This was, perhaps, the most positive conversation I’ve ever overheard while a graduate student. Otherwise, it’s a tame example of what I have to deal with multiple times a day, nearly every day.
Monthly Archives: February 2007
Kaizen: Continuous Improvement
According to Wikipedia, Kaizen is a Japanese word that means “change for the better” or “improvement”. The English translation of the word is “continuous improvement.”
Last week I participated in what is termed as a “Kaizen Event” or, more appropriately, a “continuous improvement event” where my team and I looked at a business process to identify and eliminate waste.
We utilized several six sigma tools (e.g.- activity of the operator, activity of the process, process map, etc.) in order to identify the waste and how best to eliminate that waste.
American Sign Language in the temple
When I attend the temple with my wife, I always look forward to an outpouring of the Spirit as I am instructed during the presentation of the endowment.
Friday night my wife and I enjoyed a special experience as we watched two hearing-impaired patrons view the endowment presented through American Sign Language and closed captioning.
The approach of another LDS filmmaker
Despite the fact that he spells his first name wrong, Kieth Merrill has to be one of my heroes. In a recent Deseret News article he said the following:
“We must embrace the virtues and values (of the LDS Church) as LDS filmmakers,” he said. “We can’t walk with one foot in both worlds. I have tried to walk that fine line as an LDS filmmaker.”
Kieth has started a project discussed here and here called Audience Alliance Motion Picture Studios to promote good movies that support traditional values.