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Webinar: Remote Learning – How to Brainstorm Lean Six Sigma Improvement Ideas

July 30, 2020
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[Go-Getter Membership Exclusive Webinar] Group Brainstorming has been debunked by countless studies, but including others in problem solving is essential. How do we address this paradox? The science supports a completely different, and much better approach to coming up with solutions. Join us for this 1-hour webinar where we walk you through a new way…

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Grand-Daddy of Quality: Philip Crosby

June 18, 2020
Elisabeth Swan

Who said “Quality is free, but it’s not a gift"? Who was the first non-doctor to create a vaccine? Who maintained that zero defects was the job of management as much as the front line? Philip Crosby! He said it was less expensive to do it right the first time…

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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Grand-Daddy of Quality: Bill Smith

May 1, 2020
Elisabeth Swan

Who put the “Six” in Six Sigma? Who’s the man behind the first Malcolm Baldrige Award and how did he get so good at betting on race horses? This year would have marked Bill Smith’s 91st birthday. Mr. Smith is credited with coining the term “Six Sigma” and developing the…

Grand-Daddy of Quality: Armand Feigenbaum

April 6, 2020
Elisabeth Swan

Do you have a hidden factory? Do you know employees who always have time to do it over but never time to get it right? Did you know organizations waste up to 40% of their capacity this way? Well, raise a glass to the quality guru who championed the capture…

Grand-Daddy of Quality: Eliyahu Goldratt

March 31, 2020
Elisabeth Swan

He was a cigar-chomping, salty-tongued educator who wrote a manufacturing love story. Eli Goldratt left us way too soon but will always be appreciated as the man who constantly provoked people to truly think. This year would have marked Eliyahu Goldratt’s 73rd birthday. Born in Israel, Mr. Goldratt was a…

Webinar: How to Manage Your Project to Completion Using the Project Builder

March 19, 2020
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Improving a process takes time and organization, but what if your project path was laid out for you? What if all the templates and examples were at your fingertips so you could focus your efforts on collecting data and digging to root cause? That's the secret of the Project…

Grand-Daddy of Quality: Walter Shewhart

March 18, 2020
Elisabeth Swan

Dr. Deming was amazing, but who was his teacher? Who produced the PDCA Cycle? Who conceived of Statistical Process Control? The modest man behind the scenes, another fascinating product of the Hawthorne Works, was none other than Walter Shewhart. This year would have marked Walter Shewhart’s 129th birthday – truly…

Webinar: DMAIC: Common Challenges & How to Overcome Them

January 30, 2020
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[Go-Getter Membership Exclusive Webinar] Did you hit a few DMAIC challenges on your first test-drive? Did the journey sound easier than it turned out to be? We learn best from our mistakes, but sometimes it helps to get a little roadside assistance. Join us for an hour-long reflection on what can go wrong and how…

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Grand-Daddy of Quality: Mikel Harry

December 30, 2019
Elisabeth Swan

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 68th birthday. Dr. Harry worked with pioneer Bill Smith at Motorola to refine the Six Sigma method and spread it…