2012 Summer Olympics: Lost Keys at Wembley Stadium TAGS: 2012 | blitz | consulting | england | football | keys | laser | lean | london | lost | olympiad | olympics | oops | operations | police | process | scotland | security | six sigma | sports | stadium | valuable | video | wembley | yahoo | yard The first story in the video is the one to key in on. (Yes, that pun was intended.) So a set of very valuable keys to a famous soccer (sorry …Continue reading →

The Big Oops with the Barclays Center TAGS: astros | bank | barclays | blitz | brooklyn | center | ceo | consulting | continuous | diamond | embarrassment | england | enron | europe | field | fixing | forfeit | franchise | houston | improvement | introduce | jay-z | lean | lite | maid | manipulating | miller | minute | move | naming | nba | nets | new jersey | new york times | operations | optimization | park | participants | pictures | process | rate | resign | rights | robert | scandal | six sigma | sports | stadium | supervisor | team You know the phrases “too many chefs in the kitchen” and “too many Chiefs, not enough Indians” or “a camel is a horse designed by a committee?” Too many people …Continue reading →

Continuous Improvement and Our Founding Fathers TAGS: 1776 | american | blitz | brats | britain | burgers | change | consulting | continuous | declaration | destination | england | fathers | founding | freedom | george | hancock | history | improvement | independence | jefferson | john | journey | july | lean | management | nation | operations | process | revolutionary | six sigma | sports | states | tax | taxation | thomas | united | war | washington Happy Independence Day 2012 everybody! In between bites of our burgers or brats and swigs of beer, let’s also take the time to thank all of those who have made …Continue reading →

Hit Factory: Using Statistics to Create Pop Success TAGS: bbc | efficiency | england | idol | lady gaga | music formula | nickelback | orwell | pop artists | pop hits | pop songs | pop success | record companies | statistical analysis | top 40 | university of bristol Scientists at the University of Bristol in England claim they have identified quantifiable factors that impact the success of pop songs on the charts. According to an article by BBC …Continue reading →

Time – The Non-Renewable Resource TAGS: china | cost savings | currency | democratic | efficiency | england | india | lean | marion barber | queen | savings | somalia | student | time | time savings | universal | value adding | waste The most important type of savings provided by lean implementation? It’s not money, it’s not people. It’s time. Time is the ultimate non-renewable natural resource. Once a second has passed, …Continue reading →