Tom Pyzdek is interviewed by Steven C. Wilson on Quality Conversations. Click to listen.
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Tom Pyzdek is interviewed by Steven C. Wilson on Quality Conversations. Click to listen.
Developing a great lifestyle from your business depends on your ability to create automatic systems to get work done without your day-to-day attention. This program gives you a step-by-step process for creating effective business systems that allow you to automate your business. In this podcast Business Profits Radio host Robert Skrob asks Tom about Six Sigma. What is it? How is it useful to small businesses? Can it be used to improve sales, marketing, operations? This wide-ranging interview covers a tremendous variety of topics relating to business process excellence.
Let’s be honest, America’s healthcare non-system has its problems. What are the root causes? Do any of the proposed solutions address them?
Kaizen means “improvement” in Japanese. In Japan businesses view Kaizen as a way to engage everyone in improvement without spending much money. Improvements are usually small, and overall improvement is gradual. Americans have little patience for such an approach. This podcast describes the American version of Japan’s successful approach to improving products and processes.
Tom provides a little background on the current economic crisis, and some pointers to help you survive and prosper.
December 14th, 2008
January 4th, 2009
There are many reasons an organization might consider doing Six Sigma. For example, survival! This podcast presents a list of 10 other reasons.
December 14th, 2008
Is Lean or Six Sigma a Flavor of the Month? What does this derisive label actually mean? Listen to this podcast and learn more!
October 12, 2008
We all want leadership support, right? But if you’re not careful to specify precisely what you want your leaders to do for you, you may find yourself worse off than before. 10:19.
July 5, 2008
Tom presents the audio track of the first lesson of his online Black Belt training. His approach is unique because it presents the various tools in the context of how they are applied. If you are not yet a Six Sigma Black Belt, you will discover what is taught in Black Belt training. If you’re already a Black Belt, this podcast will help you understand when and how each tool is applied. You may want to listen to this podcast in several listenings. 22:49.
July 1, 2008
One important Black Belt activity is to use the organization’s data warehouse to explore cause and effect relationships by building models using multiple linear regression. This isn’t as easy as just throwing all of the candidate Xs into a software package and crunching away. This podcast describes the technique Tom teaches in Six Sigma Black Belt training. 5:32.
Resources for Six Sigma |
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Introduction to Six Sigma |
Six Sigma Projects |
Six Sigma Tools |
Six Sigma Statistics |
Six Sigma Videos (Requires QuickTime) |
Leading Six Sigma |
Healthcare Quality |
Process Excellence Podcasts |
Other Useful LinksGood books on Six Sigma and other topics |
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