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Does Six Sigma Apply to Healthcare?

Thomas Pyzdek — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:32:09 +0000

Tom Pyzdek is interviewed by Steven C. Wilson on Quality Conversations. Click to listen.

Steven C. Wilson interviews Tom Pyzdek

Business Profits Radio Interview Podcast

Thomas Pyzdek — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:24:02 +0000

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.

Why Healthcare Quality Stinks in America

Thomas Pyzdek — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:33:55 +0000

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?

American Kaizen

Thomas Pyzdek — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:31:45 +0000

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.

Tough Times and Lean Six Sigma

Thomas Pyzdek — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:55:14 +0000

episode 026-Tough Times and Lean Six Sigma

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

10 Reasons to Do Six Sigma

Thomas Pyzdek — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:52:33 +0000

episode 025-10 Reasons to do Six Sigma

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

Flavor of the Month

Thomas Pyzdek — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:51:04 +0000

episode 024-Flavor of the Month

Is Lean or Six Sigma a Flavor of the Month? What does this derisive label actually mean? Listen to this podcast and learn more!

Be Careful What You Wish For

Thomas Pyzdek — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:49:34 +0000

episode 023-Be careful what you wish for

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.

An Overview of Six Sigma Black Belt Training

Thomas Pyzdek — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:47:04 +0000

episode 022-An overview of Black Belt training

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.

Modeling with Regression

Thomas Pyzdek — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:44:08 +0000

Episode 021-Modeling with regression

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.