Streamlining Operations
Make Lean Six Sigma Part of Your Culture
Evans Kerrigan was featured in Go Lean Six Sigma’s latest blog about Starting Lean Six Sigma in Government. Check out what he had to say below and visit their post to see what other experts had to say on the subject. Looking to learn even more about Lean Six Sigma? Check out our page on…
Read MoreNeed better ideas and greater buy-in? Play ball!
A simple communication tool that works “No one ever asks for my opinion around here. It’s like they don’t think I have anything useful to add.” “Sure, they ask for our ideas. But they already know what they want to do. They are just checking the box.” “Communications around here stink. Sharing ideas is like…
Read MoreCulture Change at Finance and Business Operations Division, King County, WA
King County Financial and Business Operations Division worked to improve their management with The Leadership Challenge and move to greater alignment.
Read MoreThe Power of Process Walks: What is REALLY Going on Here?
As a participant in the district fund creation process, that much was clear to Chris Franco of King County’s Finance and Business Operations Division.
Read MoreMaximizing The Holy Grail of Operational Excellence: Lean
By starting with three Leader Standard Work components leaders will become more effective Lean Leaders and Lean transformation will start to take hold.
Read MoreCascading Enterprise Alignment: Taking Lean Six Sigma to the Next Level
King County’s Finance and Business Operations Division was hitting major milestones on its Lean journey by mid-2016. In the three years, the division had…
Read MoreStrategic Performance Management: What Do You Do When You’ve Almost Achieved Your Vision?
It’s March 2016. The management team of King County’s Finance and Business Operations Division meets to do a “quick refresh” of the division’s clarity map.
Read MoreDriving Our Way Out of the Fog: Building Organizational Clarity FOREVER! (Part 2)
2 years after kicking off the effort to bring clarity to the City of SeaTac with a vision, mission, values and goals, an employee survey showed improvement.
Read MoreDriving Our Way Out of the Fog: Building Organizational Clarity FOREVER! (Part 1)
SeaTac’s story: Teenaged city learns to drive. Although the City of SeaTac staff members did not create the vision, we had developed commitment to it.
Read MoreBurn the Popcorn: Stop Traditional Brainstorming
A tool that provides the time and structure to generate ideas alone and in a group, along with providing an opportunity for unusual combinations.
Read MoreThe Power of Vision
Culture change is hard work. For Hartford HealthCare (HHC), it begins with some clearly articulated vision statements. Read more.
Read MoreThe Power of COPQ
One of the basic concepts discussed in Lean Six Sigma is the idea of the Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ). It is a simple sounding concept that possesses power.
Read MoreThe Power of Visual Management
The Power of Visual Management
Read MoreOff to a Great Start: Financial Services Success Story
Many of the participants in this initial group have already implemented additional improvements in business and continue to help the culture move forward.
Read MoreUsing Cause and Effect to Get Past the “Usual Suspects”
The Cause and Effect Diagram. This tool is also referred to as a Fishbone Diagram, or Ishakawa diagram.
Read More