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ASQ Buffalo Quality Conference 2013 :: Mike is Presenting

Mike Cardus

ASQ Buffalo 2013 Quality Conference. October 15 Quality Conference. October 16 Quality Seminars. I will be presenting 2 workshops at the ASQ Buffalo 2013 Quality Conference – October 15 & 16. Understanding and various uses of Nine Windows, a TRIZ inventive problem solving tool. October 15 Quality Conference.

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Quality Tools to Discover Solutions: Nine Windows

Mike Cardus

Nine windows is often used in TRIZ (The theory of inventive problem solving) to explore solutions to a problem in a context of past present and future. Nine-Windows in human system i.e. team building & leadership, can be used as a planning tool. Please share thoughts and what quality tools you use in the comments.

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Thinking Differently. Enabling Innovation

Mike Cardus

Quality Tools to Discover Solutions: Nine Windows. MindSpin: Team Building Activity for Brainstorming and Solution-Finding. What’s the Companies goal & how do you fit in? Partner Separation. Bright :: Blurry :: Blind. Dimension, Time, Cost Operator: Seeing Problems Differently.

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Managerial Leadership Training Tool: Using DTC Operator Innovation Planning

Mike Cardus

Working with a team of 5 Executive Directors from a company that employs ~2000 people we identified a gap in the Managerial Leadership Training , Mentoring and coaching of employees prior to being promoted to a Manager Level within the company. With this team we used it to explore the challenge of Developing a Managerial Leadership Process.

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Quality Tools to Discover Solutions: Nine Windows. Published on ASQ Site

Mike Cardus

I serve on the ASQ Human Development & Leadership Division Board as the Education Chair, ASQ Buffalo NY Section as the Community Liaison. ASQ The Global Voice of Quality , published one of my articles ‘Quality Tools to Discover Solutions: Nine Windows’ in the Idea Creation Tools and Problem Solving Tools , Knowledge Center.

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Applying a Model for Small Business Continual Improvement

Deming Institute

As a quality engineer, I am always looking for quality focused businesses. Quality tools are shown next to stages where they are most often useful but many tools can be used in many different stages of the model. Leadership. Leadership. DMAIC methodology 8 hidden costs Triz. 14 Deming principles.

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Innovation and 21st Century Learning

Mike Cardus

Quality is skilled knowledge of our practices; Quality is just what we do and what is expected from us. Innovation is about identifying outliers from our quality work to continually improve and strive towards potential. Contact us and make your team and leadership better. michael cardus is create-learning.