The Brutal Truth Behind Lean Six Sigma Success is that Lean, Six Sigma, and “Brutal Facts” Belong Together. Jim Collins, in his business classic Good to Great, introduces a deceptively simple idea: Confront the brutal facts. It’s a tough love strategy. Instead of glossing over issues or chasing wishful thinking, great organizations make a habit (more…)
Lean Thinking Meet ChatGPT. Leveraging AI for everything is all the rage. And there are dozens of examples, but I thought I would start by sharing a tactical approach I had that may. This weekend I brought my old PC back to life with ChatGPT, and it saved me more than $1,300 and hundreds of (more…)
What do you get when a legally blind and partially deaf woman launches a nutrition company in the 1980s? You get my mom. Back then, there weren’t many women starting businesses. Especially not ones bootstrapped from kitchen tables, with no funding, no internet, and no roadmap. But she saw a problem: Kids, including / especially (more…)
Did I Pick the Right Six Sigma Organization? Welcome to a new edition of the Six Fix! Thanks for the incredible reaction to the Case Study I published last week. If you missed it, check it out here: Today, we’re answering a common question: Did I pick the right Six Sigma organization? “Hi Ted, I (more…)
Lean Six Sigma in Action: Tackling the New Year’s Gym Rush with DMAIC Happy New Year, everyone! This year, I will be publishing one fictional Six Sigma Case study every month. Here’s the first installment. My goal is to help make Lean and Six Sigma topics and concepts ‘real’ by showing how companies could apply (more…)