Jason Schulist is the President of the Generative Local Community Institute (GLCI). In this webinar, he describes lean methods and approaches that can be used to address the thorniest community problems. He also discusses the concept of the Value Stream of Humanity, continuous improvement, adaptive problem solving, community problem solving, generativity, lean, and project management. […]
Metro Caring is Denver’s front-line anti-hunger organization through poverty reduction. Those in need can choose from an array of nutritious foods based on their dietary needs and preferences, and leave with a week’s supply of groceries, including fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains, dairy, and lean protein. They agreed to collaborate with members from the […]
Poverty Outcomes Improvement Network Team (POINT) is a first-time, regional driven, initiative focusing on introducing continuous improvement methodology to nonprofits so that they can learn the tools and apply them to their systems and processes in order to accelerate change, improve outcomes and ultimately reduce poverty in Northeast Wisconsin. It was an 18-month initiative, funded […]
The Poverty Outcomes and Improvement Network Team (POINT) initiative has provided a results-oriented project showing that quality improvement methods are relevant to the work of nonprofits. The nonprofits involved in the project used quality improvement methods to understand and improve their processes, enabling them to help more people find good paying jobs, housing, and other […]
D-Lab at MIT is using LPPD thinking to help solve problems in the developing world, and are truly making the world a better place for all those involved. Today Kendra Leith, Associate Director for Research, at D-Lab joined LEI’s Communication’s director to share more about how D-Lab works and some of the great projects they […]
On the Gemba Academy podcast, Ron Pereira interviews Jacob Stoller and Mauricio Miller. They look at the approach taken in California to address poverty through the Family Independence Initiative, and how a lean-like approach can be used to create real social change for those in need. They review the approach taken by Mauricio, and explain […]
Some of the most powerful lean lessons come from people I like to call “accidental lean thinkers” – leaders who successfully followed lean principles long before they had heard of the Toyota Production System. One such leader, who is unknown to the lean community, is Mauricio L. Miller, president and founder of Family Independence Initiative […]
For years, the complex and costly nature of impact measurement has kept many social enterprises and nonprofits from doing it, or doing it well. Few investors or entrepreneurs seek to understand, in a deep way, how customers experience the goods or services that an enterprise provides, and therefore, there is little information on whether social […]
Andrew Parris with World Vision Institute talks about how he helps implement Lean Six Sigma in East Africa. He helped train 56 Lean Six Sigma Green Belts and 11 Black Belts, trained 450 people in Process Excellence Energizer training, saved $1.5 million in procurement costs. Other projects include reducing recruitment time from 130 to 41 […]
A presentation at the Lean System Society Reactor Conference by Steve Bell on the effectiveness of lean thinking as supported by Lean4NGO.org, and their efforts to reduce poverty in Africa.