Innovation/Six Sigma

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Terry,

I just read an interesting article that may be of interest to you. It has potential to change/explain some of my thinking on this. It is from MITSloan Management Review, titled "How Management Innovation Happens" by Julian Birkinshaw and Michael Mol.

They include Six Sigma as Management Innovation. This may be where we differ on our perception of Six Sigma. My total experience with SS is delivering deployments so it is the transformation or a part of the transformation. The predominate discussion of SS today tends to be more frequently at the project level. Maybe a consequence of the growth in the certification of individuals rather than certification as a part of a deployment. I could see where the certification at the individual level may make it easier to mask poor results but as a part of a deployment there isn't any place to hide.

If you get a chance to read this please let me know your thoughts. if you want to discuss this off line my email is mike.carnellCSintlinc.com.

Regards