All Episodes

E138: Using Employee Surveys and Paired t tests for Measuring Improvement

E137: Lean Six Sigma Training Simulations and Exercises

E136: Review of DMAIC Roadmap for Improvement Projects

E135: Future of Six Sigma software and AI

E134: Free Virtual Lean Project Program for Nonprofits

E133: Does a Six Sigma Green/Black Belt Certification Boost My Salary?

E132: Announcing free course "Applications of Lean in Healthcare"

E131: The Big 3 Quality Improvement Tools for the Food and Beverage Industry

E130: The Importance of Process Logs in Problem Solving

E129: History of Lean (part of new LSS White Belt course)

E128: TQM at the State of Iowa began in 1992?

E127: What is Lean Coffee and Unconferences?

E126: Intro to Nonparametric Statistics (Part 2 of 2)

E125: Intro to Nonparametric Statistics (Part 1 of 2)

E124: Using Lean Six Sigma to Reduce Patient Medication Complications (Audio by AI)

E123: Applying Net Promoter Score (NPS) to a Zero Waste Conference (Audio by AI)

E122: Applying Risk Management to Conference Planning (Audio by AI)

E121: I can help you become a Lean Six Sigma "rockstar"!

E120: Lean at Home - Reducing External Storage Space Costs

E119: Why DOGE should utilize Lean Six Sigma like Pete Ricketts did in Nebraska

E118: Real-life Examples of Hypothesis Testing

E117: The Importance of Data and the 1948 Presidential Election

E116: How a battery manufacturer saved nearly $1 million by completing only 7 Lean Six Sigma projects

E115: How I use AI for my Lean Six Sigma Consulting

E114: Tackling Green with Lean - Energy Treasure Hunts

E113: Explaining Energy Treasure Hunts with AI

E112: Lean Six Sigma for Good

E111: Lean Six Sigma Best Practices - Part 2

E110: Lean Six Sigma Best Practices - Part 1

E109: The Lean Journey at Rockwell Collins with Clay Jones - Part 6

E108: The Lean Journey at Rockwell Collins with Clay Jones - Part 5

E107: The Lean Journey at Rockwell Collins with Clay Jones - Part 4

E106: The Lean Journey at Rockwell Collins with Clay Jones - Part 3

E105: The Lean Journey at Rockwell Collins with Clay Jones - Part 2

E104: The Lean Journey at Rockwell Collins with Clay Jones - Part 1

E103: How to gather data before starting an improvement project

E102: How Green Belt training can benefit you personally and your organization

E101: My thoughts on former Boeing Quality Manager (John Barnett) interview prior to death

E100: How 6 M's and Fishbone (Ishikawa) or Cause and Effect Diagrams Can Help Reduce Water Consumption Usage in your Company

E99: Excerpt from the book, "Lean Six Sigma for Good - Lessons from the Gemba (Volume 1)"

E98: Lean Six Sigma training and Coaching Program Case Studies

E97: Excerpt from the book, "Lean Six Sigma for Good - Lessons from the Gemba (Volume 2)"

E96: What is the best option for effective Lean Six Sigma training and coaching?

E95: Hypothesis Testing Basics - Can James Bond tell the difference between a shaken or stirred martini?

E94: Interested in a Free "Lean at Home" Coaching Program?

E93: An overview of Statistical Process Control (SPC)

E92: Should my kaizen event be a planning session or a working session?

E91: How can I get the most frontline worker participation in a kaizen working event?

E90: Free Lean and Sustainability Webinar Series - Nov 28th and 30th

E89: Q&A from Six Sigma training - What to do when data collection system is under development?

E88: Q&A from Six Sigma training - What if solutions are part of your Six Sigma project charter?

E87: Six Sigma in Real Life: Taguchi Loss Function for Hotel Pool Temps and the Solar Eclipse

E86: Camping and the 8 Wastes (TIM WOODS)

E85: Six Sigma Criticisms #1 - The Motorola 1.5 Sigma Shift

E84: Using Process Mapping and Regression to Reduce Electricity Usage

E83: Clip from Interview with Climate Change Professional David Saunders

E82: Q&A from SPC presentation - What software to use? What about nonnormal data?

E81: Does Toyota use SPC Control Charts?

E80: Reduce environmental impacts in your business with Ecology's Lean/Green program

E79: How to measure variation using Range and Standard Deviation

E78: How to measure central tendency using the mean and median (and which is better)

E77: Client Survey Shows Daily Huddles Improve Communication and Engagement Based on Paired T-Test Analysis

E76: Why You Should Not Skip Over Measure and Analyze in your DMAIC Improvement Project

E75: Lean in Real Life - Small improvements add up with water cooler and dealing with small samples

E74: 10 things to consider before completing the DMAIC Control Phase

E73: Women in Manufacturing Panel Discussion on Lean Manufacturing

E72: How to finalize a project when results might take years to measure?

