At the 2023 Lean Global Connection virtual conference held in late November, Maria Grzanka, Dominic Stokes and Matt Horvat share their experiences setting up and participating within Lean Portland. They discuss project examples of teaching Lean to nonprofits in the Portland area, and what they learned and benefitted from those experiences. There is…

When using Statistical Process Control (SPC) charts to monitor your process, you are comparing your current data to historical data to determine if the process is similar or different. The basis for this decision lies in the Western Electric Rules (now called Nelson Rules) for detecting out of control conditions. For example, if you detect 6 consec…

750 The Game's Steven Vaughan interviews reigning Grand Prix of Portland champion Scott McLaughlin ahead of the 2023 IndyCar Grand Prix of Portland from Sept. 1st-3rd at Portland International Raceway.By Judah Newby

After making improvements to your processes, a best practice is to calculate the benefits to the organization. Calculating financial benefits is an important part of building momentum for improvement with upper management. However, this can be confusing for those not familiar with financial data, and is not done very often in organizations. Brion H…

750 The Game's Judah Newby, Adam Susman and Peter Sampson bring you a special Selection Sunday show presented by Chinook Winds Casino Resort in Lincoln City, where sports wagering is better at the beach. The guys preview the bracket, then unveil the full field of 68, and react to the matchups, possible upsets, the teams coming to play in Portland, …

Join us for a share out from our volunteer consultants about what we've learned over the past 10 years. * listening to voices of our nonprofit partners (customers) * unexpected benefits of helping others * building community through building relationships * turning the continuous improvement lens on ourselves AGENDA: * Improvements within Lean Port…

Case Study with Stephanie Hill: Prysm Piercing Shop As a member and volunteer for the Association of Professional Piercers (APP) and having a partner who owns a body piercing studio, Stephanie Hill had the rare opportunity to share a Lean case study with a room of 200 international body piercers at an annual APP conference. Modified for the Lean Po…

At our April 6th Happy Hour, we are delighted to feature long-time member of Lean Portland, Sheilah "Paddy" O'Brien, who 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 Cos…

Ernest Mayer is a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Project Manager at Providence Health & Services in Portland, Oregon. He explains the Daily Management System (DMS) he has helped developed with local nonprofits, and how that transitioned into a rollout across Providence. He explains that DMS is more than a set of tools and metrics, it requires a culture …

Creating flow is one of the principles of Lean Thinking. At first, we apply this principle to process work flows. What might we learn if we applied this to intrapersonal flow? How might we improve quality and reduce waste as we move throughout the day? Lori Jorgenson is a vitality coach with the Taylor Group in Portland, OR. With her background as …

Aired Sat. 4/24/21 on 750 The Game (11a-12p)Judah Newby & Zack Schlegel preview the upcoming NFL Draft, discuss the best landing spot for Penei Sewell, the their favorite player-team value props. Listen to Bet The Game every Saturday from 11am-12pm on 750 The Game.By Judah Newby

John Ashcraft joins our monthly Happy Hour to discuss the Lean journey he has helped lead at Free Geek (along with Amber Schmidt and the leadership team), with the help from Lean Portland. Their journey started in 2017, and at the end of 2020, they have almost tripled their output of refurbished laptops. You can watch a video of our talk at https:/…

At our December Happy Hour, Sam Pardue, founder of Indow in Portland, shares his work history and how he quickly transitioned his company during the pandemic using Lean methodology, called Clean Practice. Watch the full video at https://leanportland.com/local_events/clean-practice-uses-lean-to-protect-workers-during-pandemic/ Learn more about Lean …

Judah's Football Show welcomes former Beavers running back great Yvenson Bernard to take a victory lap for Beaver Nation following their 41-38 upset win over No.15 Oregon at Reser Stadium to discuss what the win means for the fan base and program.By Judah Newby

Judah's Football Show welcomes Tyson Alger of The Athletic to the program, reacting to No.15 Oregon's surprising upset loss to rival Oregon State at Reser Stadium. Judah and Tyson talk about the Ducks struggling run defense, watching the game through the fog, and how Oregon will have to respond from the loss for upcoming games with Cal and Washingt…

Judah Newby reacts to Oregon State's massive 41-38 upset of No.15 Oregon in the 124th playing of the rivalry formerly known as the Civil War. Tyson Alger of The Athletic and former Beavs great Yvenson Bernard join the show.By Judah Newby

Founders of the Lean Portland volunteer group talk with practitioners from Charlotte and Jacksonville to provide history of the group and recommendations for setting up their own volunteer group. Watch the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpnbZ5BBZ3c Learn more about Lean Portland at https://leanportland.com/…

Our guest for the September 2020 Happy Hour was Norman Bodek, the "Godfather of Lean" He had left the Portland area recently, and moved to Japan (was quarantined at a hotel in Tokyo at the time). You can watch this talk with the slides and video on YouTube Thanks to Maria Grzanka for facilitating and setting up the event! Learn more about Lean Port…

It's the debut of Judah's Football Show, Saturdays 9a-11a on 750 AM The GAME. Judah examines the viability of the Pac-12 Conference trying to start by October 31st, the risks and rewards of being eligible for the College Football Playoff, and why there is some concern for the Seahawks hosting the Patriots in Week Two of Sunday Night Football. Judah…

We are so excited to continue our Happy Hour series in the virtual world. One of the benefits of this space is that we can invite people from outside our local area. Hear how these three organizations are "helping people make work better." * Tracy Defoe, Cascadia Kata Dojo, Vancouver BC * Brittany Garza, Lean Pop-Up, Salt Lake City, UT * Brion Hurl…

