Lean Six Sigma Bursts
By Brion Hurley
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Episodes: 139
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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 Spotify app to leave us a voice message, and we might pick your question for our next episode!
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E138: Using Employee Surveys and Paired t tests for Measuring Improvement
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May 04, 2026 |
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E137: Lean Six Sigma Training Simulations and Exercises
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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E136: Review of DMAIC Roadmap for Improvement Projects
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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E135: Future of Six Sigma software and AI
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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E134: Free Virtual Lean Project Program for Nonprofits
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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E133: Does a Six Sigma Green/Black Belt Certification Boost My Salary?
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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E132: Announcing free course "Applications of Lean in Healthcare"
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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E131: The Big 3 Quality Improvement Tools for the Food and Beverage Industry
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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E130: The Importance of Process Logs in Problem Solving
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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E129: History of Lean (part of new LSS White Belt course)
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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E128: TQM at the State of Iowa began in 1992?
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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E127: What is Lean Coffee and Unconferences?
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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E126: Intro to Nonparametric Statistics (Part 2 of 2)
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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E125: Intro to Nonparametric Statistics (Part 1 of 2)
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Aug 09, 2025 |
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E124: Using Lean Six Sigma to Reduce Patient Medication Complications (Audio by AI)
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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E123: Applying Net Promoter Score (NPS) to a Zero Waste Conference (Audio by AI)
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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E122: Applying Risk Management to Conference Planning (Audio by AI)
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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E121: I can help you become a Lean Six Sigma "rockstar"!
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Jun 15, 2025 |
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E120: Lean at Home - Reducing External Storage Space Costs
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May 07, 2025 |
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E119: Why DOGE should utilize Lean Six Sigma like Pete Ricketts did in Nebraska
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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E118: Real-life Examples of Hypothesis Testing
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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E117: The Importance of Data and the 1948 Presidential Election
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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E116: How a battery manufacturer saved nearly $1 million by completing only 7 Lean Six Sigma projects
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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E115: How I use AI for my Lean Six Sigma Consulting
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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E114: Tackling Green with Lean - Energy Treasure Hunts
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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E113: Explaining Energy Treasure Hunts with AI
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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E112: Lean Six Sigma for Good
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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E111: Lean Six Sigma Best Practices - Part 2
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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E110: Lean Six Sigma Best Practices - Part 1
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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E109: The Lean Journey at Rockwell Collins with Clay Jones - Part 6
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Sep 08, 2024 |
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E108: The Lean Journey at Rockwell Collins with Clay Jones - Part 5
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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E107: The Lean Journey at Rockwell Collins with Clay Jones - Part 4
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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E106: The Lean Journey at Rockwell Collins with Clay Jones - Part 3
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Jun 29, 2024 |
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E105: The Lean Journey at Rockwell Collins with Clay Jones - Part 2
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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E104: The Lean Journey at Rockwell Collins with Clay Jones - Part 1
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May 18, 2024 |
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E103: How to gather data before starting an improvement project
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May 05, 2024 |
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E102: How Green Belt training can benefit you personally and your organization
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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E101: My thoughts on former Boeing Quality Manager (John Barnett) interview prior to death
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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E100: How 6 M's and Fishbone (Ishikawa) or Cause and Effect Diagrams Can Help Reduce Water Consumption Usage in your Company
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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E99: Excerpt from the book, "Lean Six Sigma for Good - Lessons from the Gemba (Volume 1)"
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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E98: Lean Six Sigma training and Coaching Program Case Studies
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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E97: Excerpt from the book, "Lean Six Sigma for Good - Lessons from the Gemba (Volume 2)"
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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E96: What is the best option for effective Lean Six Sigma training and coaching?
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Feb 02, 2024 |
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E95: Hypothesis Testing Basics - Can James Bond tell the difference between a shaken or stirred martini?
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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E94: Interested in a Free "Lean at Home" Coaching Program?
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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E93: An overview of Statistical Process Control (SPC)
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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E92: Should my kaizen event be a planning session or a working session?
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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E91: How can I get the most frontline worker participation in a kaizen working event?
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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E90: Free Lean and Sustainability Webinar Series - Nov 28th and 30th
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Nov 18, 2023 |
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E89: Q&A from Six Sigma training - What to do when data collection system is under development?
