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GE and Whatever Happened to Six Sigma?

by zenpaul on 9/3/19, 11:46 AM with 2 comments

• by throwawayge on 9/3/19, 11:59 AM

  When I joined GE 10 years ago, Six Sigma was on the way out. There was a brief time period, a few years ago, at the end of Immelt's era IIRC, when the Lean Startup seemed to be the new favorite methodology, but I have not seen it really used in projects, most people still don't know what a MVP is.

  More recently, Larry Culp seems to want to focus more on Lean (which is already heavily used in manufacturing across GE).

  Take that with a pinch of salt, since GE is still rather big, experiences may vary.

• by zenpaul on 9/3/19, 11:47 AM

  "Systems like Six Sigma appeal to managers because they are rooted in the pursuit of predictability, and all managers crave predictability"

  And what innovator wants to work in a place like that? I left years ago because that culture was driving me crazy.