E71: New book release, Lean Six Sigma for Good (Volume 2)

E70: Use ECRS or SPACER to help brainstorm improvement solutions

E69: Use Action Priority in your next FMEA instead of only using RPN

E68: Lean Six Sigma Virtual Coaching and Certification Program Starting in 2023

E67: Why Single-stall Production Systems are more efficient than Assembly Lines

E66: 16 Surprising But Powerful Concepts I've Learned About Lean

E65: Lean Case Studies Across Different Industries - Manufacturing, Government and Healthcare

E64: Applying Lean Thinking and Process Improvement to Nonprofits and NGOs Case Studies

E63: Six Sigma in Real Life - Analyzing Iowa Football Turnover Data for Improvement

E62: 5S and the KonMari method

E61: Lean in Real Life - Defining Key Metrics for a Project

E60: Lean in Real Life - Selecting a Lean Six Sigma Project Within an Existing Project

E59: Lean in Real Life - Improving Bottlenecks Using Theory of Constraints

E58: Combining my passion for the Iowa Hawkeyes with statistical analysis

E57: Using Takt Time to Successfully Hire Enough Job Applicants

E56: "Lean at Home" FINAL Course Module #7 - Making Mouthwash Project Example

E55: "Lean at Home" Course Module #6 - Error Proofing and Documenting Your New Process

E54: "Lean at Home" Course Module #5 - 5S Method for Home Organization

E53: "Lean at Home" Course Module #4 - How to See the 8 Wastes

E52: "Lean at Home" Course Module #3 - Collecting Data and Mapping the Process

E51: "Lean at Home" Course Module #2 - Selecting a Home Process to Improve

E50: "Lean at Home" Course - Introduction

E49: Cross-Training Matrix for Identifying Skills Gaps in your Team

E48: Training is not sufficient for a successful improvement program

E47: Book Review - The Lean Dentist

E46: Gather data before defining a problem

E45: The waste of not being proactive

E44: The waste of physical books that go unread

E43: 10 questions to find opportunities to apply Lean Six Sigma to your organization

E42: Quick Summary of SPC and Control Charts

E41: Q&A to discuss management's role in leading and encouraging improvements

E40: Q&A to discuss streamlining forms and psychological safety

E39: Q&A to discuss batching and classical vs lean management

E38: Confusion about Project Charters and Proposed Solutions

E37: What is the Taguchi Loss Function?

E36: Two main types of kaizen or kaikaku events

E35: What to do if management doesn't support Lean or Six Sigma?

E34: Analyzing my COVID-19 vaccine experience

E33: What is the history of PDCA vs PDSA?

E32: How Lean Events Accomplish More Than Process Improvement

E31: Why a Structured Problem Solving Approach is Important

E30: Using a Prioritization Matrix to Select the Best Projects

E29: How to decide on the right number of people for your lean event?

E28: Don't combine financial data together, separate into these 3 buckets

E27: Calculate cost of nonconformance to get management's attention for Lean

E26: Common Data Types for your Process

E25: Why do we need 30 data samples?

E24: Top 3 things to validate before removing test or inspection steps

E23: What is the Lean Communicators network?

E22: Why calculating Median can be better than a Mean or Average

E21: What is the Hawthorne Effect and does it explain temporary improvements?

E20: Why I like using the Ideal State Mapping approach

E19: Typical Ground Rules for Your Next Lean Kaizen Blitz or Kaikaku Event

E18: Does Jon Taffer of "Bar Rescue" Practice Lean?

E17: Writing a Book in Small Batches with LeanPub

E16: Unique Internal Lean Six Sigma Certification Program

E15: Lean and Six Sigma Improvement Project Ideas by Industry

E14: How many wastes are there? And what are the 3 M's?

E13: Need to Implement Continuous Improvement for certification? Start with Lean!

E12: First SDCA before PDCA

E11: Two Questions from Episode 1 about Cost Savings

E10: Explaining Lean and Six Sigma to Natural Problem Solvers

E9: Access historic PRODUCTIVITY newsletters from Norman Bodek (1980-1993)

E8: Safety, Quality, Delivery and Customer - How SQDC charts can drive daily management

E7: Applying Lean at Home - Contest with Prizes Ends Sept 30th

E6: What are Pareto charts and why should you display them horizontally?

E5: What are hypothesis tests and why do we need them?

E4: What is the DMAIC Improvement model?

E3: What is the Influencer model and how it applies to wearing masks?

E2: What is the difference between hard and soft financial savings?

E1: Why are Six Sigma Black Belts paid so much?

Lean Six Sigma Bursts (Trailer)