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Concluding Remarks and the Future of Six Sigma
Six Sigma for Cultural Change
Six Sigma projects are chosen carefully and should have sizeable financial benefits. This is appropriate when a project is being undertaken. But once Six Sigma black belts complete their tenure as belts, which takes them about two years, they take up a new responsibility in business. Most belts take up positions a level or two above their earlier positions. It is their responsibility to continue the philosophy and application of everything that they learned. Others in the organization are likely to follow these leaders and spread the message further.
Here is a story I once heard. The great boxer Mohammad Ali was once beaten by a guy of ordinary physique and strength. ...
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