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What’s the main bottleneck to Six Sigma? I think the answer will surprise you:
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“Hi, I’m Jay Arthur, author of “Lean Six Sigma Demystified” and QI Macros [software].
“It’s January 2, 2026. And I don’t know about you, but Six Sigma is still moving way too slow. One of the things I thought about was, “Maybe you can use the theory of constraints to talk about why that is and what we can do about it.” I’ve been doing this for 35 years now, and I keep wondering why isn’t anything any better?
Continue Reading "Accelerate Six Sigma using Theory of Constraints"
Posted by Jay Arthur in Improvement Insights.
Do complex things seem smarter or just unnecessarily complicated?
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“Hi, I’m Jay Arthur, author of “Lean Six Sigma for Hospitals” and QI Macros [software].
“Does it seem like we think complex things, complex writing, complex ideas are smarter? Or are they just incomprehensible? And isn’t that just dumb? What if we could simplify how we think about things?
“That’s what I’ve attempted to do with Agile Process Innovation is make improvement more accessible to the average Joe or Susie. You know, people have taken my Yellow Belt training and gone out and saved millions of dollars… millions of dollars.
Continue Reading "Do Complex Things Seem Smarter?"
Posted by Jay Arthur in Improvement Insights, Jay Arthur Blog.
Ever tried to take your pants off while wearing socks? Friction makes it difficult. How can you remove the friction?
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“Hi, I’m Jay Arthur, author of “Lean Six Sigma Demystified” and QI Macros [software].
“Have you ever tried to take your pants off, but while you still have your socks on? Seems like the friction between the sock and the pant makes it more difficult to take them off. But if you take off your socks first, then your pants will slide right over the smoothness of your skin and your ankle.
Continue Reading "Remove the Friction from Your Life and Work"
Posted by Jay Arthur in Improvement Insights.
Register for the upcoming FREE QI Macros Live Webinar, happening Thursday, January 22nd, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. MST.
Learn more about it in the video below, and register at THIS link.
What: FREE QI Macros – Lean Six Sigma SPC Software for Excel Webinar.
When: Thursday, January 22nd, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. MST.
Where: Join online from wherever you are.
How: Register for the webinar HERE.
Continue Reading "*Next Free QI Macros Live Webinar: Thursday, January 22nd, 2026"
Posted by Jay Arthur in Data Mining, Excel, QI Macros, Webinar.
Over 50 people signed up for this webinar, with Jay Arthur demonstrating some of the software’s most frequently used tools and answering questions asked by attendees.
If you saw a feature demonstrated in the webinar that might have been added to QI Macros after the version you’re using (for instance, the Improvement Project Wizard or the automated Process Change Wizard), you may need to purchase an upgrade to bring your QI Macros to the current version.
Send an email to support@qimacros.com and we can help, for instance in generating a quote to upgrade all the users at your organization or just guiding you through the purchasing process.
Continue Reading "*Latest webinar: 12/18/25 QI Macros webinar"
Posted by Jay Arthur in Data Mining, Excel, QI Macros, Webinar.
Tuesday, January 20th, 2026
Just as there is no one-size-fits-all treatment for each patient’s illness, there is no one-size-fits-all treatment for the issues that each hospital faces. Diagnosis and treatment must be done hospital-by-hospital, and the most effective diagnoses are made by first running tests and trusting what the data is telling you. Once you understand the 4-50 rule and its implications, you’ll see how easy this process will be.
Join me, Jay Arthur, author of Lean Six Sigma for Hospitals, to learn how to use healthcare data to save time, save money, and (most importantly) save lives.
What: FREE Healthcare Data Analytics Webinar.
Continue Reading "*Next Free Healthcare Data Analytics Live Webinar:"
Posted by Jay Arthur in Agile Lean Six Sigma, Data Mining, Healthcare, Lean, QI Macros, Six Sigma, Webinar.
Over 100 people signed up for this webinar, with Jay Arthur demonstrating how to implement Healthcare Data Analytics to save time, save money, and (most importantly) save lives.
Books that Jay may have mentioned in the video:
You can view a short two-page illustrated guide to the Zero Harm – Trillion Dollar Prescription by clicking HERE.
Continue Reading "12/16/25 Healthcare Data Analytics Webinar"
Posted by Jay Arthur in Agile Lean Six Sigma, Data Mining, Excel, Healthcare, Lean, QI Macros, Six Sigma, Webinar.
Did you know you can draw fishbone diagrams, flowcharts, value stream maps and more without Visio? You can do all that and more right within Excel, and those can be viewed by others who don’t have Visio. Here’s how:
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“Hi, I’m Jay Arthur, author of “Lean Six Sigma Demystified” and QI Macros [software].
“I was at the Colorado Lean Network Conference and I was demoing how you can do Value Stream Maps and other things right in Microsoft Excel. The guy looking at it said, “I… I don’t have to use Vizio anymore?”
Continue Reading "Use Excel for Flowcharts and Value Stream Maps Not Visio"
Posted by Jay Arthur in Improvement Insights, Jay Arthur Blog.
Ever wondered if there might be a better way to start a Lean Six Sigma initiative? There is. Here’s Why:
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“Hi, I’m Jay Arthur, author of “Lean Six Sigma Demystified” and QI Macros [software].
“Back in 2011, Eric Ries launched a book called “The Lean Startup” which was about how to start a startup business, basically. There were some rules behind it, but one of his rules was to have a “Minimum Viable Product”… Minimum Viable Product. Now, in 1997 when I launched QI Macros, it was a Minimum Viable Product but now it’s grown into all kinds of things.
Continue Reading "Lean Six Sigma Startup"
Posted by Jay Arthur in Improvement Insights.
Over half the population hates math and statistics. How do we help them embrace the tools of quality?
Download my free ebook, Agile Process Innovation – Hacking Lean Six Sigma for Results.
“Hi, I’m Jay Arthur, author of “Lean Six Sigma Demystified” and QI Macros [software].
“Do you love math and statistics? Maybe not. Half the population does not like math and statistics. That’s one of the reasons I created QI Macros: to automate all that math and statistics so they don’t need to know that. They just get charts or graphs or analysis, right? I don’t want people frustrated by math and statistics.
Continue Reading "Do You Hate Math and Statistics?"
Posted by Jay Arthur in Improvement Insights.
