This month we’ll visit with visit with Jerry Wright, the president and chair of the Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME).

We’ll tell you about an app that let’s you build shareable checklists. In the news we’ll hear about a prize-winning County in Washington State and how the Electric Power Sector got a shock – pun intended – when they looked at their safety record. We’ll discuss Quality Guru John Shook’s seminal book revealing Toyota’s secret to using the A3 to build leaders, and we’ll answer a question about which tools to use when dealing with Negative Nancys. We’re ordering 2 shots of espresso – one for us and one for you – and we’ll meet you at the Just-in-Time Cafe!

Also Listen On:

Timeline

* 2:40 Appetizer of the Day 

* Sweet Process

* 5:33 Bulletin Board

* Lean Six Sigma News: Driving Safety and Excellence

* Lean Six Sigma News: Panel Solutions and Packaging Products

* 13:18 Tools of the Trade 

* Managing to Learn by John Shook

* 17:57 Special Request

* How do you deal with strong personalities in a meeting where these is disagreement on processes?

* Today’s Special

* Interview with Jerry Wright from AME

Tools Referenced

* Sweet Process

* Lean Six Sigma News: Driving Safety and Excellence

* Lean Six Sigma News: Panel Solutions and Packaging Products

* Managing to Learn by John Shook

* How do you deal with strong personalities in a meeting where these is disagreement on processes?

Podcast Transcript

Welcome to the Just-In-Time Cafe, GoLeanSixSigma.com’s official podcast, where we help you build your problem solving muscles. We share best practices from over 20 years of success helping organizations from the Fortune 500, to small and medium size business, to government achieve their goals using Lean Six Sigma.

Introduction

Tracy: Hey Elisabeth!

Elisabeth: Tracy we are back!

Tracy: We are back in the cafe!