by Brion Hurley | Jan 8, 2021 | Local Events, News
At our first Happy Hour of 2021, we are joined by John Ashcraft, who has been our focal point and best advocate for Lean at Free Geek. He shares the journey we’ve gone through over the past 4 years, and how they’ve applied Lean principles and concepts to...
by Brion Hurley | Dec 22, 2020 | Local Events, News
Sam Pardue shares his work background, and how we leveraged Lean practices at his company (Indow) to reduce risks of COVID transmission, called Clean Practice. Watch the video from our December 2020 Happy...
by Brion Hurley | Oct 6, 2020 | Local Events, News
Norman Bodek recently released a new book, “The Leader’s Guide for Social Responsibility” During our September 2020 Happy Hour event, he discusses the Gold Vision method and how to set very high goals, such as how to: Be very successful in life...
by Brion Hurley | Jun 17, 2020 | Local Events, News
by Brion Hurley The Oregon City Farmers Market had faced many challenges this year, trying to figure out how to offer their year-round market during a pandemic. As one of the first farmers markets to open up in Oregon, the leadership team quickly came up with a...
by Brion Hurley | Dec 16, 2018 | Local Events
Several volunteers from Lean Portland and a few nonprofit partners took a tour on November 21st, 2018 to learn how the Vancouver Clinic (VC) performs their daily management system for escalating problems. Tour attendees were John Ashcraft (Free Geek), Drew...
by Matt Horvat | Sep 18, 2018 | Local Events
By Bret Matthews Lean Portland members Ernest Mayer and Maria Grzanka co-presented the keynote at the Oregon Department of Human Services Annual Lean Academy Conference on August 14, 2018. The presentation was titled “Understanding Culture for Continuous...
