Is the need for Six Sigma professionals dying out? As a specialist time served (5+ years) Six Sigma recruiter I would certainly say over the last 12 – 24 months I have seen a dramatic decrease in the amount of companies looking to hire permanent & contracted Six Sigma resource. This is not to say that process improvement professionals are not still in demand! Lean Sigma has long been tagged on the market for logical progression for any strictly DMAIC black belts, it seems that view has filtered down to many companies not only with well established BPI programs but green field sites at the beginning of there CI journey. If we look to offers from management consultancies these days there are plenty or ‘FRESH’ sells on the market to be gobbled up for businesses hungry for process excellence. Its no surprise ‘Lean Sigma’ is the new ‘Six Sigma’. So we don’t see as many assignments for strictly DMAIC BB’s but BB’s with a good lean grounding do now seem to be much more valued.
Lean Six Sigma recruitment and jobs in lean six sigma seem the flavor of the month.
Showing posts with label lean six sigma. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lean six sigma. Show all posts
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Thursday, 24 April 2008
Six Sigma Fighting For Change....
Six Sigma professionals frequently hear the reverberations of generations of contented and discontented workers: "Nobody likes change", "I've done it this way, my father did it this way and I see know reason to change" Bringing about change is never and easy task and in business you can often be bombarded by objections and reasons for people 'avoiding change'.
Living in an era of unsurpassable levels of change, brought about by the tidal wave of new technology we now live in an age where new ideas constantly shift and reshape the world around us, where things never really remain the same for long. Rewind 100 years and this level of rapid change would have been unthinkable. With change comes stress and inevitably people try to hold onto what they know, after all familiarity appears to hold a little security in an ever changing world. For a successful Six Sigma program to take hold and streamline processes a change culture needs to develop and embed itself in a company.
Looking through the smoke screen however will take you closer to the truth, people fear change as they feel it will inevitably make their lives more difficult, raise issues that may show their function "their reason for being" to be unnecessary or defunct.
Through the application of Lean Six Sigma you have the ability to make people see that change doesn't have to be feared but can instead be embraced. If you can capture the heart and minds of the shopfloor, then you will have one of the most powerful weapons in your fight for change. If you can show the "shopfloor workers" the benefits of change and actually make their lives easier bring about self respect and a perceived shift in power then the shopfloor person will be a key voice in the success of your deployment.
Breaking down the 'them and us' attitude and getting ideas to come forth from the shopfloor will give you the voice of reason to gain buy in from the bottom up and leave common sense and the bottom line to appeal to the top.
We all like a voice of reason and when change is seen as causing no harm, it is easier to digest and embrace. One a momentum gathers amongst the shopfloor and we can open our ears and listen to the workers a fledgling change program is given a great start in life.
The boxing gloves may not be laid down at this point as sure there will be work to be done, obstacles to overcome, but your chances of going all 15 rounds will increase with a key chant of supporters in favour of change.
Living in an era of unsurpassable levels of change, brought about by the tidal wave of new technology we now live in an age where new ideas constantly shift and reshape the world around us, where things never really remain the same for long. Rewind 100 years and this level of rapid change would have been unthinkable. With change comes stress and inevitably people try to hold onto what they know, after all familiarity appears to hold a little security in an ever changing world. For a successful Six Sigma program to take hold and streamline processes a change culture needs to develop and embed itself in a company.
Looking through the smoke screen however will take you closer to the truth, people fear change as they feel it will inevitably make their lives more difficult, raise issues that may show their function "their reason for being" to be unnecessary or defunct.
Through the application of Lean Six Sigma you have the ability to make people see that change doesn't have to be feared but can instead be embraced. If you can capture the heart and minds of the shopfloor, then you will have one of the most powerful weapons in your fight for change. If you can show the "shopfloor workers" the benefits of change and actually make their lives easier bring about self respect and a perceived shift in power then the shopfloor person will be a key voice in the success of your deployment.
Breaking down the 'them and us' attitude and getting ideas to come forth from the shopfloor will give you the voice of reason to gain buy in from the bottom up and leave common sense and the bottom line to appeal to the top.
We all like a voice of reason and when change is seen as causing no harm, it is easier to digest and embrace. One a momentum gathers amongst the shopfloor and we can open our ears and listen to the workers a fledgling change program is given a great start in life.
The boxing gloves may not be laid down at this point as sure there will be work to be done, obstacles to overcome, but your chances of going all 15 rounds will increase with a key chant of supporters in favour of change.
Wednesday, 23 April 2008
Six Sigma - What's in a name?
Six Sigma nowadays has come to not only mean six sigma but to also encompass all walks of lean - there are still six sigma purists out there who would disagree but the application of both lean and six sigma in both the operational and transactional environments has given way to a new hybrid six sigma and a new hybrid six sigma professional.
It is possible to go a fair way with only one set of tools but why deny yourself the full arsenal of business change weaponry? With Lean one can only real achieve a defect level of 6 or 7 parts per million opportunities however by incorporating six sigma, further defects can be eliminated to a level closer to perfection (3.4 parts per million opportunities) the level known as six sigma.
If you are looking to find the wheat rather than the chaff and want the opportunity of working with the best professionals out there, start by talking to those who understand the six sigma marketplace, like a skilled six sigma consultancy or by finding consulting talent through an accomplished six sigma recruitment agency.
It is possible to go a fair way with only one set of tools but why deny yourself the full arsenal of business change weaponry? With Lean one can only real achieve a defect level of 6 or 7 parts per million opportunities however by incorporating six sigma, further defects can be eliminated to a level closer to perfection (3.4 parts per million opportunities) the level known as six sigma.
If you are looking to find the wheat rather than the chaff and want the opportunity of working with the best professionals out there, start by talking to those who understand the six sigma marketplace, like a skilled six sigma consultancy or by finding consulting talent through an accomplished six sigma recruitment agency.
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