A Platform for Teaching Design Thinking

Dr. Charles Burnette created iDeSIGN, a Design Thinking course for children. He freely shares this information on his website idesignthinking.com. The program began with a university course, Design With Kids, that placed design students in classrooms to help teachers conduct design projects related to their teaching goals. Our podcast discussed teaching Design Thinking to both Read More …

Why is ‘x’ the unknown?

I have always believed that history was important. And if you are in the quality field or more specifically a Lean Six Sigma person it is hard to believe that “X” is not important to you. Why is ‘x’ the symbol for an unknown? In this short and funny talk, Terry Moore gives the surprising Read More …

Creativity, Give Me a 5 Year Old!

In a recent blog post, A Teaching Resource for Design Thinking, I discussed the seven principles of Dr. Charles Burnette’s IDeSiGN. It is Design Thinking course he created for children. He freely shares this information on his website idesignthinking.com. Dr. Burnette is my Tuesday podcast guest and I think you will find him entertaining and Read More …

A Strength Based approach to Lean and Six Sigma

Using various strength-based approaches such as Appreciative Inquiry, David Shaked of Almond-Insight has created a radically different way to approach Lean Six Sigma. He calls this method Strength-Based Lean Six Sigma. David is a Master Black Belt formerly with a large global corporation (Johnson & Johnson) and has specific experience in transactional processes such as Read More …