Decision Quality

Decision quality breaks down long before a choice is made. Teams rely on assumptions, familiar patterns, or incomplete reasoning, and the decision becomes misaligned as a result. This article examines how thinking discipline strengthens decision accuracy and prevents recurring issues.

What Happened to Six Sigma & Lean? A Quiet Shift No One Talks About, But Many Feel. This piece explores the cultural drift inside Lean and Six Sigma over the past two decades — not the tools, but the professionalism that once defined the work. If you’ve sensed the shift but couldn’t articulate it, this breaks down what changed and why it matters. Twenty-two years ago, when I entered these disciplines, professionalism was the expectation. It was the standard. You were expected

𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦. When teams jump straight to DMAIC, A3s, or templates, they skip the part that actually solves problems: thinking. Tools don’t compensate for unclear logic, missing assumptions, or untested beliefs. Critical Thinking in Problem Solving is the real bottleneck. If you want a short, practical way to learn how to recognize clarity gaps in your