E10 – FranklinPodcast.com – The Big East Fork Retreat Near Leiper’s Fork

Jan 20, 2018 | Posted by craigastevens@westbrookstevens.com | BrentwoodPodcast, FranklinPodcast, Middle Tennessee, Nashville Tennessee, Williamson County |

Welcome to the Franklin Podcast at www.FranklinPodcast.com
Hosted by Craig A. Stevens

For the Audio of this episode go to – http://www.podcasts.com/brentwoodpodcast.com-28f2a7427/episode/E10-FranklinPodcast.com-The-Big-East-Fork-Retreat-Near-Leipers-Fork-05a2

Our goal is to help you build a sense of community in the Franklin area by bringing to you interesting people, stories, businesses, places, and things from Franklin Tennessee and the Middle Tennessee Area. Let’s build community and relationships where you can share your ideas and learn from others.

Franklin and Brentwood Tennessee are sister communities, back-to-back just south of Nashville. We will post our first few episodes of the BrentwoodPodcast.com and the FranklinPodcast.com together. Later they will develop their own identity.

During our first podcast we talked about a list for building community. This podcast will focus on a couple items on this list (Know you neighbors, buy from local merchants, and learn new things and then share what you know.) Thank you for joining us as we are continue to evolve our format.

During this Episode, Craig introduces us to the Big East Fork Retreat and its founder Dr. Jonathan Oppenheimer.

This is a Video tour of the Big East Fork.

For the Audio of this episode go to – http://www.podcasts.com/brentwoodpodcast.com-28f2a7427/episode/E10-FranklinPodcast.com-The-Big-East-Fork-Retreat-Near-Leipers-Fork-05a2

This podcast is sponsored by:

The Big East Fork Retreat where you can go to experience the natural beauty of middle Tennessee.
- Story from the Tennessean – 1,371 acres of woodlands preserved in Williamson County – https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/williamson/2014/05/05/acres-preserved-williamson-county/8728239/
- YouTube Tour of The Big East Fork with Dr. Jonathan Oppenheimer – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfkBNUjwIUY
- Link to the Big East Fork – http://www.bigeastfork.com/
Westbrook Stevens, LLC (www-e-WBS.com) where we help you implement change and build a culture of continuous improvement.
You can help sponsor these podcast by going www.CraigAStevens.com and buy some of Craig’s Art.
The WBSPodcast.com

Here are some Franklin Tennessee Links/Events:

About craigastevens@westbrookstevens.com

Craig Stevens is supporting UT’s Operational Excellence in Healthcare Program in Nashville Tennessee and hopes to finish his PhD with the UTK Industrial and Systems Engineering Program. He is the founder and president or Westbrook Stevens, LLC (WBS) (www.e-WBS.com) and is a Senior Project Manager in the PMO at Ardent Healthcare. Craig has been a Management, Industrial, and Systems Engineering consultant for over 35 years and is the Author of Geronimo Stone (https://issuu.com/craigastevens/docs/geronimostone); and a well know Visual Artist in oils and acrylics (www.craigastevens.com). He is also a Captain in the U.S. Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol (CAP) as part of the Ground Team and Air Crew Search and Rescue Emergency Services. ......................He was the Manager of the Process Improvement Program for HCA Physician Services, where the Continuous Process Improvement (CPI) Team developed the CPI/Lean/Six Sigma program for about 800 practices. Before HCA, he worked as a consultant for over 100 different organizations in 25 states including (US DOD, US DOE, NASA, Lockheed Martin, Westinghouse, DuPont, etc.). ......................Craig has worked in every layer of an organization and in several industries (Healthcare, Government, Manufacturing, Agriculture, Hospitality, Scientific Research, Energy, Waste Management and Environmental Restoration, Not-For-Profits, and Construction). He was the Chief Engineer and Quality Manager for PRAGMATICS, INC. (8a), Program Manager for Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), and was the Mechanical Engineer SME in solar and electric power, explosives, and general engineering for U.S. doe, Office of Scientific, and Technical Information (OSTI). ......................Craig has taught for several universities and has written many papers on quality, change management, and other management related subjects and has served as adjunct faculty for Vanderbilt University, Belmont University, Trevecca Nazarene University, University of Phoenix, Nashville State Tech, and UT Knoxville as a TA. He was also a trainer/facilitator of Project Management for the American Management Association International (AMAI) and Padgett Thompson. He has taught graduate and undergraduate classes and workshops in Strategic Implementation, Innovation and R&D, Operations Management, Project Management, Change Management, Manufacturing Management, Strategic Management, General Management Principles, Systems Management, Statistics, Customer Service, Engineering Economy, and Human Factors Engineering. ............................Craig has several certifications: • Six Sigma and Lean (Lean Six Sigma) Master Black Belt • PMP • CAP – Mission Observer, Scanner, and Aerial Photograher • General Licenses Amateur Radio (KC4WBS) • SCRUMstudy Agile Master Certified (SAMC™) • SCRUMStudy Certified Trainer (SCT) • Scrum Product Owner Certified (SPOC) • Scrum Master Certified (SMC) • Scrum Developer Certified (SDC) • Scrum Fundamentals Certified (SFC) • SCCS-P - SMstudy Certified Corporate Sales Professional • SCDM-P - SMStudy Certified Digital Marketing Professional • SCMS-P - SMstudy Certified Marketing Strategy Professional

E10 – FranklinPodcast.com – The Big East Fork Retreat Near Leiper’s Fork

E10 – FranklinPodcast.com – The Big East Fork Retreat Near Leiper’s Fork

Welcome to the Franklin Podcast at www.FranklinPodcast.com Hosted by Craig A. Stevens

This podcast is sponsored by:

Here are some Franklin Tennessee Links/Events:

About craigastevens@westbrookstevens.com

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