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I specialize in the use of data.  I apply analytical tools and a collaborative work method to help my clients change data into information as they study, understand and improve performance of products, processes and plans. Since 1996, I have believed ecological integrity is a key component of performance.

  • Model for Improvement
  • Plan-Do-Study-Act
  • W.E. Deming
  • PDSA
  • George Box
  • Run Charts
  • daily huddles
  • Shigeo Shingo
  • Associates in Process Improvement
  • Go See
  • Isao Kato
  • The Improvement Guide
  • Plan-Do-Study-Act cycle
  • Walter Shewhart
  • R
  • Oscar Roche
  • Brian Maskell
  • Gerry Nadler
  • Richard Scoville
  • control charts
  • quality control
  • Directed Acyclic Graphs
  • Daniel Kahneman
  • Toyota Production System
  • Lean Accounting
  • Toyota
  • Joseph Juran
  • R.A. Fisher
  • Lloyd Provost
  • Jim Lancaster
  • Gareth Parry
  • Jeff Leek
  • IHI
  • Jerry Langley
  • The Conversation Project
  • Blair Sadler
  • Rocco Perla
  • Ezra Klein
  • Brian Joiner
  • Shiny App
  • Francis Galton
  • Lean Frontiers
  • Jeff Rich
  • Randomized Controlled Trials
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Maintenance Is What Keeps Everything Going
May 17, 2026
Maintenance Is What Keeps Everything Going
May 17, 2026
May 17, 2026
Improve Conditions, Make Value Flow
April 13, 2026
Improve Conditions, Make Value Flow
April 13, 2026
April 13, 2026
A Culture of Learning
February 20, 2026
A Culture of Learning
February 20, 2026
February 20, 2026
Experiment!
December 23, 2025
Experiment!
December 23, 2025
December 23, 2025
Designing Systems for People
November 14, 2025
Designing Systems for People
November 14, 2025
November 14, 2025
Problems and Purposes: When You Have a Problem, Enlarge It
October 16, 2025
Problems and Purposes: When You Have a Problem, Enlarge It
October 16, 2025
October 16, 2025
Information and Attention
August 5, 2025
Information and Attention
August 5, 2025
August 5, 2025
Explore before Exploit, Round 2
June 13, 2025
Explore before Exploit, Round 2
June 13, 2025
June 13, 2025
Improving Big Systems
March 31, 2025
Improving Big Systems
March 31, 2025
March 31, 2025
Why not use Job Instruction to teach Job Instruction?
March 12, 2025
Why not use Job Instruction to teach Job Instruction?
March 12, 2025
March 12, 2025
Informing Ecological Design
2-4-6 (or 2-4-8) Game
Jul 2

Jul 2 2-4-6 (or 2-4-8) Game

Kevin Little
learning and knowing, people at work
Helping Organizations get “Conversation Ready”
Jun 29

Jun 29 Helping Organizations get “Conversation Ready”

Kevin Little
systems in action
Taking my own advice: Using the Model for Improvement to (re) design a workshop session on the fly 
Jun 19

Jun 19 Taking my own advice: Using the Model for Improvement to (re) design a workshop session on the fly 

Kevin Little
systems in action, learning and knowing
Mr Potato Head 
Jun 16

Jun 16 Mr Potato Head 

Kevin Little
learning and knowing
Accounting for Costs in Healthcare
Jun 2

Jun 2 Accounting for Costs in Healthcare

Kevin Little
systems in action
5S Thinking applied to Dashboard Development
May 20

May 20 5S Thinking applied to Dashboard Development

Kevin Little
systems in action, data science
How to Solve the E.R. Problem and Avoid the Trap of Rossi’s Iron Law
May 8

May 8 How to Solve the E.R. Problem and Avoid the Trap of Rossi’s Iron Law

Kevin Little
systems in action, learning and knowing
Eliminating complexity from work: Tim Fuller’s insights from the 1980s
May 6

May 6 Eliminating complexity from work: Tim Fuller’s insights from the 1980s

Kevin Little
systems in action, learning and knowing
Visualizing Web Traffic: Impact of Project Actions on Visitors and Downloads 
Apr 30

Apr 30 Visualizing Web Traffic: Impact of Project Actions on Visitors and Downloads 

Kevin Little
data science
Rank and Funnel Plots
Apr 17

Apr 17 Rank and Funnel Plots

Kevin Little
data science
Predictions Drive Deeper Learning—True for Pre-verbal Infants as well as for You and Me
Apr 14

Apr 14 Predictions Drive Deeper Learning—True for Pre-verbal Infants as well as for You and Me

Kevin Little
learning and knowing
From Analysis to Action by Way of Experiments
Apr 9

Apr 9 From Analysis to Action by Way of Experiments

Kevin Little
data science
Clarifying the Data Question
Apr 8

Apr 8 Clarifying the Data Question

Kevin Little
data science
It’s Tough to Make Predictions, Especially about the Future ... but It’s Worth the Effort
Mar 24

Mar 24 It’s Tough to Make Predictions, Especially about the Future ... but It’s Worth the Effort

Kevin Little
learning and knowing
Once Again, You Can Often See A lot Just By Looking
Mar 12

Mar 12 Once Again, You Can Often See A lot Just By Looking

Kevin Little
data science
Run Charts in Quality Improvement Work
Feb 2

Feb 2 Run Charts in Quality Improvement Work

Kevin Little
data science
Will R Become the New Excel?
Jan 29

Jan 29 Will R Become the New Excel?

Kevin Little
data science

Jan 22
Jan 22 Run Chart Check R Markdown Example

Kevin Little
data science
Adopting R and Its Partner Tools
Jan 5

Jan 5 Adopting R and Its Partner Tools

Kevin Little
data science
Better All the Time: How the “Performance Revolution” Came to Athletics—and Beyond
Dec 19

Dec 19 Better All the Time: How the “Performance Revolution” Came to Athletics—and Beyond

Kevin Little
learning and knowing
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