Ann Moses of King County government (in Seattle) talks about a unique lean Green Belt program that integrates Racial Equity and Social Justice. As one of her IT Department’s lead racial equity trainers, when Ann received her lean Black Belt she saw a deep alignment and affinity between lean values and racially equity and social […]
Sheilah “Paddy” O’Brien recently finished writing her latest book, “Facilitating Rapid Process Improvement Workshops (RPI), a Self-Study Guide for Lean Leaders.” This is a follow-on to her first book, “Lean for the Nonprofit, What You Don’t Know Can Cost You.” She briefly outlines the content of her book(s), and, through a casual interview format, share her […]
Deondra is a strategic thinker and consultant based in Indianapolis (Indiana) who focuses on coaching, empowering and developing individuals towards achieving their personal and professional goals. She shares her experiences working for and volunteering within nonprofit and not-for-profit organizations. In addition to her nonprofit work, she is also the creator of the #RootCauseRacism, which was […]
In the wake of George Floyd and Black Lives Matter protests in 2020, many socially responsible companies made a pledge to become an antiracist company and address racial inequity, but more has to be done to transform organizations to produce racial equity. The Lean thinking improvement system has a long history of transforming organizations for […]
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 […]
The grant approval and funds release process was taking too long, holding up payments to departments (hurting their cash flow), and negatively impacted their confidence in working on future grant projects. After applying Lean and Six Sigma methods to this process, they were able to achieve the following results: Time to pay invoices reduced from […]
In the first session, you will hear from Lifesharing, a Southern California organ and tissue recovery non-profit organization, applied process improvement efforts to increase the number of lives saved within San Diego County, and despite the challenges of COVID-19, helped transplant a record 424 organs. The speakers were: Darryl Nethercot, Organ Procurement Coordinator, UC San Diego […]
Clare DiFrisco is a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt and owner/co-founder of Cannsult, a consulting firm based in the US and Australia. She discusses her experience in the emerging cannabis industry, her work with many different government agencies and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), her work with public and private healthcare organizations and even some work with […]
Author Sheilah Paddy O’Brien has released a new book, Facilitating Rapid Process Improvement Workshops: The Self-Study Guide for Lean Leaders. The intent of the book is to be a guide for improvement facilitators of Rapid Process Improvement Workshops (aka kaizen events). She wants to give them a place to go after mastering the mechanics of […]
This session kicks off with an in-depth interview with Bill Balzer, the author of Lean Higher Education. We’ll ask about: the lean journey at his institution getting support and buy-in case studies and success stories advice for those just starting out The discussion will conclude by pondering the next frontier of the ultimate university experience with […]