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I really appreciate the feedback. These videos take anywhere from 2 - 5 hours to put together…for just a short video…so I do love getting appreciation….I don’t always need it but it’s good to know people are getting value from my content.

Awesome! Good luck. Hope you land the role!

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Man..you must have a camera on me. I’m literally shooting a video to update the Kaizen Expert Masterclass (pro membership section) as we speak. Will be up next Saturday. I’ll share some excerpts here on the channel.

Thank you!

Where did you learn six sigma?

Awesome! Let me know if you have questions I can help with...appreciate the comment!

Are you asking me or Mr. Bradley?

@@learnkaizen To Michael. But you are a six sigma black belt as well?

@@learnkaizen To Michael. But you are a six sigma black belt as well?

Do you mean Miro as the tool? If so, no I also use Microsoft Visio but miro is my favorite. I’m putting together a lean course that covers the VSM in detail…I’m adding it to the Kaizen course… no extra charge for current students. I should be finished in the next couple of weeks. I’m traveling quite a bit for work at the moment…I’ll email all the students when I’m done. I know you purchased the Kaizen course, so you’ll have access to the lean course as well. Thank you so much for your continued support.

@@learnkaizen Amazing! Thanks Chad. And safe trip! 🙌👍💕

You’ll have to elaborate on what a Kapowee is...I’ve never heard of this term.

”Kapowee" is an alternate term for "Kaizen burst". The time we spend documenting the non-emotional, imperical data within a Kaizen burst, rewards us with the critical knowledge needed to perform collaborative and successful Kaizen events, which during large scale complex problems often produce projects.

@@dieseljo2 That's why I love this field! I always get to learn....Thank you for sharing. I had a feeling that's what it meant...not the details you provided but I connected the term to the Kaizen burst.... So to get back to your question...It sounds like Kapowee's help prioritize work based on some of the details provided in each Kapowee..correct? If so, then yes - I've used this method before and generally had a small slip of paper that had the details on the slip of paper (similar to the Kapowee method)...In the past when using the VSM - I use TOC (theory of constraints) so you're focused on the process step in the VSM that is most constrained...because fixing any other area will still be constrained by the bottleneck. The method I demonstrated in the video is when I've come across departments that don't have a VSM (usually transactional processes)...so they don't know where they are constrained...they are usually frustrated and throw symptoms at me...so I use this method to get them focused...then reverse engineer their VSM so they have something moving forward to focus on improving. They should still look at their NVA and VA (as stated in the video) to improve their constraints....Hope I've clarified a bit. Thank you for your question and being part of my channel.

@@learnkaizen 20 years ago when I started my journey as an IT Problem Manager, I already had 20 years of troubleshooting and repairing large Diesel engines. Working for the manufacturer the repair was never complete until a full failure analysis based on TOC brought out by Cause and Effect had been performed. The identified details along with possible solutions where worked on collaboratively with subject matter experts within the respected area of the particular engine family. I mention this to illustrate that I have always (no matter what industry) experienced great success by combining TOC & Lean on our path to achieving the Sixth Sigma. As you probably already know TOC is the collaboration starter... Getting everyone on the same page. When people agree with each other they become energized and start comfortability contributing with a mindset driven from out side their normal box. And ”yes" the details within the Kaizen burst drive prioritization as well as engagement.

@@dieseljo2 you guys are absolute gems right now. I have a long way to go but I’m taking notes. I’ll study and commit to this every day offs. Can you guys provide me a roadmap of where to start? Should I enroll and get Six Sigma course? If KZfaq is enough, what are the fundamentals I have to search learn first to learn efficiently? All the terms you guys use like TOC as a collaboration starter is exactly I think I what I wanna learn. Tagging what terms I think is the best way to trigger interest of learning like when you said “TOC as collaboration starter”. If TOC is collocation starter what about the rest?