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Nov 12, 2023 |
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E88: Q&A from Six Sigma training - What if solutions are part of your Six Sigma project charter?
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Nov 05, 2023 |
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E87: Six Sigma in Real Life: Taguchi Loss Function for Hotel Pool Temps and the Solar Eclipse
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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E86: Camping and the 8 Wastes (TIM WOODS)
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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E85: Six Sigma Criticisms #1 - The Motorola 1.5 Sigma Shift
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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E84: Using Process Mapping and Regression to Reduce Electricity Usage
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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E83: Clip from Interview with Climate Change Professional David Saunders
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Aug 26, 2023 |
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E82: Q&A from SPC presentation - What software to use? What about nonnormal data?
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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E81: Does Toyota use SPC Control Charts?
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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E80: Reduce environmental impacts in your business with Ecology's Lean/Green program
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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E79: How to measure variation using Range and Standard Deviation
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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E78: How to measure central tendency using the mean and median (and which is better)
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Jun 09, 2023 |
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E77: Client Survey Shows Daily Huddles Improve Communication and Engagement Based on Paired T-Test Analysis
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Jun 03, 2023 |
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E76: Why You Should Not Skip Over Measure and Analyze in your DMAIC Improvement Project
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May 28, 2023 |
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E75: Lean in Real Life - Small improvements add up with water cooler and dealing with small samples
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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E74: 10 things to consider before completing the DMAIC Control Phase
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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E73: Women in Manufacturing Panel Discussion on Lean Manufacturing
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Feb 24, 2023 |
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E72: How to finalize a project when results might take years to measure?
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Feb 18, 2023 |
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E71: New book release, Lean Six Sigma for Good (Volume 2)
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Jan 28, 2023 |
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E70: Use ECRS or SPACER to help brainstorm improvement solutions
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Jan 14, 2023 |
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E69: Use Action Priority in your next FMEA instead of only using RPN
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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E68: Lean Six Sigma Virtual Coaching and Certification Program Starting in 2023
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Dec 06, 2022 |
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E67: Why Single-stall Production Systems are more efficient than Assembly Lines
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Oct 15, 2022 |
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E66: 16 Surprising But Powerful Concepts I've Learned About Lean
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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E65: Lean Case Studies Across Different Industries - Manufacturing, Government and Healthcare
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Sep 23, 2022 |
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E64: Applying Lean Thinking and Process Improvement to Nonprofits and NGOs Case Studies
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Sep 17, 2022 |
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E63: Six Sigma in Real Life - Analyzing Iowa Football Turnover Data for Improvement
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Sep 11, 2022 |
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E62: 5S and the KonMari method
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Jun 18, 2022 |
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E61: Lean in Real Life - Defining Key Metrics for a Project
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May 08, 2022 |
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E60: Lean in Real Life - Selecting a Lean Six Sigma Project Within an Existing Project
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Apr 24, 2022 |
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E59: Lean in Real Life - Improving Bottlenecks Using Theory of Constraints
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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E58: Combining my passion for the Iowa Hawkeyes with statistical analysis
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Apr 03, 2022 |
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E57: Using Takt Time to Successfully Hire Enough Job Applicants
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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E56: "Lean at Home" FINAL Course Module #7 - Making Mouthwash Project Example
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Mar 26, 2022 |
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E55: "Lean at Home" Course Module #6 - Error Proofing and Documenting Your New Process
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Mar 25, 2022 |
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E54: "Lean at Home" Course Module #5 - 5S Method for Home Organization
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Mar 23, 2022 |
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E53: "Lean at Home" Course Module #4 - How to See the 8 Wastes
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Mar 20, 2022 |
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E52: "Lean at Home" Course Module #3 - Collecting Data and Mapping the Process
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Mar 18, 2022 |
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E51: "Lean at Home" Course Module #2 - Selecting a Home Process to Improve
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Mar 06, 2022 |
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E50: "Lean at Home" Course - Introduction
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Mar 03, 2022 |
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E49: Cross-Training Matrix for Identifying Skills Gaps in your Team
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Feb 10, 2022 |
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E48: Training is not sufficient for a successful improvement program
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Dec 24, 2021 |
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E47: Book Review - The Lean Dentist
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Dec 21, 2021 |
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E46: Gather data before defining a problem
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Dec 11, 2021 |
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E45: The waste of not being proactive
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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E44: The waste of physical books that go unread
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Sep 30, 2021 |
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E43: 10 questions to find opportunities to apply Lean Six Sigma to your organization
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Aug 07, 2021 |
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E42: Quick Summary of SPC and Control Charts
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Jul 03, 2021 |
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E41: Q&A to discuss management's role in leading and encouraging improvements
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Jun 25, 2021 |
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E40: Q&A to discuss streamlining forms and psychological safety
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Jun 17, 2021 |
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E39: Q&A to discuss batching and classical vs lean management
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Jun 14, 2021 |
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E38: Confusion about Project Charters and Proposed Solutions
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Jun 07, 2021 |
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E37: What is the Taguchi Loss Function?
