Upcoming Webinar: Metrics & Statistics Don’t Have to Be Scary
I'll be presenting a free webinar on Wednesday, October 31st at 1 pm ET... as you might notice, that's Halloween…
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Process Behavior Charts
Look Out! Be Careful! That Chart is Out of Control!?!
Here's the latest cartoon collaboration with a skilled artist and medical assistant, Carrie Schurman (see past…
Home Runs as Tables of Numbers, Run Charts, and Process Behavior Charts
If you're not a baseball fan, I apologize for a second baseball-themed post this week. Baseball has a lot of…
Taking Don Wheeler’s Class; MLB Batting Averages are Lower… So What?
I recently saw this headline:
Baseball on pace for lowest batting average since 1972
Just because it's the…
Podcasts, Videos, and Some Measures for “Measures of Success”…
Here are a few items and thoughts related to "Process Behavior Charts" and my book Measures of Success.
I'll…
Three Recorded Webinars: TWI, Kata, “Measures of Success” And a short…
I'm participating in three webinars here in August -- one as host and moderator and two as the presenter. All are…
Did This Intervention Reduce Blood Culture Contamination Rates?
Here is a chart from a team in San Antonio, where I teach a class on Lean for quality and patient safety twice a…
Context and a “Process Behavior Chart” Instead of Two Data Points:…
I started my career in manufacturing, so that's just one reason I'm interested in the topics of offshoring (sending…
Recording of My “Measures of Success” Webinar
Here is the recording of the webinar I told you about recently, with themes from my book Measures of Success.…
Is the Reported Drop in Major League Baseball Attendance a “Signal” or…
Here is my latest article that I published on LinkedIn:
Is the Reported Drop in Major League Baseball Attendance…
Attend With Me: Come Learn Statistical Process Control From Don Wheeler
For a long time, I've wanted to attend a "Statistical Process Control" (SPC) class taught by Donald J. Wheeler,…
My Book “Measures of Success” and a Free Webinar Recording
I'm still working on my book Measures of Success, as I've mentioned here a few times.
The partial "in-progress"…
Should This Japanese Hospital React to a Dip in Kaizen Submissions? “Small Kaizen”…
Last week, I wrote Part 1 of this piece about TQM and "Small Kaizen" at a Japanese Hospital pharmacy.
The…
Video of My Lean Startup Week Talk on Distinguishing Signal from Noise in Metrics…
Thanks to Eric Ries and the organizers for Lean Startup Week for allowing me to share video of my 15-minute talk…
My Talk in Vegas: Leadership Lessons from Statistics and Psychology How to help…
Today, I’m giving a keynote talk at the Lean & Six Sigma World Conference being held in Las Vegas. I don’t…
Are Minor League Baseball Games Getting Slower or Faster? What do "process…
Are minor league games taking longer? Well, yes and no, depending on the league.
My next book, Measures of…
Ratings for “The Oscars” Were Lower in 2018? Should We Ask Why or Look…
As I blogged about yesterday, things went well at the Oscars... or, at least, no errors were made in the…
Every Metric Has Variation – What Can We Learn from NCAA Football…
Last week, I saw a headline about a drop in NCAA college football attendance.
I wasn't satisfied with the two…