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Education Does Not Mean Production

Lots of people have been educated in Lean Six Sigma, but some can’t use the methods and tools to solve problems. Here’s why:



“You know, I worked at Bell Laboratories in the mid-70s, and I was the little representative from one of the Bell operating companies: U.S West. It was Mountain Bell at that time, I guess… That’s true!

“Anyway, I was out there and boy, I’ll tell you: we had people with master’s degrees and PhD degrees. One of the things that I discovered when I was there is that education does not mean production. Right? There were people that were very educated and were very good at school but couldn’t find a way to write a line of code that worked with all the with all the help in the world.

Posted by Jay Arthur in Improvement Insights.