Lean Six Sigma Bursts

By Brion Hurley

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Brion Hurley from Business Performance Improvement shares his takes and thoughts on a variety of topics related to process improvement (specifically Lean and Six Sigma methods), Bursts are rapid improvement activities, so this sounded like a good word to use for these short audio clips. We'll try to keep them under 10 minutes each. Have a question? Use the anchor app to leave us a voice message, and we might pick your question for our next episode!

Episode Date
E103: How to gather data before starting an improvement project
May 05, 2024
E102: How Green Belt training can benefit you personally and your organization
Apr 25, 2024
E101: My thoughts on former Boeing Quality Manager (John Barnett) interview prior to death
Mar 27, 2024
E100: How 6 M's and Fishbone (Ishikawa) or Cause and Effect Diagrams Can Help Reduce Water Consumption Usage in your Company
Mar 05, 2024
E99: Excerpt from the book, "Lean Six Sigma for Good - Lessons from the Gemba (Volume 1)"
Feb 20, 2024
E98: Lean Six Sigma training and Coaching Program Case Studies
Feb 13, 2024
E97: Excerpt from the book, "Lean Six Sigma for Good - Lessons from the Gemba (Volume 2)"
Feb 07, 2024
E96: What is the best option for effective Lean Six Sigma training and coaching?
Feb 02, 2024
E95: Hypothesis Testing Basics - Can James Bond tell the difference between a shaken or stirred martini?
Jan 23, 2024
E94: Interested in a Free "Lean at Home" Coaching Program?
Jan 08, 2024
E93: An overview of Statistical Process Control (SPC)
Dec 11, 2023
E92: Should my kaizen event be a planning session or a working session?
Dec 04, 2023
E91: How can I get the most frontline worker participation in a kaizen working event?
Nov 27, 2023
E90: Free Lean and Sustainability Webinar Series - Nov 28th and 30th
Nov 18, 2023
E89: Q&A from Six Sigma training - What to do when data collection system is under development?
Nov 12, 2023
E88: Q&A from Six Sigma training - What if solutions are part of your Six Sigma project charter?
Nov 05, 2023
E87: Six Sigma in Real Life: Taguchi Loss Function for Hotel Pool Temps and the Solar Eclipse
Oct 31, 2023
E86: Camping and the 8 Wastes (TIM WOODS)
Oct 12, 2023
E85: Six Sigma Criticisms #1 - The Motorola 1.5 Sigma Shift
Oct 02, 2023
E84: Using Process Mapping and Regression to Reduce Electricity Usage
Sep 13, 2023
E83: Clip from Interview with Climate Change Professional David Saunders
Aug 26, 2023
E82: Q&A from SPC presentation - What software to use? What about nonnormal data?
Aug 16, 2023
E81: Does Toyota use SPC Control Charts?
Aug 08, 2023
E80: Reduce environmental impacts in your business with Ecology's Lean/Green program
Jul 10, 2023
E79: How to measure variation using Range and Standard Deviation
Jun 21, 2023
E78: How to measure central tendency using the mean and median (and which is better)
Jun 09, 2023
E77: Client Survey Shows Daily Huddles Improve Communication and Engagement Based on Paired T-Test Analysis
Jun 03, 2023
E76: Why You Should Not Skip Over Measure and Analyze in your DMAIC Improvement Project
May 28, 2023
E75: Lean in Real Life - Small improvements add up with water cooler and dealing with small samples
Apr 24, 2023
E74: 10 things to consider before completing the DMAIC Control Phase
Apr 05, 2023
E73: Women in Manufacturing Panel Discussion on Lean Manufacturing
Feb 24, 2023
E72: How to finalize a project when results might take years to measure?
Feb 18, 2023
E71: New book release, Lean Six Sigma for Good (Volume 2)
Jan 28, 2023
E70: Use ECRS or SPACER to help brainstorm improvement solutions
Jan 14, 2023
E69: Use Action Priority in your next FMEA instead of only using RPN
Dec 15, 2022
E68: Lean Six Sigma Virtual Coaching and Certification Program Starting in 2023
Dec 06, 2022
E67: Why Single-stall Production Systems are more efficient than Assembly Lines
Oct 15, 2022
E66: 16 Surprising But Powerful Concepts I've Learned About Lean
Oct 11, 2022
E65: Lean Case Studies Across Different Industries - Manufacturing, Government and Healthcare
Sep 23, 2022
E64: Applying Lean Thinking and Process Improvement to Nonprofits and NGOs Case Studies
Sep 17, 2022
E63: Six Sigma in Real Life - Analyzing Iowa Football Turnover Data for Improvement
Sep 11, 2022
E62: 5S and the KonMari method
Jun 18, 2022
E61: Lean in Real Life - Defining Key Metrics for a Project
May 08, 2022
E60: Lean in Real Life - Selecting a Lean Six Sigma Project Within an Existing Project
