Today I conducted a one-day workshop on “Enhanced Roadmaps for Lean Six Sigma Project Selection and Execution” for the Iowa ASQ section. Had great feedback about the training. A description of the workshop is:
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ASQ Iowa section sponsoring 1-hour evening session on business enhancements
On April 28, 2011 will be conducting the ASQ Iowa evening presentation. The title of my presentation is “Improving Project Selection using a 9-step Re-invented Business Management System.”
Entrepreneur’s business evolution
QUESTION: Please describe how your businesses evolved from one idea to a customer focused system. RESPONSE:1. In 1992 took a bridge to retirement from IBM after 24 years and founded Smarter Solutions, Inc., which is when my first book was published. 2. Early 2000′s thought businesses were playing games with the numbers and process improvement efforts were [...]
How to keep process improvement efforts active
QUESTION: How do you ensure process improvements remain active beyond the project phase? RESPONSE: Process improvement efforts in general die when times get tough or there are management changes. Why is this? Everyone knows we need to improve. The problem is that often improvement efforts are in silos and are not linked to how the [...]
How Do You Future-Proof Your Change Implementations?
QUESTION: What steps do you take to ensure the change is aligned with trends and is sustainable, and not just a quick fix that won’t last? RESPONSE: Change needs to be part of an overall business management system so that there is ownership with predictive metrics of the change factors, noting that the selected improvements [...]
