Lean Six Sigma for Good

Lean and Six Sigma methods have been very effective at helping businesses and organizations improve processes, enhance customer satisfaction, and save money.

These methods are also helpful to improve social and environmental problems.

We have helped create a website with information about how to setup a volunteer group to work with nonprofit and not-for-profit organizations. The site also gathers case studies, articles, videos and podcasts about how these methods have already been applied to help the better good.

LeanSixSigmaForGood.com

We’ve also tried to capture our thoughts with “Lean Six Sigma for Good” books and podcast:

Lean Six Sigma for Good Podcast (since 2015)
Lean Six Sigma for Good Book Series

Lean Six Sigma Bursts

We share our takes and thoughts on a variety of topics related to process improvement (specifically Lean and Six Sigma methods), Bursts are rapid improvement activities, so this sounded like a good word to use for these short audio clips. We’ll try to keep them under 5 minutes each.

The following was a clip from a recent presentation, where I discuss how hypothesis testing can help you draw more statistically valid conclusions from data, and avoid misleading or incorrect conclusions.

I share two examples. The first was a data set from the Denver Sheriff's Department, where they graphed and analyzed intake use of force incidents, but their conclusions don't seem to match the graphic.

The 2nd example was data I pulled for a nonprofit I ran that showed the day of the week and time of day had no impact on click through rates on our monthly email newsletter.

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