gemba Academy interviews a new hire to his organization, Alen Ganic, former Lean improvement specialist with the City of Grand Rapids, Michigan. They discuss his previous experience working 14 years in Grand Rapids in various departments implementing process improvement. He talks about focusing Lean efforts from the customer’s perspective, the importance of […]
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Pennie Saum is a Process Improvement Program Manager at the Port of Seattle with over 20 years of experience in lean and is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt. She focuses on combining process improvement and people development to meet people where they are at. This helps them pull process improvement instead of pushing it […]
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A board retreat is a great way to get alignment of the key leadership positions within a nonprofit organization. Typically, nonprofits hold board meetings monthly or quarterly, while a board retreat is typically conducted once (maybe twice) a year. These retreats allow an organization to step away from the day-to-day management, and instead think more […]
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