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Systecemia

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*Deep breath Regarding those making the analogy: Good Cops : Protesters :: Bad Cops : Rioters   They're right. BUT... Please remember that one of those entities is an institution, a public agency funded by taxpayers - that is to be held to a high standard, and has pervasive, systemic problems. The other - has NO standard, is not an institution which can be systematized, and isn't funded by the government and its citizenry. It's not as if we can hold the American Association of Rioters and Protesters accountable for people's actions in times of crisis and social upheaval. Apologies to the AARP... One is symptomatic of the other, right or wrong. We automatically address the latter by virtue of addressing the former. Police are human too; subject to the same diaspora of human conditions. Some are good, some are bad. Some are brilliant, some are idiots. Some are calm under pressure, some are overly emotional.  The difference is that they MUST be held to a higher standard i...
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COVID-19 and Lean Six Sigma

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COVID-19 and Lean Six Sigma Evan Dumas, LSSBB Since I have no internet at-the-moment due to the storm that just ravaged the East Coast,   and I’ve been asked by a bunch of people (read: no one) about my take on the whole flattening the curve thing - here are my thoughts on the matter: First, let me give you some background.   I work in a health and insurance adjacent field, specifically relating to cost containment and risk assessment & mitigation.   I’m not exactly coming at this from a completely ignorant and purely speculative position.   I am also specifically trained in Lean Six Sigma process methodology, which itself has some applicable tools here that we can use to assess the current COVID situation. In Lean Six Sigma (“LSS”), there are 2 things that we look for when we analyze and improve a process: Waste and Variation.   As most of you should be aware, these two factors are omnipresent in both the government and healthcare spaces – s...
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