George Aslinger @gaslinger  Reputation - 16 Rank - Aluminum | What has been your experience with blended learning (online/classroom) for Six Sigma? |
Gary Cone @garyacone Reputation - 1157 Rank - Silver | @gaslinger Based on your two other posts, I have to assume you are fishing for work supporting on-line learning although that is not what your web-site says. Be careful because this forum is not to promote business, it’s to share knowledge. That said, there are good and terrible suppliers of virtual learning just the same as there are for face to face learning. Some people are trying to provide a valuable and needed service and some are just after the easy money. I put Moresteam in the first category and my impression of the folks I’ve interviewed from the others you mentioned is they are in the second category. But people who are really motivated to learn can learn from almost any source, including textbooks, or my favorite Managerial Breakthrough by Juran. It is preferred to have a guide and it is preferred to have face to face learning. I say this based on results. I have been involved in this form of learning for years and while most talk about their firm’s few million dollar savings last year, we can document several hundred millions for over half of the last 15 years. But we stack the deck in our favor. We seek Fortune 50 companies where the leadership is listening. We have a robust and simple way of getting right projects. And we only do training and support as a contact sport. The reality is many who seek to learn do not have the luxury of working for one of these companies or being selected if they do work for them. For those, companies like Moresteam (I have no relationship with them BTW, I just respect their founder and many of their employees) or developing a mentoring relationship through your local ASQ or …. is a rational way to go. Just be well prepared when seeking a job based on this route, you had better know your stuff. |
February 2, 20120
