Is QI Macros® Competing with Minitab®?
Maybe on one level or another, but we’re both competing with the 1,000 pound gorilla in the room. You probably know who it is, but here’s my take on it.
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Confirmation Bias In Lean Six Sigma Implementation
Are we in the quality community letting our past dictate our future? Is our bias stopping us from seeing the possibilities?
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ASQ World 2018 – Team Case Studies
Here’s a Pareto chart of case studies by country at ASQ World 2018. Notice any trends?
Shortage of Quality Tools at ASQ
I’m here at ASQ World in Seattle, 2018. As usual, I went through the team presentations to look for quality tool usage. The results are dismal. Mainly line and pie charts.
To paraphrase Steve Jobs, watching people do Six Sigma projects with plain line, bar and pie charts is like watching a man kick a whale across the beach with his bare feet.
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Confirmation Bias in Lean Six Sigma
In Win Bigly, Scott Adams describes confirmation bias as the human tendency to irrationally believe new information that supports your existing world view even when it doesn’t. Leaders, managers and team members all think they know the solution to a given problem, even when they don’t. Here’s how confirmation bias can screw up your improvement project.
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Fear of Ridicule and What to Do About It
I’ve noticed a disturbing trend. Customers call us wanting to know all of the background about the hows, whys and formulas of a chart. I think they are afraid someone will challenge or ridicule their analysis. Here’s what I think.
Earth Day and Lean Six Sigma
A typical company suffers from 33% waste and rework.
Eliminate the waste and rework with Lean Six Sigma and it will be great for the Earth.
Quality Tools – Skill Shortage
Based on certification exams, some ASQ Division members lack skills in Quality Tools. If ASQ members are lacking skills with quality tools, how much can we expect of everyone else?
How Often Should You Take Measurements for Control Charts?
I keep seeing a lot of control charts that use quarterly data. That means it could take five years to get 20 data points for a control chart.
How often should you measure?
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Lean Six Sigma – April Fools!
Does Lean Six Sigma seem like an April Fool’s joke?
Why doesn’t it seem to work sometimes?
