PMI & EG blogs

Project Leader's Handbook Now Available on Kindle

laurarawlings — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:22:40 +0000

We are thrilled to announce that our latest publication is now available as a Kindle eBook. The Project Leader’s Handbook is the companion to our bestselling “Process Manager” handbook and is used to support our successful programme of in-house and public lean six sigma green belt training. As an essential yet practical guide for delivering successful Lean Six Sigma and Operational Excellence projects; the handbook is indispensable for anyone involved in managing and improving their work.

The Kindle version of the Project Leader Handbook can be purchased via Amazon here.

e.Learning Age Award Triumph for essential.genius

laurarawlings — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 12:15:27 +0000

We are delighted to once again be recognised at the prestigious e.Learning Age Awards this year. The event rewards innovation, creativity and best practice in e-Learning and celebrates the strength and depth of successful e-learning that takes place across the globe. 16 award categories produced a record 39 winners and showcased the astonishing range and quality of e-learning.

The Essential Tools for Improvement Collection received a coveted award in the Excellence in the Production of Learning Content (Private Sector). After the ceremony, Managing Partner Rich Seddon said of the award:

“I am thrilled with this recognition of the team’s hard work and our efforts to continuously improve our products to support clients. With such a busy product launch schedule coming up it gives us great confidence.”

Find out more about the Essential Tools for Improvement and the rest of our award winning e-Learning here.

Busy Lean Six Sigma Autumn Schedule

laurarawlings — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 08:15:23 +0000

Our Autumn schedule is fast filling up for the rest of the year. We have got a number of Lean Six Sigma courses available across the UK and the Middle East including:

Recent delegate feedback on our lean six sigma programme has included:

this excellent course not only increased my [improvement] knowledge but put it all into context so that I was able to return to work and facilitate my first full session in confidence

Interesting and very enjoyable, providing a wide range of tools which can be applied across many aspects of the work (and home) environment.

In addition to our popular range of classroom courses we also offer a range of award winning Lean Six Sigma e-Learning, available online at any time. More details can be found here.

Our Lean Six Sigma training is available via our public training schedule or in-house; contact us to discuss the best training option for you.

Essential Tools for Improvement Shortlisted for Award

laurarawlings — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 15:08:28 +0000

We are thrilled to have been shortlisted for a prestigious e-Learning Age award.

The Essential Tools for Improvement Series developed by our award winning learning development team at essential.genius has been shortlisted in the category of Excellence in the Production of Learning Content (Private Sector).

The e.learning age awards are highly competitive and attract over 250 entries each year so we are delighted to have been shortlisted. With the awards being announced in November we’ll be hoping that we can add another award to our collection. Find out more about our award winning e-Learning here.

Improvement Story of the Year Competition

laurarawlings — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 11:16:09 +0000

To celebrate the launch of our new websites, we're again running our "Improvement Story of the Year" award.

We’ve been helping organisations to improve for over 25 years and once again we’re collecting the improvement stories of those who have come into contact with us. We've got an Amazon Kindle to give away for each of the three best submissions we receive. It won’t take you long – we’re only after around 350 words.

If you’ve got a successful improvement project or story that you want to tell us about download the template here and get your entry into us by 31st October for your chance to win. Full terms and conditions here.

Excellent Lean Six Sigma Green Belt feedback

laurarawlings — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 11:31:39 +0000

Our Lean Six Sigma training has once again received excellent feedback in the latest round of delegate surveys. Over the last 12 months 98% of delegates have stated that they would recommend our Lean Six Sigma Green Belt training to a colleague with 99% saying that the learning experience was good or excellent. We are delighted with these results which continue to demonstrate the popularity of our courses and the fantastic learning experience offered by our Lean Six Sigma Green Belt training.

Recent delegate comments have included:

If you want to learn about process improvement it was excellent

The course is a valuable tool in managing a business; it has clear and logical approach to dealing with issues and would have no hesitation in recommending it.

Interesting and very enjoyable, providing a wide range of tools which can be applied across many aspects of the work (and home) environment.

an excellent basis for a planned approach to improvement.

Find out more about our Lean Six Sigma Green Belt training here or download the latest course schedule.

New PMI & EG websites launched

laurarawlings — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 11:26:58 +0000

We are thrilled to be able to announce the completion of our new websites for PMI and essential.genius. We've tried hard to make them clear, concise and easy to use; you should be able to find information on all of our current products and services as well as case studies, resources and latest PMI and EG news.

If you have any feedback or suggestions on either website then please let us know; call us on +44 (0)1676 522766 or drop us an email.

Lean Six Sigma in the Middle East

laurarawlings — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 10:20:57 +0000

We are delighted to announce the autumn schedule for our World Class Lean Six Sigma courses in the Middle East. With a range of courses, locations and dates available there’s never been a better time or way to develop your improvement skills. Our public training courses are delivered in partnership with the Chartered Quality Institute (CQI); the Royal Chartered body for quality management professionals.

The full course programme takes place in Doha, Qatar and Dubai, UAE; a full course schedule can be downloaded here. The courses in the Autumn schedule include awareness sessions, Foundation Green Belt and Full Green Belt programmes.

For more details or to book a course in the Middle East call us on +44 (0)1676 522766 or fill out our contact form.

Successful Green Belt Programme in Mauritius

laurarawlings — Thu, 26 May 2011 11:00:46 +0000

The first in a series of PMI Lean Six Sigma Green belt training has taken place in Mauritius delivered by our Accredited Agent – Change ACT. The course proved very popular with delegates commenting on the strengths of the course as:

“Outstanding Trainer, Course contents, Course manuals”

“The experience of the tutor. He knows about the topic and he shares his own work experience where he was both successful and where he had to abandon projects.”

Whilst delivering the course, PMI and Change ACT were featured in a number of local press articles which can be downloaded here. For more information on the training schedule in Mauritius contact Change ACT. PMI can deliver Lean Six Sigma training via our public training programmes or in-house in your own organisation. Contact us for more details.

Masterclass in Project Management

laurarawlings — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 11:15:43 +0000

We were privileged to host a master class in programme and project management for our consultants, led by Mr Sasabe Susumu, until recently a senior Programme manager at NEC electronics, and an advisor to the Japanese Union of Scientists and Engineers (JUSE). Having for many years led complex projects in global telecommunications, and with a professional background in designing communications control software, Sasabe-san has a very practical approach to project execution.

He took us through a presentation on P2M, the Japanese standard for Programme and project management. Built upon decades of learning about managing quality and delivery of complex multinational projects, the overall structure has universal application. In principle it demands discipline in first resolving the overall programme mission, then in laying the foundations or infrastructure before launching the project work streams. In this way the experience has been that projects are able to deliver their objectives more reliably, and in a more integrated fashion than the all-too-common tendency to rush the foundation stages in order to get projects under way.

After Sasabe-san's presentation we engaged in some deep discussions of clarification, and in absorbing the implications for our practice. In principle the conclusions of the P2M development committee reinforce PMI's approach to Programme management. In particular we have long advocated that clients to take the time to develop an overall programme that prepares the ground for projects, before launching multiple work streams. We will be taking some insights from this masterclass, and the P2M standard to place even more emphasis on laying these foundations in future.