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Six Sigma e-Learning at Quest Diagnostics & Textron |
| May 12th Webcast: "Building the e-Learning Business Model" |
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 In recent years, Lean Six Sigma deployments have shown a surge of interest and investment in new training technologies, which can deliver cost savings, flexible scheduling, and standardized content.
On May 12 at 11 AM EST, join Doug Evans, Master Black Belt and former Director of Lean Six Sigma training at Quest Diagnostics, Michelle Johnson, Executive Director Textron Six Sigma, and Bill Hathaway, Founder and CEO of MoreSteam.com, for a roundtable Webcast discussion on how companies can successfully build and implement the business case for e-Learning.
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The advantages of e-Learning and Blended Learning for Lean Six Sigma deployments
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Lessons learned as two deployments – one transactional and one manufacturing – adopted e-Learning
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Answers to the common concerns deployments have as they build a business case for e-Learning
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Technical, cultural and implementation considerations for new e-Learning deployments
Back to Kindergarten
Large Lectures Are Going the Way of the Blackboard
 A recent article in the New York times reports the following: “After years of debate and research, M.I.T. has replaced a large introductory physics course with smaller classes that emphasize hands-on, interactive learning.” It seems that large lecture-based classes were found to be ineffective. The introductory physics course typically had as many as 300 students in a large amphitheater, who took notes as the professor lectured and covered multiple blackboards with mathematical formulas. The result was poor attendance and a failure rate of 10-12 percent.
Last fall, the large introductory physics lecture was replaced by smaller classes emphasizing hands-on interactive learning within smaller groups of students collaborating together to run experiments and discuss the results. Sounds a lot like what I remember of kindergarten – less listening and more doing. Read the complete blog. |
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RESOURCES |
| Lean Advice to GM CEO Fritz Henderson (and others) |
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 Jim Womack from The Lean Enterprise Institute comments on GM's disappointing viability plan recently presented to the U.S. Automotive Task Force. Where's the customer focus in the plan? Like many other organizations, it seems that GM has forgotten that customers provide the revenue to turn a profit. Henderson rallies senior leaders to rethink purpose from the standpoint of the customer and to follow Jack Welch's lead in finally recognizing that making money and growing shareholder value is a result, not a strategy. Read Jim's letter "Re-purpose Before You Re-Structure".
The Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI) is a nonprofit education and research organization founded to promote and advance the principles of lean thinking based on principles of the Toyota Business System. LEI offers a variety of resources such as workbooks, case studies, workshops, conferences, and research services.
Blogs in Training
 Have you considered a blog for your Lean Six Sigma students and project team members? Blogs in a learning environment can provide a forum for discussion, reflection, and collaboration. Blogs can also reduce the feelings of isolation experienced by e-Learning students. Learn from the successes of others in "Incorporating Blogs in Training and Education" published by Advanced Distributed
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DOE Web Conference
 If you're not quite sold on the power of matrix-based multifactor testing over the old-fashioned one-factor-at-a-time method, you may be interested in an upcoming offering by Stat-Ease. Wayne Adams is hosting a free broadcast entitled "DOE -- What's In It for Me" on May 27th and 28th. Find out more about this webinar and review materials from previous Stat-Ease presentations.
List of Top 10 Unacceptable Corrective Actions(!)
 How many of these have you heard first-hand? If you've found yourself explaining and re-explaining the concept of root cause, you'll appreciate this list. You might even grimace in recognition at a couple of the responses. Watch this YouTube clip from Mike Micklewright. |
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Majestic Athletic missed the mark by two last month when Washington Nationals Adam Dunn and Ryan Zimmerman wore jerseys that were missing an "o". Unfortunately, this was the SECOND error in two weeks. Check out the upside-down "N" from the previous week http://www.whoneedsrules.com/ .
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