Mike Cardus

MAY 20, 2013

Quality Leadership Development from Michael Cardus. Hope you enjoy the presentation and notes, any questions and to hire Mike to lead this Quality Leadership Workshop, or some other team building & leadership consulting and development, for your conference and team contact mike@create-learning.com call 1-716-629-3678. image credit.

Quality 137

Quality Leadership Development Six Sigma Development 137

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2015

The executive team of a consumer healthcare company had concluded that the rise of new competitors meant the company needed to up its innovation game. The company had spent the past two decades focused on implementing Six Sigma processes across the enterprise and it was primed to execute on the best and smartest ideas.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Six Sigma Constraint 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

People across industries and job segments need hyper-specialized skills to thrive in this environment, and both white and blue-collar jobs will need to innovate to remain relevant. Time and cost constraints limited these options. Project Management and Lean Six Sigma certifications both center on hands-on learning.

Skills 15

Skills Six Sigma Supply Chain Education 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Innovation starts with new and novel ideas. When we surveyed over 300 global executives between 2008 and 2009, one of the primary concerns they expressed was their inability to compete long term without a solid innovation engine that can grow their top line. Develop Creative Discontent. Find Pivots. Overturn Orthodoxies.

Skills 8

Skills Power Six Sigma Disruptive Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Develop standards for QIPs. Develop standards for meaningful participation by individual physicians. These standards were developed in partnership with the Mayo Clinic Quality Academy, which oversees teaching, training, coaching, and supporting Mayo’s 60,000 staff to improve patient outcomes, safety, and service.

Quality 8

Quality Mayo System Six Sigma 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2017

Accordingly, business leaders sought to improve efficiency by employing Six Sigma, process reengineering, spans and layers, and other tools. In our experience, companies still focus more on cutting costs than on developing and executing new growth strategies. But the scales have now tipped in favor of accelerating growth.

ROE 10

ROE Long-term GDP Six Sigma 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2014

Short-term thinking has been charged with no less than a chronic decline in innovation capability by Clayton Christensen who termed it “the Capitalist’s Dilemma.” ) Corporations continue to focus too narrowly on shareholders , with terrible consequences – even at great companies like IBM. Townes, and Henry L.

Six Sigma 8

Six Sigma Drucker P&L Short-term 8