six sigma? business oriented? hmmmm… what can it do for self development? hmmm….thanks for the question my friend *wink wink* i believe it can do a lot to our self development. although yes you are correct that six sigma is implemented by many giant companies such as General Electric and Starwood, it can be also very beneficial for someone’s self development. i am not an expert in six sigma so i will not explain as sophisticated as a six sigma will do but lemme just share with you what i have learned in the six sigma classrooms.

DMAIC. you will find this abbreviation quite often when you chose to get to know with Six Sigma. DMAIC is Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control. These are the phases in most of Six Sigma projects. I said most because not all of them. In six sigma itself there are actually three kinds of projects *correct me if i am wrong * DMAIC projects, Innovation Transfer and Quick Hits, in which some phases are actually combined. Back to the DMAIC, we do several things in each phase which in my lil brain noted as coming up with the root cause and how to solve it but of course as it is indeed a business approach, at the end of the day, we will talk about yield

hmmm… have i managed to confuse you? as for sure i am :p lemme put myself back in track WHAT CAN SIX SIGMA DO FOR SELF DEVELOPMENT? this is what i can come up with. when you wake up in the morning, what do you yo? some will do stretching, fixing a cup of coffee, making up the bed or etcetera. in six sigma, we refer each of them as process and in six sigma processes are categorized into three types : value added, value enabling and non value added. In business, VA processes are those that will generate revenue as clients/consumers will pay to have/enjoy, VE are those who don’t directly generate revenue but they are the drivers so that the VA processes can actually generate revenue while NVA aha self explanatory right?

Now, let’s think about our own life, think about the processes in our day to day life, hmmmm how many are VA, VE or NVA? do some online courses in spare time? VA! Reading while waiting for train? VA! Jogging in the morning instead of lying lazy on the bed? VA! now, regular discussion over coffee in starbuck? VA? VE or NVA? chatting while actually having lots of deadlines to meet : VA, VE or NVA? :p do remember although the above process analyze will help us in determining which are beneficial for us, which are not, please never underestimate your common sense.

Think about this, meeting friends for light chat. though it may sound NVA as it will only waste time and most probably money *hey you got to buy me a cup of ice blended tea raspberry :p* but it can also shot us with great pleasure talking to our loving friends *who knows who can then receive important information over the chat like vacancy or business opportunity *

Did I answer your question? i am confused here well it can do you good with prioritizing with things in your life, making sure that you don’t end up doing things that are not beneficial to your life, organizing yourself in your working place *ya ya ya chat wisely, blog in your spare time - eventhough the idea has popped up in your brain and your fingers are ready to dance in the keyboad and etcetera…*i am exhausted and realized that i need to learn about six sigma even more

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