All Episodes

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)