Goodbye, Unwanted TSA Naked Body Airport Scanners! TAGS: administration | airport | body | continuous improvement | eric ries | hassle | implementation | invade | invasive | lean blitz consulting | lean startup | minimum viable product | naked | pilot | privacy | problem | public | scanner | scans | scrap | security | transportation | tsa | tsa.gov | waste Last month the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced they were finally doing away with the awkward naked-body scanning imaging systems. When they were first introduced in 2007 they came under …Continue reading →

Politics and (the Lack of) Root Cause Analysis TAGS: 2012 | ad hominem | agenda | analyze | answer | answers | barack | belief | birth certificate | campaign | candidate | change | conservative | continuous | control | credibility | deficit | define | definition | democrat | dmaic | election | fallacy | fiscal | five whys | foundation | government | identify | implementation | improve | improvement | lean blitz consulting | liberal | measure | mitt | nominee | obama | operations | optimization | pdsa | plan do study adjust | platform | policy | politics | president | problem | process | public | republican | romney | root cause analysis | service | six sigma | slogan | social | sports | tax return As a continuous improvement practitioner, I have a significant disdain for politics. By politics, in this case I’m referring to the democratic elections and campaigning by individuals running for public …Continue reading →

Roger Clemens and System Failure TAGS: answers | asleep | baseball | blitz | braun | bud | buster | career | culture | dollars | drugs | enhancing | espn | first | fix | juror | league | lean | litigate | major | mistrial | money | olney | operations | ped | performance | play | principle | problems | process | public | quality | roger clemens | ryan | selig | six sigma | sports | steroids | stop | tax | time | toyota way | trial | widespread Yesterday former major league pitcher Roger Clemens was found not guilty on all counts of perjury with respect to the accusation that he lied to and obstructed Congress about his …Continue reading →