Have you ever found yourself applying skills learned in a training class towards your everyday lives (work and/or home life)? It happened to me just last night, as my wife (sometimes referred to as my Congress) needed some help with a brochure she was putting together for her business. By now your first question is … Read more
Last week I was in a Six Sigma Black Belt training class. The program itself is three weeks long, spread over four months. I have already attended the Green Belt training, so many of the terms and acronyms used were already familiar to me. With the expanded format we were able to spend far more … Read more
I came across another post on a Six Sigma blog that I found to be quite interesting and applicable to most. The author writes about an interesting group exercise taking place during a class she was teaching. The exercise was about personality preferences with regards to team management, and you can read about it here. … Read more
About two months ago I met someone who introduced me to Twitter (www.twitter.com). I went to the website, registered, and checked it out for a few days but I was not very interested in knowing that people thousands of miles away were having a cup of coffee. So, I left the site and did not … Read more
At some point in my life I was introduced to the idea that there are four corners of knowledge, or something to that effect. And the corners are labeled “Things You Know”, “Things You Don’t Know”, “Things You Know You Don’t Know”, and finally “Things You Don’t Know That You Don’t Know”. Gradually I have … Read more
I am certain we all have clients or customers that are, say, “high-maintenance”. For example, I have one individual who sends every email with that High Importance red exclamation point. This is most likely the same person who bullied their way to the front of the lunch line in grade school. “Pay attention to me, … Read more
