{"id":5742,"date":"2022-06-07T01:00:07","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T07:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qimacros.com\/lean-six-sigma-blog\/?p=5742"},"modified":"2022-06-14T13:48:18","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T19:48:18","slug":"use-a-scientific-approach-to-making-decisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qimacros.com\/lean-six-sigma-blog\/use-a-scientific-approach-to-making-decisions\/","title":{"rendered":"Use a Scientific Approach To Making Decisions"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>The May-June issue of Harvard Business Review reported that leaders need to take a scientific approach to decision-making. Here&#8217;s how Six Sigma can help:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/704194297?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-Hospitals-Improving\/dp\/1259641082\/\">Lean Six Sigma For Hospitals<\/a>\u201d and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qimacros.com\/demo\/\">QI Macros [software]<\/a>.<\/p> \r\n<p>&#8220;I was looking through the May\/June 2022 issue of Harvard Business Review, and I know this will come as a shock to you, but there&#8217;s a whole article in here about how many leaders overuse gut instinct and that they should use a scientific approach to making decisions. Right? They should learn how to use data and testable hypotheses to come up with solutions. <\/p>\r\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m reading this whole thing; Most business leaders don&#8217;t think or act like scientists. They rely too heavily on gut feel, common sense, trial and error. It&#8217;s difficult for leaders to act like a scientist because that just challenges their basic instincts: They got promoted because they had gut feel and common sense that made them rise above other people. I think there was some decision making and facts and things in there, but at some point that improvement process stops working. <\/p>\r\n<p>&#8220;So what this basically said was they could apply it\u2026 now they were talking about applying it to [questions like] \u201cHow do we find new markets and make more money\u201d and blah blah blah, but we know from Six Sigma that that is a scientific method. We can find ways to reduce defects, delay, deviation, harm, patient harm\u2026 I mean, we can find ways to prevent the things that are chewing up a quarter to a third of total profits. I\u2019m telling you that&#8217;s a way better way to get money to the bottom line, and it&#8217;s faster and within your control. <\/p>\r\n<p>&#8220;So that&#8217;s my Improvement Insight for this week: HBR figured out that leaders need some scientific approaches to solving problems\u2026 oh my gosh! Really? That&#8217;s so great! <\/p>\r\n<p>&#8220;All right, so that&#8217;s my Improvement Insight for this week. Let&#8217;s go create a hassle-free America; hassle-free healthcare. Let&#8217;s improve something this week.&#8221;<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The May-June issue of Harvard Business Review reported that leaders need to take a scientific approach to decision-making. 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