GE’s CEO controls information worth billions – July 21, 2008 It’s always interesting to read about GE’s shift from a Six Sigma company to a Lean Six Sigma company. Their CIO, Gary Reiner, is responsible for their Lean Six Sigma…
I know Tim Noble and he sent this to me, so I’m basically just going to reprint the press release verbatim and the solicit your comments: Lean Talent Demand Finally Edges Out Six Sigma Fourth annual study by executive search…
Analyze This: Hoaxer Haunts Earnings Calls – WSJ.com Some guy (not me) has been spoofing his way onto companies’ investor / analyst calls, asking questions about Lean and Six Sigma. He’s using a fake name and uses a lot of…
Technology Review: “You Don’t Understand Our Audience” It’s just one part of a very interesting article in the MIT magazine by John Hockenberry, a former reporter for NBC news. NBC (and NBC Universal) are a part of the General Electric…
Six Sigma – People I might not be able to blog much the next few days, so I’ll pose this fun question. Has anyone heard of the Six Sigma winery, founded by a former GE executive? What would a “Lean…
Six Sigma and Lean Talent Demand: Finally Reaching Parity A press release says that demand for Lean skills and experience has risen: Based on its third annual sampling of Internet job postings, The Avery Point Group found that Six Sigma…
Nursing Spectrum- Career Fitness Online Here is a nice case study about the application of Lean, written by a nurse. Note for the IBM-er’s, this has nothing to do with layoffs or offshoring. This seems to be around real Lean.…
shmula » Need a Job, eh? : Business, Technology, and Stuff in Between If you’re in Vancouver BC and looking for interesting Lean work at eBay, check out this post from Shmula.com’s Pete Abilla. Some of his unofficial qualifications: You…
Article Link Thanks to Ron for sending this article my way. Check out his excellent blog post on the difference between being fast and “playing fast,” tying the football idea to manufacturing (although I’m hoping my Wildcats can finally beat…
We know Dilbert makes fun of Six Sigma, but the new NBC show “30 Rock” does a great job of skewering GE culture (of which NBC is a part) and Six Sigma. 30 Rock is easily the funniest workplace show…
Google Trends: lean manufacturing, six sigma More fun with “Google Trends.” Six Sigma (red line) is a much more popular search term in Google than Lean Manufacdturing (blue line). It looks like about a 7:1 ratio. That surprises me. Does…
Six Sigma Blog: Fire alarms: The Dell notebook scare and Six Sigma defect control CIO Magazine I’m sure you’ve heard of the cases of Dell laptops catching on fire and the resulting recall. Sony, the manufacturer of the batteries, offered…
