It is hard for anyone who is trained in Lean Six Sigma to understand the latest Toyota recall. Toyota wrote the book on quality after all. Really. Look up The Toyota Way. Six sigma is a process improvement methodology that focuses on measuring defects and variation. Six sigmas are six standard deviations from the mean [...]
Archive for August, 2010
Please leave Toyota alone
Posted in Lean Six Sigma, My Opinions, tagged Firestone, Ford, reputation risk, six sigma, Toyota on August 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
An Elin rant
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Elin, Tiger Woods on August 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Poor, poor Elin. I am not condoning Tiger’s actions or mocking her pain but I think she’s done much better than most divorced mothers, immigrants and ex-nannies. “I’ve been through hell,” she said. “It’s hard to think you have this life, and then all of a sudden — was it a lie? You’re struggling because it [...]
Happy Birthday Riskczar Blog
Posted in My Opinions, tagged Birthday, Riskczar on August 11, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Although I’ve got a few posts dating back to 2005, this incarnation of the Riskczar blog had its start exactly one year ago. Since then the feedback has been tremendous and I’ve quite enjoyed bringing you my spin on risk management matters. Earlier today I cracked the 13,000 views mark for the year. While lately [...]
When risks become issues
Posted in ERM Basics, Thought Leadership, tagged Mad Men, risk management, RSD Solutions on August 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Have a look at this recent post by Christine Cromarty at RSD Solutions Inc. about how risks become issues after everything blows up. She writes: How many times have you seen this type of situation occur? When employees have made decisions which they feel will profit the firm and yet put the whole firm at [...]
