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Most Six Sigma projects fail long before DMAIC begins. Structural conditions: unclear problem framing, unstable scope, weak data, fractured alignment, and untested readiness, determine success or collapse before the team ever starts the work.

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

By: Caroline Riedel HR policy updates are one of the most underestimated workloads in the function. Most organizations don’t realize how much time they consume until they measure them — and SHRM’s recent finding that 67% of organizations updated fewer than half of their written policies in the last 24 months shows how widespread the issue is. This blog breaks down why policy maintenance takes so much time, what drives the backlog, and how HR teams can finally get visibility