Apr 24, 2022
E59: Lean in Real Life - Improving Bottlenecks Using Theory of Constraints
Apr 13, 2022
E58: Combining my passion for the Iowa Hawkeyes with statistical analysis
Apr 03, 2022
E57: Using Takt Time to Successfully Hire Enough Job Applicants
Mar 30, 2022
E56: "Lean at Home" FINAL Course Module #7 - Making Mouthwash Project Example
Mar 26, 2022
E55: "Lean at Home" Course Module #6 - Error Proofing and Documenting Your New Process
Mar 25, 2022
E54: "Lean at Home" Course Module #5 - 5S Method for Home Organization
Mar 23, 2022
E53: "Lean at Home" Course Module #4 - How to See the 8 Wastes
Mar 20, 2022
E52: "Lean at Home" Course Module #3 - Collecting Data and Mapping the Process
Mar 18, 2022
E51: "Lean at Home" Course Module #2 - Selecting a Home Process to Improve
Mar 06, 2022
E50: "Lean at Home" Course - Introduction
Mar 03, 2022
E49: Cross-Training Matrix for Identifying Skills Gaps in your Team
Feb 10, 2022
E48: Training is not sufficient for a successful improvement program
Dec 24, 2021
E47: Book Review - The Lean Dentist
Dec 21, 2021
E46: Gather data before defining a problem
Dec 11, 2021
E45: The waste of not being proactive
Nov 15, 2021
E44: The waste of physical books that go unread
Sep 30, 2021
E43: 10 questions to find opportunities to apply Lean Six Sigma to your organization
Aug 07, 2021
E42: Quick Summary of SPC and Control Charts
Jul 03, 2021
E41: Q&A to discuss management's role in leading and encouraging improvements
Jun 25, 2021
E40: Q&A to discuss streamlining forms and psychological safety
Jun 17, 2021
E39: Q&A to discuss batching and classical vs lean management
Jun 14, 2021
E38: Confusion about Project Charters and Proposed Solutions
Jun 07, 2021
E37: What is the Taguchi Loss Function?
May 31, 2021
E36: Two main types of kaizen or kaikaku events
May 19, 2021
E35: What to do if management doesn't support Lean or Six Sigma?
May 15, 2021
E34: Analyzing my COVID-19 vaccine experience
Apr 26, 2021
E33: What is the history of PDCA vs PDSA?
Apr 19, 2021
E32: How Lean Events Accomplish More Than Process Improvement
Apr 09, 2021
E31: Why a Structured Problem Solving Approach is Important
Apr 05, 2021
E30: Using a Prioritization Matrix to Select the Best Projects
Mar 24, 2021
E29: How to decide on the right number of people for your lean event?
Mar 22, 2021
E28: Don't combine financial data together, separate into these 3 buckets
Mar 17, 2021
E27: Calculate cost of nonconformance to get management's attention for Lean
Mar 13, 2021
E26: Common Data Types for your Process
Mar 10, 2021
E25: Why do we need 30 data samples?
Mar 06, 2021
E24: Top 3 things to validate before removing test or inspection steps
Mar 03, 2021
E23: What is the Lean Communicators network?
Feb 21, 2021
E22: Why calculating Median can be better than a Mean or Average
Feb 20, 2021
E21: What is the Hawthorne Effect and does it explain temporary improvements?
Feb 16, 2021
E20: Why I like using the Ideal State Mapping approach
Feb 05, 2021
E19: Typical Ground Rules for Your Next Lean Kaizen Blitz or Kaikaku Event
Jan 24, 2021
E18: Does Jon Taffer of "Bar Rescue" Practice Lean?
Jan 06, 2021
E17: Writing a Book in Small Batches with LeanPub
Nov 25, 2020
E16: Unique Internal Lean Six Sigma Certification Program
Nov 09, 2020
E15: Lean and Six Sigma Improvement Project Ideas by Industry
Nov 05, 2020
E14: How many wastes are there? And what are the 3 M's?
Oct 16, 2020
E13: Need to Implement Continuous Improvement for certification? Start with Lean!
Oct 13, 2020
E12: First SDCA before PDCA
Oct 06, 2020
E11: Two Questions from Episode 1 about Cost Savings
Oct 02, 2020
E10: Explaining Lean and Six Sigma to Natural Problem Solvers
Sep 28, 2020
E9: Access historic PRODUCTIVITY newsletters from Norman Bodek (1980-1993)
Sep 15, 2020
E8: Safety, Quality, Delivery and Customer - How SQDC charts can drive daily management
Sep 05, 2020
E7: Applying Lean at Home - Contest with Prizes Ends Sept 30th
Sep 01, 2020
E6: What are Pareto charts and why should you display them horizontally?
Aug 30, 2020
E5: What are hypothesis tests and why do we need them?
Aug 28, 2020
E4: What is the DMAIC Improvement model?
Aug 23, 2020
E3: What is the Influencer model and how it applies to wearing masks?
Aug 23, 2020
E2: What is the difference between hard and soft financial savings?
Aug 23, 2020
E1: Why are Six Sigma Black Belts paid so much?
Aug 23, 2020
Lean Six Sigma Bursts (Trailer)
Aug 22, 2020