Visualize to Understand
“In mathematics, the sudden occurrence of an idea that seems to come out of nowhere is often the signal that you are missing an image.” –David Bessis I’m frustrated. We’ll […]
Improve Your Intuition
Let’s talk about intuition. This is where we make nearly all our decisions. The faster the decision, the more intuition is at play rather than the slow rationalization of facts. […]
Confront Your Confusion
Just a quick recap: in my May newsletter, I stated that math is the path to better problem solving, but that we have a problem with math. If you didn’t […]
The Trouble with Mathematics
It is with cold, hard, unfeeling logic that all things will be made better… said nobody ever. Well, maybe Spock or Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory. Those of us […]
Control to Succeed!
The Control phase of DMAIC ensures that we communicate our plans and document the new operations. But getting this right is more than just updating documents and creating training slide […]
Improvements Require Flawless Implementation
In practice at Chalmers St., we typically find that improvements seem to surface naturally from all of our work in the Define, Measure, and Analyze phases. When the DMAIC method […]
The Mindsets That Drive Better Solutions
In December, I wrote about the Measure Phase of DMAIC, emphasizing the importance of collecting facts and aligning around them so we can collaboratively work on a problem. This month, […]
What’s New for the New Year
Happy New Year! Let’s take a brief pause on our newsletter series covering DMAIC to recognize the year ahead of us. For those of you born in the last century, […]
Just the Facts, Please
How are you doing? It’s a good question to ask at the end of the year. Next month I will fill you in on how Chalmers St. is doing and […]
The Power of a Good Definition
What’s in a project charter? I started in the Motorola Six Sigma Program in 2001. At that time, they did not include DMAIC as part of the training. The focus […]