Book Brion Hurley (LSS Master Black Belt) as a Speaker for Your Next Event
Looking for a speaker who can make Lean Six Sigma and continuous improvement feel practical, engaging, and genuinely impactful for your people, your customers, and the planet?
Who is Brion Hurley?
- Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt with 25+ years of industry experience
- Author of the Lean Six Sigma for Good book series
- Host for Lean Six Sigma for Good and Lean Six Sigma Bursts podcasts
- Presenter at multiple conferences and events
Whether you’re planning a corporate meeting, internal conference, association event, or leadership offsite, Brion brings real-world stories, practical tools, and an interactive style that gets people thinking differently about improvement.
Why Invite Brion to Speak?
- Deep Lean Six Sigma expertise – Over two decades of hands-on experience teaching, coaching, and leading projects across industries.
- Triple-bottom-line focus – Brion specializes in applying continuous improvement to social and environmental impact, not just cost savings.
- Relatable, practical style – Content is grounded in real projects, not theory, with examples participants can see themselves using the next day.
- Flexible formats – Keynotes, breakouts, webinars, workshops, Q&A sessions, and expert roundtables tailored to your audience and goals.
- Respect for people – Emphasis on engaging employees, building problem-solving capability, and using data to drive decision making.
Popular Speaking Topics
Topics are always tailored to your event theme, industry, and audience level. Examples include:
- Best Practices from Lean Six Sigma Deployment
What works best for companies and organizations going through a continuous improvement journey. - Lean Six Sigma for Good: Using Improvement to Solve Social and Environmental Problems
Stories and lessons learned from applying Lean Six Sigma to nonprofits, social enterprises, and community challenges. - Successful Green and Black Belt Programs That Pay For Themselves
Why so many organizations stall out after training and practical ways to complete projects, measure business impacts and ensure leadership support to obtain bottom-line results with ROI better than 2:1. - Demystifying Data & Statistics for Everyday Problem Solvers
Simple ways to use data, charts, and basic stats (including nonparametrics) to make better decisions—without needing to be a statistician. - Why Statistics Are Essential for Process Improvement
Why statistical techniques are needed to separate random chance from tangible improvements in any organization to ensure true improvements. - Lean, Sustainability, and the Environment
Using Lean thinking to reduce water, energy, materials, and waste while improving performance and compliance.
Custom topics and multi-session series are available on request. Check out our online courses for additional ideas.
Speaking Formats
Brion can support a variety of formats:
- Keynote or featured session (45–60 minutes)
- Conference breakout session or track headliner
- Virtual webinar or lunch-and-learn
- Half-day or full-day workshop
- Executive / leadership roundtable or Q&A
- Panel discussions and fireside chats
Speaking Fees & Packages
All sessions include a brief planning call, customized content, and a follow-up resource list for participants.
Virtual Events
- Virtual Keynote or Webinar (up to 60 minutes)
- Includes talk plus short Q&A
- Investment: $500
- Virtual Keynote + Extended Q&A / Group Discussion (up to 2 hours total)
- Deeper interaction and facilitated discussion
- Investment: $750
In-Person Events (North America)
- On-Site Keynote or Breakout (up to 60 minutes)
- Includes prep and up to 2 hours on site around the session
- Investment: $750 + travel expenses
- Full-Day On-Site Engagement
Ideal when you want Brion to:- Deliver a keynote or plenary session
- Facilitate one or more breakouts or workshops
- Join panel discussions
- Spend time informally with participants and leaders throughout the event
- Make himself available for coaching/mentoring
- Investment: $1,200 + travel expenses
Travel expenses (for in-person events) are billed at cost and typically include coach airfare or mileage, hotel, ground transportation, and reasonable meals. If your organization has specific travel policies, Brion is happy to work within those guidelines.
Discounts for Nonprofits and Mission-Driven Organizations
Because of Brion’s long-standing commitment to sustainability and support of nonprofits, public sector, and social / environmental impact work, discounted rates are available for qualifying organizations and events. Please mention your mission and budget constraints in your inquiry.
What You Get When You Book Brion
Every speaking engagement includes:
- A pre-event planning call to understand your audience, goals, and current challenges
- Customized content aligned with your industry, examples, and language
- Permission for internal recording (with prior agreement) for later staff viewing and sharing with my network
- A resource page or handout with key concepts, links, and next-step ideas
- Optional add-on: short pre-event promotional interview and post-event virtual Q&A or office hours for your team
How to Book Brion
You can adapt this to your actual contact methods (form, email, calendar link, etc.):
- Check availability on Brion’s calendar for event dates (make sure he is available)
- Align on format and outcomes
Book a 30 minute meeting on Brion’s calendar to discuss event date(s), location or platform, audience size, and preferred topic. - Confirm details & agreement
Once we agree on scope, fees, and logistics, you’ll receive a simple agreement and invoice to confirm the booking. - Collaborate on customization
You’ll share background materials, agendas, and any internal context so the session feels like it was built just for your organization. - Deliver an engaging, practical session
Brion will work with your team to make sure the technology, room, virtual space, and flow are ready and then deliver a high-energy, motivational and practical session your participants will enjoy!
Questions? Contact Brion to learn more
