Quality Time Podcast: Leadership Culture and Organizational Change with Jason Barger
August 18, 2026
Have you seen improvement efforts fade a few months in? Jason Barger, leadership consultant and author of Thermostat Cultures, explains that it can come down to just one question. Are you a thermometer, or are you a thermostat? Listen and find out how to set the temperature instead of just reacting to the heat.
What Parenting Can Teach Us About Process Improvement
What can parenting teach us about process improvement? Quite a bit, it turns out. From advanced notice and experimentation to coaching through mistakes, here are a few lessons from a highly variable, extremely vocal process-improvement laboratory.
Building Better AI Systems Through Verification, Judgment, and Operational Excellence
Explore how AI is transforming Operational Excellence and why verification is becoming the critical business skill in the AI era.
Data Visualization Best Practices for Continuous Improvement
Learn how to create data visualizations that communicate improvement results clearly, influence decisions, and balance statistical rigor with compelling storytelling.
What's the Hype Around Agentic AI and What Changes When You Use It
Discover what agentic AI is, how it differs from conversational AI, and why AI agents are changing how knowledge work gets done.
The Blue Book Test for Lean Six Sigma Certification
Universities are returning to blue books. Lean Six Sigma certification should follow the same principle: prove mastery through project work.
Join us Sept 8, 15, 22 to learn Mapping for Continuous Improvement
Managing on Purpose Using Hoshin Kanri
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Advanced Root Cause Analysis for Quality and Process Experts
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