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.
by Brion Hurley Learn about the employee-led improvements taking place at reuse nonprofit organizations Free Geek and The Rebuilding Center, with coaching and assistance from Lean Portland, a volunteer Benefit company of Lean consultants in Portland, Oregon. Free Geek is working on a daily management system and trying to increase the number of laptops they are […]
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Matt Horvat wanted to make a difference using lean thinking. so he started a community of lean-minded people with the intention of doing pro-bono consulting for nonprofits. Read the history of how Lean Portland began through a guest post on the Lean Enterprise Institute website. Read more at: https://www.lean.org/LeanPost/Posting.cfm?LeanPostId=426
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