Erik Christensen
Principle of War #1 – Objective
Objective: Direct all efforts toward a clearly defined, decisive, and attainable objective. Clarity of the objective is essential to success. In military…
Principles of war and Lean Six Sigma – Overview
This is the first of a series of posts that were originally published in 2019 to highlight the connection between the 12…
Brown M&Ms
I recently came across a great example of using visual management as a check on compliance from the 1980s rock band…Van Halen….
Inspect what you expect
As summer vacation comes to a close, many of us have little (and not so little) ones who will be going back…
Holding the horses
This week I find myself in Des Moines, Iowa teaching a Green Belt class to a fantastic group of students. One student…
Life lessons of a hockey player
For those of you who know me, you know I am a huge hockey fan, specifically the Vegas Golden Knights. Our family…
Onboarding
Today, all you have to do is walk into almost any company or store in the United States to see help wanted…
Hire to Fire
“Hire to Fire” – the power of metrics Hello colleagues and fellow Lean Six Sigma practitioners, I hope you find the below…
Live online class in Italy
Congratulations to 20 Army individuals who completed the Lean Six Sigma Green Belt training live-online. There were 18 individuals in Vincenza Italy,…
Procedure not followed
Hopefully you can relate to this scenario: A problem occurs at work, a person or persons complete a root cause analysis, their…