Policy Deployment (Hoshin)

Policy Deployment, also called Hoshin Planning, is the specialized planning technique that translates general and strategic plans into specific actions. It is planning that emphasizes execution and alignment. Policy Deployment sets the direction and set the stage for other Operational Excellence initiatives aligning improvement activities directly and explicitly with corporate objectives

The Cult of Statistical Significance – Simplified

Posted on: 2011-03-31

Converge Consulting Group clients have heard us talk about the misuse of statistical significance testing, specifically, using statistical significance as a test for practical importance or material significance. This is the reason why so much employee, customer and operational research gets the answers so wrong, so often, amounting to little more, and often less, than junk