Welcome to the Just-In-Time Cafe Podcast – GoLeanSixSigma.com’s official podcast! Every month, join our hosts and experts, Tracy O’Rourke and Elisabeth Swan, as they chat with you over coffee and share the latest Lean Six Sigma news, application tips, interviews with thought leaders and success stories from professionals like you!
This month, we're going to discuss an app that makes the case for being "lucid." On the Bulletin Board, we'll find out why the University of California at San Diego is putting Lean Six Sigma into hot tubs and we'll cover a story about what hospitals can learn from The…
This month, it's all happening at the zoo. We'll be interviewing Jeff Foster of the San Diego Zoo to find out how rhinos deal with process improvement. For today's appetizer we'll review an app that is bad grammar's antidote to the "To Do" list. For our Bulletin Board we'll discuss…
This month, Tracy will be interviewing Jay McNally of Seattle Children's Hospital where we'll hear all about their famous Lean Tours. Today's appetizer is a powerful app that everyone has and most people under-use. During the Bulletin Board segment we'll discover how the El Paso Fire Department saved taxpayers millions…
This month, we'll be interviewing Dodd Starbird whose new book, The Joy of Lean, gives us new recipes for happiness and workplace efficiency. For today's appetizer we're going to find out what tomatoes have to do with productivity. We'll discuss how Lean can go "Meta" with cleaning services and we'll…
This month, direct from the home of the Grand Canyon, we'll be interviewing Richard Baron whose new book, Streamline, uses fiction to get to the facts. For today's appetizer we're going "old school" to show you how seeing spots is a good thing. We'll find out how students at the…
This month we invite featured British UX Strategist Holly North to the Cafe to find out why an expert at designing user experience finds so much joy in problem solving. We'll review an app that can make your Process Walks come alive. We'll find out how our very own Tracy O'Rourke became…
This month at the cafe, we're going be talking about a tool we use every day, but completely miss its role in Process Walks. We'll find out what paving city roads and fixing Apache helicopter gun turrets have in common. We'll discuss one of the books that bridged the gap…
This month we’ll visit with visit with the DiFrisco Family who successfully launched the Hell n' Blazes Brewing Company with process improvement principles and a tap room for doggies. We'll bring you an app that let's you pull all your social media into one place while remaining a slacker. In…
This month we'll visit with visit with Jerry Wright, the president and chair of the Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME). We'll tell you about an app that let's you build shareable checklists. In the news we'll hear about a prize-winning County in Washington State and how the Electric Power Sector…
This month we'll spend time with Carla O'Dell, the CEO of the American Productivity and Quality Center as she and one of their Education Consultants gives us the inside scoop on how Lean Six Sigma is helping to give our children a better education. We'll tell you about an app…