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  • ISSSP Leadership Conference
    [29 Nov 11, 5:57pm] This week I’ll be in Scottsdale attending the ISSSP Leadership conference. I just may tweet a twit or two… new TWTR.Widget({ version: 2, type: 'profile', rpp: 7, interval: 30000, width: 'auto', height: 300, theme: { shell: { b…
  • Pizza Delivery
    [28 Sep 11, 3:50am] This week’s Foxtrot. I remember plenty of pizza process improvement exercises during training, but none where the pizza delivery process was this tightly scoped! It’s true, every process can be improved. Just remember, value is in the mouth of th…
  • Fix It!
    [12 Jul 11, 4:46am] If it’s broken, stop and fix it. No better way to sum up this, the 5th commandment of continuous improvement, than advice from Weekend Update’s Financial Expert and Continuous Improvement guru, Oscar Rodgers… Fast forward to the 2:07 mark to ju…
  • Let’s Get Social
    [28 Jun 11, 6:18am] Tuesday, June 28, at 12 PM EST, I will be presenting, along with Eric Michrowski, a live webinar exploring the use of social media in the world of continuous improvement. Register for the event here. It’s free of charge. All it’ll cost you is you…
  • I am a Yes Man!
    [2 Mar 11, 5:01am] Remember this commercial for Monster.com that debuted during the 1999 Super Bowl? When I grow up… I think this commercial is brilliant, clever and really funny. “I wanna be a yes man!” Continuous improvement argues that it’s good to be a yes…
  • Triangle Man, Triangle Man
    [15 Feb 11, 7:02am] The first and great commandment of continuous improvement: Open your mind to change. Take a look at the picture above and count all of the triangles. How many are there? One, two, five, eight? In reality, there are no complete triangles at all. You m…
  • Happiness, Delivered!
    [1 Feb 11, 6:49am] Today I finished listening to Tony Hsieh’s book Delivering Happiness. It was a fantastic audio book that taught me why Zappos is so Zappos! There are so many things the company is doing to keep their culture alive and growing. One thing that really…
  • Ten Commandments of Continuous Improvement
    [28 Jan 11, 2:46am] Have you ever found yourself asking…What does continuous improvement actually mean? Well it could mean a lot of things to a lot of different people and companies. But generally speaking, continuous improvement is the effort to continually improve t…
  • Profit Through Process Week: Twitter Stream
    [17 Jan 11, 4:52am] This week I am in Orlando at the IQPC Profit Through Process Week. Four solid days of Continuous Improvement, Lean, Six Sigma, BPM, and Leadership speak. I’ll be tweeting along with several other attendees using the hashtag #profitprocess. Follow t…
  • Customer Service Lessons from the Ice Cream Lady
    [31 Aug 10, 3:34am] Every Friday between 5 and 6 pm my kids hear the familiar jingle of the Ice Cream truck headed in our direction. The first time we heard it we chased that truck all through the neighborhood until we finally caught it. A memory my kids still talk abou…
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  • Michael Marx

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    I am a freelance writer, tweeter and market researcher. I have spent the last eight years working deep inside the Lean Six Sigma industry. First, with SSA & Company (formerly Six Sigma Academy), and most recently with iSixSigma.

    In Feb. 2005 I founded SixSigmaCompanies.com, a blog about the Fortune 500 companies using Six Sigma. In 2010, I organized SocialSixSigma.com, to bring together all the process improvement social media voices. I also formed the Six Sigma Arizona LinkedIn group.

    I earned a bachelor’s degree in International Relations from Brigham Young University, and an MBA from Thunderbird, Global School of Management. I am a trained and certified Black Belt.

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  • Six Sigma Blog October 22, 2010
    Another rendition of the top 100 words used in my blog […]
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  • SixSigmaCompanies October 22, 2010
    The top 100 words from my blog SixSigmaCompanies.com over a five year period. At 93,825 words I wonder what this blog was about??? […]
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  • ISSSP Leadership Conference July 1, 2010
    A word cloud of the top 50 words from my notes during the two day conference. […]
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