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Quality Time With MoreSteam

著者： Dan Swartwout
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On Quality Time with MoreSteam, a variety of guests will join host Dan Swartwout to discuss continuous improvement, operational excellence, and business-related issues. You can find new episodes of Quality Time with MoreSteam on moresteam.com.2024 経済学
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  • The Current State of Continuous Improvement with Ken Robinette

    The Current State of Continuous Improvement with Ken Robinette
    2026/06/23
    On this episode of Quality Time with MoreSteam, Ken Robinette joins host Dan Swartwout. Ken is MoreSteam's Vice President of Business Development and a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt. He spends his days talking with OpEx leaders about what works and where things might be headed next. Ken has also been on the road at events like the ASQ World Conference and the IISE Healthcare Conference, where he heard what OpEx and CI leaders are talking about right now. With that perspective and his decades of experience, Ken gives a real‑world look at the current state of continuous improvement, operational excellence, and Lean Six Sigma. Ken talks about what it feels like to be "afflicted with busy" in the middle of an organization. Your calendar is packed. The work keeps piling up. But guess what? Continuous improvement still needs your attention. Ken also discusses what happens when experience walks out the door and the next wave of talent might not be ready yet. When that happens, people sometimes hope that AI or a new org chart will fix it. At one point, Dan asks Ken about coaching Ad Godinez through Ohio State's Master of Business in Operational Excellence program. One morning, Ad surprised Ken by showing up at MoreSteam HQ to thank him in front of the whole company. Ad told the story from his perspective on Episode 51. Now you get to hear Ken's take. Ken also talks about his recent presentations on problem statements and game-based simulation. By the end of this episode, you may look at the current state of your own CI efforts and ask a harder question. Are we building the conditions for real improvement? Or are we just asking people to squeeze it in around everything else? In this episode, you will hear about: 0:18 - Curren trends in operational excellence and continuous improvement 3:30 - Game-based learning and simulations 6:26 - Additional challenges facing OpEx leaders 11:04 - Conversations with OpEx leaders about AI 14:34 - Writing good Lean Six Sigma problem statements 17:51 - Lean Six Sigma experts who are also great leaders 20:48 - Coaching Ad Godinez in The Ohio State University's MBOE program 24:48 - Common challenges across multiple industries Additional Resources: Ken Robinette on LinkedIn Ken's Webinar on Lean Six Sigma Problem Statements Ken's First Appearance on Quality Time With MoreSteam Ken's Presentation on Generative AI Ad Godinez on Quality Time With MoreSteam MoreSteam's YouTube Channel Quality Time With MoreSteam on Facebook Quality Time With MoreSteam on Instagram Quality Time With MoreSteam on LinkedIn MoreSteam's Website Subscribe to MoreSteam's Newsletter MoreSteam on LinkedIn Dan Swartwout on LinkedIn Subscribe to Quality Time With MoreSteam Apple Podcasts Spotify Amazon Music YouTube
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    30 分
  • Scary Statistics Made Simple with Thomas DeMarco

    Scary Statistics Made Simple with Thomas DeMarco
    2026/06/09

    On this episode of Quality Time with MoreSteam, Thomas DeMarco joins host Dan Swartwout. Thomas holds a master's degree in Mathematical and Statistical Sciences with a concentration in Applied Statistics. He is also MoreSteam's principal statistician. Thomas started his career helping engineers and operators at Eastman Chemical figure out what their data was actually saying, and he has been doing some version of that ever since. Many statisticians stay in the math, but Thomas would rather be where the work is happening.

    Thomas and Dan talk about why teams get into trouble when they skip the basics and reach for tools they cannot explain. You will also find out how Thomas can make a word like "orthogonality" feel like something you already understand, which is a pretty good trick. It turns out a lot of "scary" statistics work the same way. Once somebody explains a concept the right way, you wonder why it ever felt hard.

    By the end of the conversation, you may stop worrying about whether you are using the right model and start asking something more useful. Do the people closest to the work actually understand what the numbers are telling them?

    In this episode, you will hear about:

    0:49 - Meet Thomas

    3:15 - Being an industrial statistician at a chemical company

    4:30 - What Thomas does at MoreSteam

    5:41 - Thomas and EngineRoom

    7:54 - Getting stuck on advanced statistics

    11:47 - Making advanced statistics easier

    15:34 - Using statistics to make software better for the end user

    18:08 - What's next for Thomas and statistics at MoreSteam

    Additional Resources:

    Thomas DeMarco on LinkedIn

    MoreSteam's YouTube Channel

    Quality Time With MoreSteam on Facebook

    Quality Time With MoreSteam on Instagram

    Quality Time With MoreSteam on LinkedIn

    MoreSteam's Website

    Subscribe to MoreSteam's Newsletter

    MoreSteam on LinkedIn

    Dan Swartwout on LinkedIn

    Subscribe to Quality Time With MoreSteam

    Apple Podcasts

    Spotify

    Amazon Music

    YouTube
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    22 分
  • Structural Readiness and Real Change with Kirk Harper

    Structural Readiness and Real Change with Kirk Harper
    2026/05/26
    Kirk Harper is a longtime continuous improvement practitioner and the author of The Book on Successful Transformation: Structural Readiness and the Governance of Integrity Under Pressure. More importantly, he has seen quite a few "big transformations" that looked great in a slide deck but fell apart in real life. On this episode of Quality Time with MoreSteam, Kirk joins host Dan Swartwout to talk about what really determines whether change will stick. Kirk believes that most transformations do not fail because of the tools. They fail because people do not feel safe being honest when things are going wrong. Want to know something real about the culture of your organization? Plant a little "bad news" that might not be entirely accurate and see how it travels up the chain of command like a game of telephone. Does the story sound a lot better by the time it reaches the top? Then your organization is not ready for change. To assess readiness, Kirk explains how his iTransform method can help you decide whether your organization should stop, stabilize, or proceed with change. Kirk also explains what real organizational transformation feels like. When the people closest to the work feel a sense of ownership, the room sounds different. The hallway sounds different. Even the morning walk to the shop floor feels different. By the time Dan and Kirk reach the end of their conversation, you may find yourself asking a new question. Not "What tools should we use" but "What would it take for my place to feel like that?" In this episode, you will hear about: 0:38 - Introducing Kirk Harper 2:44 - The organization underneath the tools and methods 4:15 - Testing an organization's readiness for change 6:41 - Psychological safety 7:38 - The concept of Structural Readiness 11:04 - The governance of integrity under pressure 11:57 - Reverting back to safety 13:07 - The iTransform gate 18:28 - Being told "Do Not Proceed" or "Stabilize" 19:54 - The 90-day alignment period before implementing change 22:06 - A structurally unsafe transformation attempt 26:21 - The ASCEND transformation methodology 30:08 - Warning signs that a system isn't safe for change 31:06 - Practical steps leaders can take right now 33:03 - Neurosync Technologies Additional Resources: Kirk Harper on LinkedIn The Book on Successful Transformation: Structural Readiness and the Governance of Integrity Under Pressure on Amazon Neurosync Technologies MoreSteam's YouTube Channel Quality Time With MoreSteam on Facebook Quality Time With MoreSteam on Instagram Quality Time With MoreSteam on LinkedIn MoreSteam's Website Subscribe to MoreSteam's Newsletter MoreSteam on LinkedIn Dan Swartwout on LinkedIn Subscribe to Quality Time With MoreSteam Apple Podcasts Spotify Amazon Music YouTube
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    40 分
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