4/23/19 Agile Lean Six Sigma Webinar
Almost 50 people signed up for this webinar to hear Jay Arthur’s take on the 20th century origins of Lean and Six Sigma, and where he feels it’s headed in the 21st century.
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Process Before Projects
You’ve heard the phrase “Cart before the horse?” Well One Agile company learned a similar phrase during their implementation. Save yourself a lot of time and effort by learning this simple phrase.
3/11/19 QI Macros Webinar
Almost 60 people signed up for this webinar, with Jay Arthur demonstrating how to use some of the useful features of QI Macros, as well as some of the new features introduced in recent versions of the software.
Some attendees were familiar with the software and already use it, some had only begun to use it; all were interested in learning new ways that QI Macros can help them with their Agile Lean Six Sigma and Quality Improvement efforts. (You can hear him answering questions and comments typed in by webinar attendees.)
Living Exponentially
The job description of the future doesn’t involve manual labor or basic thinking skills. The future will challenge all of us. Here’s why.
The Elephant in the Room
At the 2019 ASQ Lean Six Sigma Conference in Phoenix, a number of Black Belts from major companies told me about the Elephant in the Room that they were afraid to discuss with management even though it was harming their Lean Six Sigma effort.
This isn’t the first time I’ve heard this story in companies ranging from manufacturing to healthcare.
Watch now to find out what it was.
Accelerating Lean Six Sigma Exponentially
At the ASQ Lean Six Sigma Conference in Phoenix, they said that the world is accelerating exponentially. Is Lean Six Sigma accelerating exponentially? If we use Agile methods to accelerate Lean Six Sigma, we can move Lean Six Sigma into the 21st century.
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2/13/19 QI Macros Webinar
Almost 80 people signed up for this webinar, with Jay Arthur demonstrating how to use some of the useful features of QI Macros, as well as some of the new features introduced in recent versions of the software.
Some attendees were familiar with the software and already use it, some had only begun to use it; all were interested in learning new ways that QI Macros can help them with their Agile Lean Six Sigma and Quality Improvement efforts. (You can hear him answering questions and comments typed in by webinar attendees.)
Have You Ever Read Most of a Book Only to Discover…
…that you are missing 32 pages? Here’s a photo of my copy of David Baldacci’s novel, Long Road to Mercy:
Missing 32 pages
Started reading the page only to find a character that couldn’t be at the bottom of the Grand Canyon at this point in the book. Just when it starts building up to a resolution, I’m sent backward in time.
This is not my idea of hassle-free.
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Trendlines Are Rarely Improvements
At the 2018 Magnet Nursing conference in Denver, I saw many improvement posters using line or bar charts with an added trend line to show improvement. Unfortunately, few of the trends were valid. Here’s why:
Don’t Cook A Meal If You’re Not Going to Do the Dishes
Many improvement teams fail to go the extra mile to lock in their improvements. Here’s why and what to do about it:
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