Check out Today's Special to hear Tracy's interview with Mojgan Amini, the Director of Process Management & Continuous Improvement at UC San Diego! For Survey Says, we'll reveal what listeners like about the podcast and launch a poll to find out what works on the people side of Continuous Improvement.…
Tools are important for problem-solvers, but what about leaders? What do they have in their toolkit to help build problem-solvers? In this webinar, we'll discuss actions, mindsets and tools leaders have to support and build a culture of process improvement! Webinar Level Leadership Date & Time Date: Thursday, February 28,…
Today's Special is Tracy's interview with David Umstot who wrote the Lean Playbook for the Construction Industry! For our Appetizer we'll continue our series about charting, graphing and statistical software by reviewing Minitab, the Cadillac of stats packages. For our In the News segment we'll cover an article about how…
[FREE PREVIEW: Go-Getter Membership Webinar] Did you know that a Control Chart is just a Line Chart that went to college? But it's that extra bit of education that makes the difference. Using Control Charts can help you understand the trends and shifts in your process performance. They can…
For Today's Special check out Elisabeth's interview with Lean Sensei Mohamed Saleh of Hartford Healthcare in Connecticut. Aside from being a great guy, he shares rare wisdom on how smart leaders drive successful Lean Transformation. For Survey Says we're looking for your feedback on our Just-In-Time Cafe podcast. For our…
After using DMAIC to identify and eliminate waste in a process, Cape Cod Child Development reduced payment process rework from 25% to 5%. Nancy Sorbo is a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and the Director of Enrollment and Family Child Development at Cape Cod Child Development, a non-profit organization dedicated…
If Bill Smith was the father of Six Sigma, Mikel Harry, in his words, was the godfather. We lost Dr. Harry in 2017 but this month would have marked his 67th birthday. Dr. Harry worked with pioneer Bill Smith at Motorola to refine the Six Sigma method and spread it…
Come join us as we host Lean thought leader Mark Graban and discuss his new ebook Measures of Success on Today's Special. It's data, display and how they drive decisions for our last episode of the year. For the Appetizer we'll address the second in our series on software packages…
This month’s book is Measures of Success: React Less, Lead Better, Improve More by Mark Graban. About the Book: "This book will show you how to draw more timely, and more valid conclusions based on your metrics, leading to more focused and effective improvement." Do you look at single data…
Dr. Juran was a Quality Man with a Quality Life, and, after celebrating 81 years, clearly a Quality marriage! Time to tip our hats to the man who pointed out that sometimes inspection costs more than the defects themselves. Huzzah! December 24th would have marked Mr. Juran’s 114th birthday -…