Lean Six Sigma is a method that relies on a collaborative team effort to improve performance by systematically removing waste and reducing variation. It combines lean manufacturing/lean enterprise and Six Sigma to eliminate the eight kinds of waste (muda).
Managing Risk is certainly something all leaders at all levels must learn how to master. You can create probability versus outcome matrices, Key Performance Indicators, stop light charts, risk registers, Monte Carlo probability analyses, etc. Risk Management can become very complex if you want. But, the most critical skill in risk management, especially for developing…
Surely in today’s market of complex and relentless business challenges everyone in an organisation needs to take on the responsibility of solving workplace problems and this requires a formal structured approach. If you were to ask 20 random people within your organisation to spend ten minutes and write down what is their approach to solve simple daily…
Steve Jobs once said: “Be a Yardstick of Quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected” Therefore a Quality Mind-set will only pervade the organisation when the Leadership actively models the behaviour. Only by living the approach to Quality that they desire can Leaders truly drive the change to a Culture…
This is Part II of a two part series – part 1 here Robert P. Thames, FACHE, FHFMA, President and CEO, Northern Arizona Healthcare PART II: STAGES OF EVOLUTION – AND HOW TO MIGRATE “You are here” and the Gretzky factor[i] To assist in gaining perspective on ‘where are we now?’ in the context of…
This is Part I of a two part series Robert P. Thames, FACHE, FHFMA, President and CEO, Northern Arizona Healthcare “Everything looks like failure in the middle.” – Rosabeth Moss Kanter SUMMARY: All senior leader teams get stuck on their improvement journey. Examination of common stuck points for senior leader teams on their improvement journey…
Welcome to Episode 5 of the Outliers Inn podcast series – Lean Six Sigma Topic: Lean Six Sigma – Join us as we discuss how to deliver operational excellence from the shop floor all the way up to management. Hosts: Joseph Paris, Founder of the OpEx Society & The XONITEK Group of Companies & Benjamin Taylor, Managing Partner of RedQuadrant. Guests: Kevin…
