The SBTI Show

The SBTI Show 06: Europe

SBTI — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:28:51 GMT

Hakan Wallin, head of SBTI Europe, joins us to talk about the MBB course, six sigma in government and universities and in Europe in general.

http://www.sbtieurope.com/

The SBTI Show 05: DISC

SBTI — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:45:27 GMT

Don Jones talks with us about the DISC assessment model. DISC is a four quadrant behavioral model that examines individuals in an environment or a specific situation.

This is one of the soft skills taught in SBTI's Six Sigma Master Black Belt program. DISC can help when interacting with people who have a different communication style than you do.

D - Dominance
I - Influence
S - Steadiness
C - Conscientiousness

The SBTI Show 04: World Business Review

SBTI — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:45:53 GMT

Recorded in 2002, World Business Review host Gen. Alexander Haig discusses the topic of Six Sigma Solutions. He is joined by CEO of SBTI Stephen Zinkgraf, Ph.D. and VP & Research Director Dan Miklovic of GartnerG2.

This is a moderated panel interview with a field report from CSX Transportation.

Dr. Zinkgraf was invited to participate on WORLD BUSINESS REVIEW with Gen. Alexander Haig because of his recognized status as an industry leader in the innovation, definition and deployment of the Six Sigma Process Improvement Methodology.

Gen. Haig's WORLD BUSINESS REVIEW is a weekly series targeted to an educated business audience and is currently airing in major cities nationwide and is distributed internationally.

The SBTI Show 02: Emergency Room Case Study

SBTI — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 01:03:00 GMT

The facility is a medium-sized hospital serving five communities in south central Texas. It had gained a reputation for long emergency room waiting times, resulting in local residents driving 30 miles or more to hospitals in neighboring major metropolitan areas. The facility also experienced declining customer satisfaction ratings. The hospital hoped to improve its wait times in order to keep more of the communities' residents visiting their facility, closer to home.

SBTI was selected to send a Master Black Belt consultant to select the project team and lead the project. Team members were selected from the Emergency Department (ED) and other ancillary departments including laboratory, radiology, materials management, and registration. The team worked through SBTI's Lean Sigma DMAIC roadmap using Six Sigma and Lean tools to identify the sources of the problems leading to long wait times.

The SBTI Show 01: Master Black Belt Program

SBTI — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:09:00 GMT

SBTI Executive Director, Dick Scott, explains the value proposition of SBTI's Six Sigma Master Black Belt Program. He explains the entry criteria, breaks down the core program into the hard skills, and soft skills taught during the program. Finally, Dick addresses the certification process and program cost.

The SBTI Show 00: Introduction

SBTI — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:59:00 GMT

Bill explains the new format for the new SBTI show.