Are We Problem Solving or Just Going Through the Motions?

If the solution is obvious, just do it!

I was talking recently with a friend who runs an academic program at a major U.S. university. She was telling me about solving a problem in her department and how the solution was obvious so she just did it. She then related how one of her colleagues protested that she should have used some Six Sigma tools to really understand the process before making the change.

The point is that she rejected this suggestion and just did what she knew needed to be done. I think she was exactly right.

This discussion reveals one of the major issues facing continuous improvement (CI) initiatives today. Doesn’t matter if it’s lean, Six Sigma, 8D, TRIZ, Shainin Red X, or whatever the latest fad in the workplace is. If you know what to do to solve a problem, why mess around with “discovering” it? Just get your backbone up and do what you know is right.

Of course, that begs the question: Are you really sure that what you want to do will work? We must always be conscious of the possibility of confirmation bias in our problem-solving efforts. But if the solution is obvious, just go do it!

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The Truth

You claim "The truth is that not everything should be done with Six Sigma". The truth is that NOTHING should ever be done using Six Sigma.

Six Sigma is a destructive scam based on pure farce. It was created by psychologist, Mikel Harry. Harry claimed that all processes drift by +/-1.5 sigma, every 50 measurements, making them wildly out-of-control and unpredictable. It is hence impossible for a Six Sigma process to produce quality product, no matter where specification limits are set. Harry based his ludicrous claim on the height of a stack of discs! EVERY aspect is as worthless as its laughable foundations.

Dr Wheeler, the world’s leading process statistician, calls Six Sigma “GOOFY” and the stuff of “the tooth fairy”.. CBS calls it the most stupid fad of all time.

Of the 58 large companies that announced Six Sigma programs, 91 percent have trailed the S&P 500 since. Six Sigma destroyed its once best reference GE ... before they tossed the trash out.

Why do people turn their backs on the great men of QUALITY: Professor Deming, Professor Lewis, Professor Ishikawa, Dr Shewhart and Dr Wheeler, for the lunacy of psychologist/salesman Mikel Harry.

Please read my papers exposing the Six Sigma scam:

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/broken-dr-tony-burns/

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/blame-mr-bill-smith-tony-burns/

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/six-sigma-psychology-part-2-tony-burns/

https://www.qualitydigest.com/inside/six-sigma-article/sick-sigma-04180…

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/pillars-six-sigma-stupidity-tony-burns/

https://www.qualitydigest.com/inside/quality-insider-column/six-sigma-p…

https://www.qualitydigest.com/inside/six-sigma-article/predictable-0613…

https://www.qualitydigest.com/inside/six-sigma-article/six-sigma-lesson…

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/control-charts-keep-simple-dr-tony-burns/

https://www.qualitydigest.com/inside/six-sigma-article/sick-sigma-04180…

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/mysteries-six-sigma-dr-tony-burns/