[Forgiven_Sinner]

"Groupthink is alive and well in business and industry.
The "6-Sigma" cult being the worst example"

Depends on how it's administered. I'm a 6 Sigma Black Belt and I well know how hard each member of my team works. The benefits of the project depend upon measurable results before and after the change.

Any methodology can be gamed and beaten. Don't single out 6 Sigma.

[NMC EXP]

Don't single out 6 Sigma.

Request denied.

My frame of reference is as an engineer (a mere "green belt") and 25 year vet of a Fortune 100 manufacturer.

I have seen all of the other schemes pedaled by every consultant to come down the pike come and go and this is the worst.

Even the green belt traing contains a bunch of sociological techniques on how to quell dissent in the team to reach the holy grail of "concensus".

Engineering should not be a democracy.

SS has taken on the aspects of a cult in my corp.