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Webinar: How to Facilitate Successful Virtual Kaizen Events

June 18, 2020
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[Go-Getter Membership Exclusive Webinar] Given the challenge of the pandemic, organizations are seeking guidance on how to successfully conduct virtual Lean Six Sigma Kaizen Events. Social distancing can coexist with Continuous Improvement. We’re already doing it! Our guest panelists have offered to share their recent experiences with navigating the new normal: Antonio Nava, UC…

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10 Tips for Building Awesome Green Belt Projects

June 17, 2020
Jerry Wright

Congratulations! You have just passed your exam and now it is time to tackle that Lean Six Sigma Green Belt project. “What makes a good Green Belt project?” is often the first looming question that comes to mind. Learners struggle with finding support, properly scoping their projects and other common…

The Next Generation of Lean Six Sigma (Part 5): New Tools for a New Normal

June 12, 2020
Dodd Starbird and James Starbird

Surely everyone knows that process improvement has changed dramatically over the last 20 years, and certainly there are generational differences in the practitioners then and now. The first post in this series, The Next Generation of Lean Six Sigma (Part 1): Then and Now, was about the generational shifts in…

How to Prepare Any Process for Improvement With Lean Six Sigma

June 1, 2020
Owen McGab Enaohwo

When customers are satisfied with their first purchase from your company, they patronize you again and your business records higher sales. They tell their families and friends, and they may also choose to buy your products and services. That first experience with your product and your service matters. Customer satisfaction…

Goldilocks & the A3: How to Get Your Problem Solving “Just Right”

May 25, 2020
Bella Englebach

Goldilocks is a great source for guidance on A3 problem-solving. With the goal of getting the approach “just right” it’s critical to assess the kinds of problems that require A3s. As with Goldilocks and the Three Bears, some problems are “Papa Bear” sized, with multiple unknown factors to explore. A…

Ensure Lean Six Sigma Training Delivers Results Using Blended Learning

May 22, 2020
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Finally, your leadership team commits to investing in building a culture of problem solvers. Yay! The greatest hurdle is behind you—or is it? An early mistake can quickly kill leadership support. Read on to find out the ugly truth and how to avoid it. Hundreds of organizations all over the…

Webinar: A3 Mistakes & How to Avoid Them

May 21, 2020
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[Go-Getter Membership Exclusive Webinar] The A3 is a staple of problem solving, as well as coaching, but we don’t always use it to our advantage. The A3 provides an easy platform for systematically thinking through process issues, but sometimes it ends up getting pencil-whipped. Join us for this 1-hour webinar and discover what not do…

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4 New Ways to Use A3s (Have You Tried Any of These?)

May 13, 2020
Jerry Wright

Kaizen Charter? Knowledge Capture? Project Tracker? Posting Board? A3s have grown beyond their roles as problem-solving staples. They’ve expanded and staked out a richer domain in the Lean Six Sigma Toolkit. The A3 is often where we start to examine a challenge, address a problem or consider an opportunity. While…

5 Ways Lean Six Sigma Heroes Are Solving Problems Caused by COVID-19

May 6, 2020
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We asked our learners to share a Quick Win or Process Improvement Project story related to how they’ve solved a problem that arose because of COVID-19. We were heartened by stories of hope from Hospitals, Military Bases and Family Businesses. Nurses, Logistics Managers, Consultants and Army Officers banded their colleagues…

How a Lean Six Sigma Gemba Walk Reduced My Baby’s Tears and Improved Our Bedtime Routine

May 4, 2020
Josh Zable

One of the benefits of the current situation is being able to spend quality time with my new baby daughter Zelda. Unfortunately my lack of familiarity with her nighttime ritual was landing us in a pile of tears. My wife has (thankfully!) taken the lead on childcare, establishing routines and…