Water – Lean Six Sigma and the Environment

Water – Lean Six Sigma and the Environment

By Brion Hurley: Lean Six Sigma for GoodBusinessEducationSelf-ImprovementManagementNon-Profit
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Water – Lean Six Sigma and the Environment episodes

  • E135: Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasures with Travis Keener
    In this episode, I share an interview with Travis Keener (the “Spill Plan Man”) from November 2025. He is a licensed engineer specializing in spill prevention, control, and countermeasures (SPCC) for industrial facilities. He explains that federal EPA regulations require sites storing over 1,320 gallons of oil-based liquids to maintain rigorous spill plans and secondary containment systems, such as earthen berms or
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    37 min
  • E120: Tackling Green with Lean – Lean Global Connection 2024
    In this episode, I share a presentation that the Lean Sustainability Global Network (an unofficial team that I’m involved with) gave at the Lean Global Connection virtual conference in Nov 2024. We share how Lean principles can be applied to tackle pressing environmental challenges and improve processes. For example, Lean and Green expands the traditional
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    25 min
  • E119: Applying Lean within Municipal Electric and Water Utilities – Interview with Jennifer Peterson
    In this episode, we interview Jennifer Peterson, the manager of Continuous Improvement at Muscatine Power and Water (MPW) in Muscatine, Iowa. She discusses how she got into continuous improvement (CI) and the impact it has had on MPW employees and customers. She highlights the importance of: Jennifer also shares several examples of successful CI projects
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    49 min
  • 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
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    49 min
  • 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
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    1 hr 8 min
  • E102: How Massport uses Lean to Achieve Sustainable Airport Operations
    In this podcast, I share a webinar held with Dr. Luciana Bardi and Darcy DeGeorge from the Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport). MassPort is a state authority responsible for three airports including Logan International Airport, four maritime facilities as well as real estate in Boston. They give an overview of Massport along with the lean engineering
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    59 min
  • E093: Lean and Green Project to Reduce Wastewater in State of Washington
    In today’s episode, I share a presentation from the IISE Seattle conference on May 23, 2022. Joshua Fowler from Romac Industries starts off the presentation by giving some background on the project that I was involved with as the lean consultant, and Michael Johnson from Lean Environment Inc. discusses the technical solutions applied to reduce
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    22 min
  • E089: 2021 Lean Six Sigma for Good – Year in Review
    Today I recapped the last year, and give some insights into my plans for 2022. It’s a shorter episode than usual, so hopefully you have time to listen to it during the holidays. I recap the past podcast episodes that I released, along with ones I was interviewed on. I also discuss the LeanSixSigmaForGood.com and
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    21 min

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