{"id":5575,"date":"2022-02-15T01:00:41","date_gmt":"2022-02-15T08:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qimacros.com\/lean-six-sigma-blog\/?p=5575"},"modified":"2022-02-14T13:26:47","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T20:26:47","slug":"stomp-out-fires-when-you-see-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qimacros.com\/lean-six-sigma-blog\/stomp-out-fires-when-you-see-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Stomp Out Fires When You See Them"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>Ever seen a puff of smoke rising from some debris? What did you do about it? The same is true in businesses; a small error in production can be put out quickly at the beginning. Become a volunteer firefighter in your company. Here&#8217;s how:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/673676236?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>&#8220;Hi, I&#8217;m Jay Arthur, author of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Lean-Six-Sigma-Demystified-Second\/dp\/0071749098\/\">Lean Six Sigma Demystified<\/a>\u201d and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qimacros.com\/demo\/\">QI Macros [software]<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<p>&#8220;A few years back I was at the <a href=\"https:\/\/my.asq.org\/communities\/home\/173\">American Society for Quality Audit Conference<\/a> down in Memphis, Tennessee. We were staying at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peabodymemphis.com\/peabody-ducks\">Peabody Hotel where they have the famous duck walk at night<\/a>, where the ducks come out and get into the pond. It&#8217;s a tradition, right? But we had some time the next day before the conference started and my wife and I walked up to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sunstudio.com\/\">Sun Records<\/a>, which is where Elvis got his start&#8230; I mean, all kinds of artists have recorded in this studio.<\/p>\r\n<p>&#8220;We walked on up there (it was about a mile away) and then we were walking back and I noticed that there was a tree with a planter that had some mulch around it and there was smoke coming out of the mulch. Well, that looks like fire, right? So I walked over and kicked the mulch out of the way and stomped out the fire and made sure it was out. Then I was starting to walk back down, and the fire engines started coming up. The fire guys were looking around I pointed them over. I said, \u201cThere was smoke coming out of this this well here, but I stomped on it.\u201d If that had gone up, it could have gotten the tree and taken down the building next to it. <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/2d-NnuM2vFQ\">In Boulder we just had a thousand homes [destroyed] by a fire.<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>&#8220;So if you see a fire, go step on it when it&#8217;s small, right? This is not hard, but I think every day in our lives and our work lives we see a little fire and we [think], \u201cOh, we ought to put that out,\u201d and then think, \u201cWell, it&#8217;s somebody else&#8217;s job.\u201d No! Go step on the fire! We do not need the fire truck, we do not need a whole bunch of stuff; think about it.<\/p>\r\n<p>&#8220;So that&#8217;s my Improvement Insight: If you see something burning, go put it out\u2026 especially if it&#8217;s not supposed to be on fire. Let&#8217;s create a hassle-free America; hassle free healthcare. 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