[DugwayDuke]

"I would NOT make a good government employee."

Well, actually, 'Lean/Six Sigma' was first practiced in the private sector. It's now one of the 'new initiatives' being adopted by the government to raise efficiencies. My boss keeps threatening to send me to 'Lean/Six Sigma' training. I keep threatening him with all my work he would have to do if he does. Pretty much a stand-off.

[Last Laugh]

Back in the day, I learned that the only thing on my desk should be what I was currently working on. That A cluttered desk is a cluttered mind.

The theory is not new. But, have employees devolved to the point that they need black tape?

That, to me, is an insult to intelligence

Your Boss should be commended on his sense of humor! There are some who think so little of their employees that they'd really send them!

[packrat35]

I had to do a six sigma project 3 times a week for a month. Complete waste of my time, especially since I had to go finish all my regular work in 5-6 hours instead of 8 because I was wasting time with their paperwork BS.

Where do these ideas come from?