Aug

Is there anything new in Continuous Improvement?

I question if is just the latest fad or the latest take on an improvement method that gets us motivated. It is good that we continuously strive to improve whether it be Lean, Six Sigma or any Continuous Improvement effort.

I made this quick chart out that describes just a few of the disciplines that I am familiar with and afterwards I wondered if I have made the mistake of learning about so many or if I would have been better off just mastering one?

A link to a larger view.

After reviewing the chart ask yourself, is there a significant difference in each? I know many of them have their own unique set of tools but if we would just follow a good line of common sense and questioning would we not get the same results? Would we not make things a little more simple? I always go back to the basic structure of scientific problem solving and Socratic questioning.