Process Improvement Specialist Gifts

Since his black belt certification in Process Improvement, Henry's presentations had become unbearable.

The project meeting became tense as Henry, a Process Improvement black belt, and Cedrid, the Social Media Wizard, clashed over budget restraints.

"Looks like we found the issue."

"You've got to fill in these forms to join the 'How to reduce bureaucracy' seminar."

Failure/Due Diligence

'From an aesthetic perspective, it has heart, beauty and intrigue, but is it a viable process design?'

"Has anyone else noticed that the efficiency experts seem a little robotic?"

"We only got up to three 'whys' and a 'what the hell'."

"We're developing a plan to fix this."

'I think I found the bottleneck, Boss.'

'Workmate' bench helping DIY man "Left a bit"

Three work boxes: 'IN...LIMBO...OUT': 'I think I've found your bottleneck.'

"Office of quality assurance"

Remember to lash from the outside!

'Propane ran out.'

"Or should it be scrum or kanban???"

"And this is the traditional alternative."

Don't be afraid of criticism. Openly ask for feedback so you can improve service.

"For our market research, each package needs to be individually marked off and put over there."

We find this model works better for us!

'We were all out of OJ for the mimosas, so I improvised and use this.'

'To err is human, but that's no excuse.'

"What's in the pipeline? Everything's stuck in the pipeline!"

"Thanks, dude, but I got this."

Community Complaints Redress Mechanisms Bureaucracy

A truck full of radioactive waste with no particular place to go...

Flow Chart.

Bank Checking Accounts. We've been over this --- "Direct deposit" only works if someone's participating on the other end. (Published originally on September 11, 2007.)

'We create it, we clean it up - business couldn't be better.'

'I must say, Simms, when you're hot you're HOT but when you're not you're NOT!'

Leash broke - lucky I'm a 42D

'Got a hairpin?'

"Your screams, shouts and swearing may be recorded for training purposes. . ."

Being a stickler for rules, Howard refuses to act until his motion has been seconded.

Research/Bottlenecks/Development.