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Podcast – Earth Consultants

Brion Hurley: Lean Six Sigma and the Environment

A business podcast dedicated to teaching and sharing how the popular business improvement methodologies of Lean and Six Sigma can be applied to environmental impacts (water, air emissions, solid waste, trash, rubbish, hazardous waste, toxins, and energy) to help businesses, organizations and communities save money, engage employees, and become better stewards of the environment.

  • 1 hour 7 minutes
    E113: Applying Lean Six Sigma within Nonprofits and Life Coaching with Aleshia Jordan
    I had a great interview with Aleshia Jordan a few weeks ago, to discuss how she transitioned from finance to Lean and Six Sigma consulting, and how she is now taking her Master Black Belt skills and over 20 years of experience into her firm Virtualocity, LLC to help organizations, nonprofits and individuals in their Continue Reading
    16 May 2024, 5:52 pm
  • 48 minutes 43 seconds
    E112: Applying Lean Six Sigma to Healthcare and Career Development with Sarah Tilkens
    Making a real difference in your organization can be a struggle, but there is a way to leverage powerful tools and strategies to drive positive change, while also boosting your own career development. In this episode, I introduce you to Sarah Tilkens, a former biologist turned operational excellence leader, who cracked the code on impactful Continue Reading
    6 May 2024, 5:04 pm
  • 48 minutes 35 seconds
    E111: Apply Lean to Nonprofit Boards with Sally Toister
    Sally worked many years in the hospitality industry applying Lean Six Sigma, and she shares her experiences to improve the guest experience. She also shares an example of a project that determined the optimal reward points to get customers to agree to reduced or no housekeeping, which was good for the environment, resulting in less Continue Reading
    8 April 2024, 7:42 pm
  • 27 minutes 41 seconds
    E110: Lean for Community Projects with Lean Portland – Lean Global Connection 2023
    In this podcast, I share the presentation given by my peers who helped us create the Lean Portland group back in 2015. They gave this presentation at the Lean Global Connection on November 30, 2023. It is a free annual online event put on by the Lean Global Network (LGN). The event took place over Continue Reading
    20 February 2024, 4:01 pm
  • 28 minutes 31 seconds
    E109: Applying Lean Tools to Environmental and Social Challenges – Lean Global Connection 2023
    In this podcast, I share the presentation I gave virtually at the Lean Global Connection on December 1, 2023. It is a free annual online event put on by the Lean Global Network (LGN). The event took place over a 24-hour period. All the presentations were recorded, and I encourage you to check out all Continue Reading
    14 February 2024, 5:22 pm
  • 51 minutes 41 seconds
    E108: Interview with Maria Grzanka and Reed Harrison
    In this podcast, I share an interview I had with Reed Harrison, Executive Director of Mind Matters Portland, and Maria Grzanka, a process improvement expert and prolific volunteer in Portland, Oregon. Reed worked in Supply Chain management and Operations with major companies like Adidas and Columbia Sportswear, but ended up as Executive Director at Mind Continue Reading
    21 December 2023, 10:21 pm
  • 59 minutes 52 seconds
    E107: Lean Methods for Sustainable Businesses – ISBF Webinar Series
    In this podcast, I share a presentation that was Part 1 of a 2-part sustainability webinar series sponsored by Iowa Sustainable Business Forum and Iowa Lean Consortium (part of CIRAS). It was geared towards introducing those in sustainability roles to Lean methods, which have become some of the most popular improvement methods used in high-performing Continue Reading
    12 December 2023, 1:07 pm
  • 34 minutes 57 seconds
    E106: Lean and Green Case Study – Prefab Home Manufacturer Saves $300K
    In this podcast, I share a “Lean and Green” case study I supported for a prefab home manufacturer in California in 2020-2021. I was asked to speak to the Industrial and Systems Engineers class by Professor Corey Kiassat at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, CT. He contacted me after my presentation at the Lean Global Connection Continue Reading
    27 November 2023, 8:03 pm
  • 44 minutes 56 seconds
    E105: Improving Government Services to Protect Children and Elections with Kerry L. Bass
    In this podcast, I interview Kerry Lewis Bass, who has many years of experience improving processes in the corporate world and within government agencies. He has recently launched his consulting business to assist leaders in an organization to “develop, and successfully implement, assess and improve operational strategy and initiatives.” We discuss his work in government Continue Reading
    15 September 2023, 10:50 pm
  • 56 minutes 40 seconds
    E104: How Process Improvement Can Help Address Climate Change with David Saunders
    In this episode, I speak with David Saunders, who is a retired Quality consultant and has focused his next career on using improvement tools to reduce the impact of climate change. He is a Certified Climate Change Professional (CC-P) through the Association of Climate Change Officers (ACCO), and volunteers with the Chesapeake Climate Action Network. Continue Reading
    24 August 2023, 2:19 pm
  • 1 hour 7 minutes
    E103: Applying Lean and Social Responsibility within Interface with Billy Ingram
    In this episode, I speak with my good friend Billy Ingram, who is the Director of Lean Product and Process Development at Interface. We discuss his process improvement background prior to Interface, then talk about his current work that is extending the environmental sustainability vision provided by founder Ray Anderson. He has helped developed more Continue Reading
    5 June 2023, 3:22 pm
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