In this episode of The Lean Solutions podcast, Patrick Adams interviews Shayne Daughenbaugh on his unique journey into process improvement as a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt that lasted 5 years with the State of Nebraska, and his new venture into consulting. He shares his experiences leading successful organizational change within government, focusing on streamlining […]
Patrick Adams interviews Drew Erdmann, who served as the chief operating officer of the state of Missouri from February 2017 to April 2021. Under two governors, he was responsible for leading the management transformation across the state of Missouri’s 16 Cabinet departments, which equates to roughly 45,000 employees. He talks about his private and public […]
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Karyn Ross is the founder of the Love and Kindness Project, which is a movement spreading kindness from person to person around the world. In this podcast with Patrick Adams, she talks about the movement and why it’s so important to focus on kindness (even in a Lean setting), and how you can implement kind […]
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The state of Nebraska launched the Center of Operational Excellence in 2016 to change the culture in state government and train state teammates in Process Improvement. Since May 2016, the COE has facilitated 575 process improvement projects, saving over 630,000 of work that has led to being able to put more of a focus on […]
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Matthew Singh is the Director of Operational Excellence and Master Black Belt for the Department of Administrative Services in the state of Nebraska and has 20 years of experience in progressive management roles. In this interview with Patrick Adams of the Lean Solutions Podcast, they discuss his work in the state of Nebraska and the […]
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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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