#leanthinking Archives - UPPSolutions https://uppsolutions.net/tag/leanthinking/ Elevate Your Career Wed, 06 Apr 2016 22:12:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/uppsolutions.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/cropped-UPPSolutions-white-bg-site-icon.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 #leanthinking Archives - UPPSolutions https://uppsolutions.net/tag/leanthinking/ 32 32 103753646 Complicating Continuous Improvement https://uppsolutions.net/complicating-continuous-improvement/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=complicating-continuous-improvement https://uppsolutions.net/complicating-continuous-improvement/#comments Thu, 07 Apr 2016 13:00:35 +0000 https://uppsolutions.net/?p=299 Does the continuous improvement industry need to practice more of what we preach: do we need to lean out our Lean process and reduce our Six Sigma variations? Humans, by nature, tend to over-process the simple into complexities that are not strictly necessary. We change agents are acutely aware of this as we busily go…

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]]> https://uppsolutions.net/complicating-continuous-improvement/feed/ 3 299 Are You Training People to Think or Follow a Checklist? https://uppsolutions.net/are-you-training-people-to-think-or-follow-a-checklist/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=are-you-training-people-to-think-or-follow-a-checklist Tue, 19 Jan 2016 18:54:28 +0000 https://uppsolutions.net/?p=200 Several weeks ago, at the MoreSteam annual Executive Briefing in Houston, Texas: Excellence in Process Improvement, there was an interesting presentation and discussion on Lean/Sigma training. The conference participants were comprised of a select group of experienced continuous improvement professionals, many of whom are program leaders. The question was raised (in essence): “Do our historical…

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