Defects and the 404 Page TAGS: 404 | 404'd | blitz | broken bat | consulting | continuous improvement | feedback | five whys | lean | operations | process | renny gleeson | root cause analysis | six sigma | sports | talk | ted Last week at the TEDxColumbiaSC event we got to watch the TED Talk video from Renny Gleeson on web sites’ 404 pages. This video got me thinking, as both a …Continue reading →

College Football Rule Changes and PDSA TAGS: alabama | ambiguous | analysis | behavior | college | consulting | cupcake | defense | defensive end | division ii | division iii | effects | failure | fbs | feedback | field | fmea | football | football bowl subdivision | football championship subdivision | force | gray area | helmet | hit | james madison | lean | lean blitz | mack brown | maximize | mode | modify | ncaa | nick saban | northwestern | off | offense | oklahoma state | operations | opposition | pdca | pdsa | plan do check act | plan do study act | pop | preseason | process | rip | rule | running back | safety | savannah state | six sigma | sports | texas | trial and error Recently I wrote about the lack of PDCA – the continuous improvement framework of Plan-Do-Check-Act – and how it affects college football teams because they don’t have the luxury of …Continue reading →

Imagery of Poka-Yoke TAGS: cable | computer | consulting | continuous improvement | defects | error | feedback | hdmi | imgur | lean | lean blitz | mistake | operations | orientation | plug | poka | poka-yoke | pokayoke | process | proofing | rca | rework | scrap | sports | stereo | technology | time | tools | toy | usb | wastes | yoke A quick little background on “poka-yoke.” Also written by others as “pokayoke” or “poka yoke,” it all refers to error-proofing or mistake-proofing. And what do those terms mean? Why, making …Continue reading →