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May 31, 2021 |
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E36: Two main types of kaizen or kaikaku events
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May 19, 2021 |
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E35: What to do if management doesn't support Lean or Six Sigma?
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May 15, 2021 |
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E34: Analyzing my COVID-19 vaccine experience
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Apr 26, 2021 |
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E33: What is the history of PDCA vs PDSA?
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Apr 19, 2021 |
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E32: How Lean Events Accomplish More Than Process Improvement
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Apr 09, 2021 |
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E31: Why a Structured Problem Solving Approach is Important
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Apr 05, 2021 |
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E30: Using a Prioritization Matrix to Select the Best Projects
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Mar 24, 2021 |
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E29: How to decide on the right number of people for your lean event?
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Mar 22, 2021 |
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E28: Don't combine financial data together, separate into these 3 buckets
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Mar 17, 2021 |
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E27: Calculate cost of nonconformance to get management's attention for Lean
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Mar 13, 2021 |
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E26: Common Data Types for your Process
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Mar 10, 2021 |
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E25: Why do we need 30 data samples?
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Mar 06, 2021 |
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E24: Top 3 things to validate before removing test or inspection steps
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Mar 03, 2021 |
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E23: What is the Lean Communicators network?
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Feb 21, 2021 |
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E22: Why calculating Median can be better than a Mean or Average
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Feb 20, 2021 |
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E21: What is the Hawthorne Effect and does it explain temporary improvements?
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Feb 16, 2021 |
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E20: Why I like using the Ideal State Mapping approach
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Feb 05, 2021 |
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E19: Typical Ground Rules for Your Next Lean Kaizen Blitz or Kaikaku Event
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Jan 24, 2021 |
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E18: Does Jon Taffer of "Bar Rescue" Practice Lean?
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Jan 06, 2021 |
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E17: Writing a Book in Small Batches with LeanPub
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Nov 25, 2020 |
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E16: Unique Internal Lean Six Sigma Certification Program
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Nov 09, 2020 |
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E15: Lean and Six Sigma Improvement Project Ideas by Industry
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Nov 05, 2020 |
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E14: How many wastes are there? And what are the 3 M's?
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Oct 16, 2020 |
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E13: Need to Implement Continuous Improvement for certification? Start with Lean!
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Oct 13, 2020 |
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E12: First SDCA before PDCA
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Oct 06, 2020 |
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E11: Two Questions from Episode 1 about Cost Savings
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Oct 02, 2020 |
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E10: Explaining Lean and Six Sigma to Natural Problem Solvers
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Sep 28, 2020 |
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E9: Access historic PRODUCTIVITY newsletters from Norman Bodek (1980-1993)
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Sep 15, 2020 |
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E8: Safety, Quality, Delivery and Customer - How SQDC charts can drive daily management
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Sep 05, 2020 |
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E7: Applying Lean at Home - Contest with Prizes Ends Sept 30th
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Sep 01, 2020 |
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E6: What are Pareto charts and why should you display them horizontally?
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Aug 30, 2020 |
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E5: What are hypothesis tests and why do we need them?
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Aug 28, 2020 |
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E4: What is the DMAIC Improvement model?
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Aug 23, 2020 |
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E3: What is the Influencer model and how it applies to wearing masks?
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Aug 23, 2020 |
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E2: What is the difference between hard and soft financial savings?
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Aug 23, 2020 |
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E1: Why are Six Sigma Black Belts paid so much?
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Aug 23, 2020 |
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Lean Six Sigma Bursts (Trailer)
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Aug 22, 2020 |