There’s a talk on TED that I came across recently that features BLACK, the Japanese YoYo World Champion. In it, he talks about finding his life’s passion (YoYos) when he was 8 years old, and devoting every spare minute to practicing, in order to show the world just how spectacular the YoYo can be. His…
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Join us in a very warm welcome to Chris Merriman and James Dwan to the Catalyst team. Chris formally joined us as a Director into Catalyst in April. Having been an MBB at Honeywell before he joined Sun Microsystems as lead MBB back in 2002, he went on to join Unisys as their Global Quality…
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We are delighted to introduce you to our series of short ‘Friday’ courses to deepen your continuous improvement skills. These short courses have been designed to refresh and top-up your Continous Improvement Skills. The short courses we are offering include: Practical 5S – learn how to make 5S really work Value Stream Mapping – unlock…
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In July we held our 12th Deployment Leaders’ Network Day, this time hosted by Inmarsat in London. These days allow us to show our appreciation to our customers by providing them with the opportunity to share experiences, advice, latest best practice and new thinking in an informal but purposeful environment. Around fifty delegates took part…
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We’re increasingly hearing about ‘Agile’ it seems to be becoming a buzzword perhaps starting to go viral. But what really is it? And why should we all take an interest? Look it up in the dictionary and you’ll likely find two meanings: Firstly its common everyday use – ‘able to move quickly and easily’ with…
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John loved a good competition and in particular a poetry competition! greatest loves was poetry We are pleased to announce the winners of our Haiku Competition and here are the winning entries Rubbish processes? Waste of money, brains and time Lean Six Sigma – yah! Amanda Beard – The Phone Co-op We talk and we…
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With more demand for our online lean six sigma training, we are seeing a lot more use of our new global learning management system. This system allows us to deliver our programmes on a global scale, either as fully online or blended or classroom based and we can mix and match online training modules, class…
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Last February our dear friend and colleague John Morgan sadly and prematurely passed away. It seems hard to believe that a year has gone by since then. With the perspective of that year we can appreciate much more clearly the legacy he left us all. John was a much better ‘Reflector’ than me, but reflecting…
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You are on a train/in a meeting/drinking coffee and you hear the Breaking News alert on your phone. “What now?” you wonder. And you would be forgiven for including an expletive or two in your musing. Uncertain economic growth, unpredictable exchange rates, the future of the Eurozone … we live in ‘interesting’ times. In the…
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As it’s the season for pantomime, This month’s blog is set in rhyme! It might seem whimsy or a little bit twee, But it’s still Lean Six Sigma, as you’ll see! Are you ready to start? It’s not so alarming This article’s about…Prince Charming! Have you ever thought, and did you consider, How…
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