How Do I Use Six Sigma?
Okay I will probably anger a lot of people here, but Motorola did not start 6Sigma; what Motorola did was repackage the quality improvement tools into what we recognize as 6Sigma. For those of you who are die hard believers that Motorola started 6Sigma, I refer you to Alan Ramias’ article The Mists of […]
What is Six Sigma Anyway?
Well in a nutshell, Six Sigma is a management methodology to correct a system or process within your organization. When you hear Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, Change Management these are all improvements for processes. All of these are built around Deming’s PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Act) cycle. Plan– This step identifies the issues occurring, the desired goals […]
Are you scaring off potential talent?
In this economy it’s easy to assume that all applicants are lucky to get interviewed, but when you carry that attitude into the hiring process it becomes a lightning rod for the talent you are trying to attract. There are certain fields where this is an exception, I can think of technical fields and the […]
How do I keep high earning employees engaged?
As far as business is concerned you’ve hit the lottery. You have managed to lure the ‘rock star’ employee from the big boys and now you have your work cut out for you. How do you keep high earning employees happy? You know they are always looking for the next big thing, so how do […]
Mobile VOIP goes international
In January mobile VoIP giant Rebtel launched a new Blackberry Application aimed at reducing the enormous cost of international calls. Android users (like myself) shouldn’t feel left out, there is an international application for Android as well. The application does not need an active Wi-Fi connection to work; it works on a standard cellular network […]
