Comments on: Six Sigma Control Phase is Not Anti-Lean

By: Watching Some Bad Online Lean Training, or “L.A.M.E.” Training — Lean Blog

Tue, 05 Oct 2010 09:02:10 +0000

[...] but that’s a different blog post altogether (and I’ll point you to my buddy Ron’s). Do traditional managers (command-and-control types) like Six Sigma because of the word [...]

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One Year of Blogging! | Lean Six Sigma Academy — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 20:40:38 +0000

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Reader Question: Project Handoffs | Lean Six Sigma Academy — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 04:30:50 +0000

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By: Management Improvement Carnival #18 | Lean Six Sigma Academy

Management Improvement Carnival #18 | Lean Six Sigma Academy — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 03:20:59 +0000

[...] Six Sigma Control Phase in Not Anti-Lean by Ron Pereira from LSS Academy. Finally, after some thought and reading Jon’s comments I also learned that I must personally work to promote more of a continuous – kaizen like – mindset when teaching six sigma. [...]

By: Ron Pereira

Ron Pereira — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 01:18:21 +0000

Thanks Rick. You summarized the point I was attempting to make perfectly!

By: Rick Foreman

Rick Foreman — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 14:12:07 +0000

I thought this was a really good post because it brings to the forefront, without really mentioning it, that SS and Lean will not have the sustainment and continuous improvement beyond initial activity unless the people are involved, behavior is changed, and a new culture is established.

By: Ron Pereira

Ron Pereira — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 03:31:21 +0000

You know Mark, I thought about coining the term – SSAME – but wanted to check with the lean blog lawyers to make sure there are no copy write issues since you invented LAME!

By: Mark Graban

Mark Graban — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 03:22:47 +0000

Good post, very thought provoking. I suppose SS is just like Lean… it can be misapplied or abused by people who tend to be bad command and control managers, with or without SS or Lean! I’d hope that SS folks are involving employees (rather than the expert just solving problems themselves) and that they focus on continuous improvement.