Piece on NPR

Gee Darth, maybe we should change your name to Newbie Darth.If you actually read the story, you would see that part 2 is tomorrow. I
wonder if you can figure out where to find it? (hint – look at the
address of the story you already didn’t read well)

I also question why she even bothered posting and then thanking everyone for the deep and thought provoking responses which were obviously helpful in her writing her article a couple of days later.

Freddy,
Let’s give Joyce credit, from the article it sounds like she has actually been directly involved with some of the people in Erie County. There are some very good people involved up there so she probably had some good information to start with.
That is much better than some professor that started pontificating about creativity and SS or the “reporter” that did the USA Today piece.
I am actually amazed that she got the article written without John L figuring out how to get his picture attached to it.
Let’s see where it goes assuming we can figure out when the next article appears and where it will be. That was a touch of sarcasm Darth.
Just my opinion.

Based on the responses, I thought her article would be on how easy it
is to start a food fight on iSixSigma

We haven’t seen the whole thing yet.
You aren’t amazed that John L doesn’t have his picture in it?
Regards

Mike – Your shameless act of trying to discredit me and steal my thunder is petty and small.  I expect this kind of behavior from Darth, but not from you.  It will take more than one drink to mend this fence.
 
Stevo

That and she quoted someone from Cleveland,Everyone in Buffalo knows that if you need some town to look down
on it’s Cleveland.

Mike:  Guess you haven’t met Dr. Goldratt – He actually had (maybe still has) a seminar on “The Silver Bullet.”  Given all the business methods and continuous improvement methods out there, I’d say that TOC (including DBR, thinking processes, and critical chain schedule mgmt) probably fills the bill as the closest thing to being a silver bullet.

When you live in Buffalo and you think Pittsburg is a vacation spot it says a lot.

I found this all by myself without any help from Katie or Jessica.http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wbfo/news.newsmain/article/0/0/1599837/WBFO.News/Lean.Six.Sigma.-.Part.II..What.is.it.and.can.it.work.for.county.governmentNot quite a biting commentary and soul searching investigative report. I put it alongside the story about Mrs. Smith’s cat being caught in the tree. Folksy, local focused and light. But, then again, I guess that is what it was always supposed to be. Much ado about nothing.

You and Carnell have an advantage since it is night time already where I am so you have a longer timeframe to be obnoxious. The advantage switches to me in the morning whilst ya’ll are sound asleep.

Whisky – That is what’s nice about this business, you don’t have to be unique or original to be successful.  Now if I was really on my game I would have repackaged and updated the comment; “Looking for a titanium ballistic”.
 
Stevo
 
Ps – If you are looking for depth, I’m not your man.  Insight is a different beast.

Touche

You must not know John LThe correct question is why would John L. care what you think?

John L is to SS what Mikel Harry claims to be.

John Lupienski was the Quality Manager at the Motorola Automotive Plant in Elma, New York. He understood the idea of SS before it was really an idea. Probably one of the most patient and tenacious implementors of Continuous Improvement you could ever meet. Always something to learn from him as long as you can live with him telling you everything three times and leaves the longest phone messages ever left on voice mail.
We hear people whine about management buy in. Plant Managers would call Marty Rayl, Director Of Quality Assurance, and plead to have him pulled out of the factory because John was so tenacious. The only way Marty would pull him is after they did everything John wanted them to do and by then they understood the benefit.
Why do we have little tolerance for the weak hearted that whine? We have seen John grind the worst of them into submission and then revive them as advocates. You had to see it to believe it.
Just my opinion.