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5 Powerful Techniques for Dealing with Setbacks or Total Failure

5 Powerful Techniques for Dealing with Setbacks or Total Failure

June 11th, 2013

Whether you think you can or can’t, you’re right. -Henry Ford It’s 9:25 PM on a Friday night and I’m currently sitting in the Seattle Tacoma airport due to my flight being delayed. Latest estimates have me arriving home in Dallas Fort Worth at around 2:00 AM. So, aside from being able to ca

LSS 005 | What is an FMEA & How Do I Create One?

LSS 005 | What is an FMEA & How Do I Create One?

June 3rd, 2013

Used properly, a Failure Mode & Effects Analysis, or FMEA, can add tremendous value to any organization seeking to understand how (and why) things go wrong with our processes, products, and services. And, most importantly, FMEAs also help us to continuously improve our processes and products

LSS 004 | Is There Value in Seeking Six Sigma Certification?

LSS 004 | Is There Value in Seeking Six Sigma Certification?

May 29th, 2013

I don't normally like to publicly disagree with other continuous improvement influencers here on LSS Academy. I tend to believe there's enough disagreement in the world that I don't need to add to it. But, alas, I recently watched a YouTube video that I really disagree with and felt compelled

LSS 003 | Genchi Genbutsu - Do You Really Understand It?

LSS 003 | Genchi Genbutsu - Do You Really Understand It?

May 24th, 2013

In this podcast I revisit a topic I've written about before on the blog... genchi genbutsu. To play the podcast please press the play button above. During the podcast we meet a Toyota Engineer who takes "going to gemba" to an entirely new level! We also discuss why things such as surveys and f

LSS 002 | What You Do Doesn’t Have to Define You

LSS 002 | What You Do Doesn’t Have to Define You

May 20th, 2013

To listen to this article in podcast format please click the play button above.   What You Do Doesn't Have to Define You My 8-year-old daughter has been playing soccer for more than 4 years.  And she's been playing at a competitive level for over 2 years. Put another way, she’s played the