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Judah & Zack give their leans on the lines for college football's Conference Championship week, plus their 3 NFL Best Bets for Week 14!By Judah Newby

Judah & Zack preview the 123rd Civil War game between the Oregon State Beavers and Oregon Ducks, give their lean on the betting line, and discuss the rest of the big college football action on rivalry week, plus the NFL Thanksgiving week games of choice.By Judah Newby

Judah & Zack preview and make plays on the big college games this weekend, including Oregon @ Arizona State, Oregon State @ Washington State, Penn State @ Ohio State, and more, plus their three best bets for Week 12 in the NFL season.By Judah Newby

Judah & Zack discuss the latest College Football Playoff rankings, comparing the Oregon Ducks to the Alabama Crimson Tide and Georgia Bulldogs, plus give their betting leans for Oregon-Arizona, Oregon State-ASU, the Top-25 and their three best bets for the NFL weekend.By Judah Newby

"Bet The Game" is back and co-hosts Judah Newby & Zack Schlegel break down the betting angles of Oregon State-Washington on Friday night, plus Penn State-Minnesota and LSU-Alabama, and they offer their three best bets for Week 10 of the NFL.By Judah Newby

Bet The Game hosts Judah Newby & Zack Schlegel preview the big Oregon Ducks @ USC Trojans showdown in LA, plus Oregon State @ Arizona, Georgia vs Florida and other College Football lines in Week 10, plus six more NFL Best Bets for Week Nine.By Judah Newby

Judah & Zack are back and ready for another big weekend of football betting, previewing Oregon -14 vs Washington State, some key top-25 matchups, and they give their best bets for Week 8 of the NFL.By Judah Newby

"Bet The Game" hosts Judah Newby & Zack Schlegel preview the betting action in college football week eight and week seven of the NFL including Oregon @ Washington, Arizona State @ Utah, Michigan @ Penn State, and more.By Judah Newby

Bet The Game co-hosts Judah Newby & Zack Schlegel preview the betting action in the Pac-12 and Top-25 for the week in college football and give their three best bets for Week Six in the NFL.By Judah Newby

"Bet The Game" hosts Judah Newby & Zack Schlegel preview Oregon vs Cal, Oregon State @ UCLA, Seahawks-Rams, and much more in Episode Two of Bet The Game!By Judah Newby

Since it's inception in 2005, and According to the Consortium for Energy Efficiency, Strategic Energy Management (SEM) takes a "holistic approach to managing energy use in order to continuously improve energy performance, by achieving persistent energy and cost savings over the long term. It focuses on business practice change from senior managemen…

Lean Portland was asked to present on Continuous Improvement Resources at the Master Brewers Association of America (MBAA) District Northwest Spring Meeting 2019 In the presentation, we talked about Lean concepts, 8 wastes, played the Toyota and Food Bank video, shared benefits and key points of Lean, some examples we've helped with other nonprofit…

Here is a webinar that Brion Hurley held with the IISE organization that discusses the work done with Lean Portland and other IISE chapters who are trying to teach Lean and Six Sigma to nonprofit organizations Read the transcript, download the slides and get links discussed in the presentation at: http://leansixsigmaenvironment.org/index.php/ec-046…

Are you interested in developing a plan to test out your social entrepreneurship, nonprofit or mission-driven business ideas? Don't waste valuable time, resources or money pursuing your ideas, if you find that it doesn't work for the people you are trying to serve. The Lean Startup methodology (based on Lean Manufacturing principles) seeks to elimi…

Matt Horvat and Brion Hurley, along with Kelly Stevens from The Rebuilding Center, were asked to give a webinar to the Building Material Reuse Association (BMRA) members about Lean principles and our experiences working with reuse nonprofit organizations. Slides can be downloaded as a PDF here Links BMRA The Rebuilding Center Lean Portland Read the…

Ducks legend and former NFL running back LaMichael James joins Judah Newby LIVE from James' new Killer Burger location in Cedar Hills to talk about his career at Oregon and in the NFL and to preview Super Bowl 53 between the Rams and Patriots.By Judah Newby

Is 'certification' right for me? Whether you're talking about Lean, Six Sigma, Lean Sigma, PMI, APICS, Prosci or countless other certification programs, how do you decide which one is right for you or whether you need it at all? Nicole Sisco from PSU Center for Executive and Professional Education will be on hand to talk about CEPE's certificate pr…

Former Portland State quarterback Chris Crawford called in to Countdown to Kickoff with fellow PSU Hall of Famer Neil Lomax and Judah Newby on 102.9/750 The Game back on September 15th, 2018. Crawford was live on the sideline at Stanford Stadium watching his son, Carson, play for UC-Davis as they faced the Cardinal.Chris Crawford passed away on Sat…

About the presentation Left brain thinking. Right brain thinking. How do our brain functions impact our Lean practices? Continuous improvement implies continuous change. How do our ingrained habits influence our actions? There is an increasing awareness and incorporation of psychology and neuroscience in business and leadership reading; how and whi…

The Seahawks have much to accomplish this off-season. Judah & Brian discuss the top contract priorities to resolve, as well as Russell Wilson being named to the Pro Bowl, and pick the Divisional Round games this weekend.By Judah Newby

Judah & Brian discuss Seattle's 24-22 loss to the Cowboys in the NFC Wild Card, ending the Seahawks season.By Judah Newby

Judah & Brian preview the matchups on the field between the Seahawks and Cowboys in the NFC Wild Card game in Dallas, plus make picks for all the Wild Card games this weekend.By Judah Newby