Category Archives: On Process Improvement

Articles on general process and productivity improvement

Wicked Problems

Posted on April 8, 2018 by Thomas

I’m a process guy, a disciple of Lean, Agile, Six Sigma and Empirical Process Control. But I’m also a contrarian, a critic of those same disciplines because they too often focus on so called best practices, usually in the form … Continue reading →

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A Visual Tool for Large Group Facilitation

Posted on February 22, 2018 by Thomas

Problem Statement: A school board which has not agreed to an increase in recommended levy funding in 16 years. A community which regularly votes down the levy funding requests recommended by the board. A school system which is largely under … Continue reading →

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How I Achieved an 85% Decrease in Downtime

Posted on February 15, 2018 by Thomas

Probably the most rewarding job of my career was building assembly line control systems. While there are many aspects of the job that I valued, what made it most rewarding was the radical improvements I was able to make to … Continue reading →

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