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Beyond Just the Scoop
 After reading the recent overflow of blogs and blurbs about General Electric becoming the newly crowned champion of Lean methods, you might be interested in reading Jeffrey Immelt's original article. Writing for Harvard Business Review, Immelt offers more insight into GE's operational improvements beyond what was picked up in the short articles. For example, he shares his thoughts on the three key elements of the company's new approach and gives a preview of GE's future ambitions.
The full text article is available even if you are not a HBR subscriber. Simply register for a free limited access account and you will be granted access to three in-depth articles per month.
Read "The CEO of General Electric on Sparking an American Manufacturing Renewal."
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Don't Miss Our FREE Monthly Webcasts
 Register for our free one-hour continuing education Webcasts for Master Black Belts, Black Belts, and all interested Lean Six Sigma practitioners.
This next program completes our healthcare series by featuring Covidien's Customer Excellence team. Michelle Johnson will share an example of how Covidien works with medical institutions to leverage Lean Six Sigma tools for long-term improvements.
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The May Webcast features Peter T. Ward from The Ohio State University delving into the question of why every organization has not been successful in deploying operational excellence. Out of all the answers, they all seem to boil down to leadership. |
Leading With Lean
Peter T. Ward, The Ohio State University
May 22nd at 1:00 PM (EDT)/18:00 GMT |
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These monthly presentations qualify for the American Society for Quality's Black Belt recertification program, where you can list them under the "professional development" category.
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Get Your Game Face On and Learn
 Late last month, in a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) program, James Gee, a professor from Arizona State University, espoused the value of well-designed video games to better prepare students to solve some of our greatest challenges. His conclusion about the current educational design found in post-secondary educational institutions: "The current school curriculum is like giving you the manual without the game."
Learn how Gee sees modern learning theory and game design coming together in what he calls a Situated Learning Matrix. Read Gee's "Learning and Games" chapter in The Ecology of Games offered as an open access e-book by MIT Press. The publication includes chapters from a variety of authors who provide insightful thought seeds for trainers and educators alike.
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Even NASA Offers Play Time
 Yes, even NASA has entered the games space race. You may not be a rocket scientist but NASA will give you the opportunity to try your hand at being an air traffic controller. NASA's latest outreach effort offers a Facebook trivia game called Space Race Blastoff and an air traffic control simulator entitled Sector 33.
Sector 33 is a mobile game for iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch. It is designed to supplement the middle school math curriculum but offers some light mental amusement for adults as well.
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New Accreditation
MoreSteam.com recently earned accreditation from the Better Business Bureau (BBB).
To be accredited by BBB, a business must abide by the BBB Code of Business Practices. Read the press release.
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NEW Version of GB: Brazilian Portuguese
The MoreSteam international course catalog was recently expanded to include a new Brazilian Portuguese version of the 80-hour Lean Six Sigma Green Belt course. Read the announcement.
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