January 11, 2004
Six Sigma
Starting tomorrow I will be attending full day training classes to obtain my green belt in Six Sigma. I know it sounds like I am working on some martial arts degree, but in actuality this is going to be a really great thing for my career.
Six Sigma is a continuos improvement philosophy which is used by companies to study different processes within thier organizations and to improve performance or save money. This philosophy was developed mostly by Motorola and Allied Signal in the 80's and 90's, but Six Sigma really got the most press coverage as Jack Welch used it to create significant savings for GE in the 90's.
There have and still are a lot of other processes out there to improve a companies performance, but as far as I can tell Six Sigma is the most comprehensive and includes as part of it the idea that you need to add incentives for your employees to adopt this new mindset and implement it into their daily lives.
I am pretty stoked about getting this training and becoming an official member of the Six Sigma community. I have participated in numerous projects in the past and I am personally a fan of the continuous improvement that this can have for an organization (I admit it, I have read about 6 books on my own about 6 sig..)
Wish me luck, and I will update the blog with more information about my project as it comes together.