If you’re company or group is on the verge of giving up on Six Sigma, here’s one interview that I’m sure will inspire you again to vigorously go for Six Sigma.
Yes, the lessons I learned from the interview are persistence, dedication, and focus. Your organization must decide to go for Six Sigma and commit to seeing it till the end. That’s what Textron is doing and look where the company is now and going.
In Lewis Campbell words:
I’m bullish on our long-term success for a variety of reasons. The transformation of our company is very broad. It entails a variety of things all supported by Six Sigma. If earnings per share needs to improve year over year, eventually you run out of gas if you don’t have a strategy of transformation.
Further down:
Six Sigma is not enough. Implementing it at Textron was absolutely necessary, but there are other things that must be done to drive continuous improvement. It’s bodacious, but we said we’re going to become known and recognized as the premier multi-industry company. Not a premier company, but the premier company, which means establishing a track record of years and years of performance. Somebody out there has to be the premier company. Why can’t we? Once you make that statement, you have the license to walk in and ask what are we doing to create a premier legal department, or finance department or production line. If you get enough premiers, pretty soon you’ll be known as the premier company.
I guess all we need is some imagination to make Six Sigma work for us, too. Remember, Six Sigma is more than just data, waste reduction, it’s a way of life.
Source:
USAToday, a Six Sigma Zone featured link
[…] In my previous post, I shared the interview of Executive Suite with Textron CEO Lewis Campbell. Michael Marx of SixSigmaCompanies.com also shared the interview in his blog. He put emphasis on doing better or continuous improvement. […]