Lean Portland Unconference – Dec 7th 2021

Lean Portland Unconference – Dec 7th 2021

We are excited to announce that we are hosting our 3rd unconference! The goal for this virtual event is to bring together like-minded people interested in helping nonprofits, NGOs, government agencies and public sector organizations apply Lean and other process...
Tribute to Norman Bodek

Tribute to Norman Bodek

We are saddened to hear of the news about the death of Norman Bodek, known as the “Godfather of Lean.” Norman had an amazing influence on the process improvement community, translating and publishing many of the Japanese improvement books into English. You...
Lean Portland History and Setting Up New Cities

Lean Portland History and Setting Up New Cities

Founders of the Lean Portland volunteer group talk with practitioners from Charlotte (NC) and Jacksonville (FL) to provide a brief history of our group, along with recommendations for how they could set up their own volunteer group where they live. You can also listen...

April Happy Hour with Amy Powell (Video and Podcast)

Our guest presenter during our first Zoom Happy Hour on April 7th was Amy Powell, a Certified Culture Transformation Practitioner with the Barrett Values Centre. She showed us how to measure the 7 Levels of culture, and guided us through an exercise to measure culture...