There has been concern about the future of the iSixSigma and TRIZ Journal communities, with the shuttering of their operations. Since the websites have been taken down, many members of this global community have told us there is a need for a centralized online community to exchange information, compare notes and opinions and collaborate on the evolution of our discipline. Like every good process improvement and innovation professional, we are gathering data to create a solution. We need your input. Please take a few minutes to complete this opinion survey. Your input will drive the design and effectiveness of this new community.

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* 1. What country do you currently work in?

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* 2. What professional associations do you belong to? (Please check all that apply.)

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* 3. Which of the following methodologies does your company use? What is your role?

  Do not use In training GB or Beginner BB or Expert MBB or Coach Program Champion, Executive Other
LEAN
Six Sigma
LSS
DFSS
Theory of Constraints
TRIZ

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* 4. Which of the following, if any, did you reference for dependable information about continual improvement and innovation? Please let us know how you used these resources. (Check all that apply.)

  Read Regularly Submitted articles Advertised Posted on Website Referred to others
iSixSigma
TRIZ Journal

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* 5. The Continual Improvement Lab is seeking to be a sharing community where professionals involved in Quality, Innovation, Efficiency or Sustainability, can “meet” and exchange ideas, information and opinions.

Content can pertain to one or all of the disciplines, and may integrate one or more.

Please tell us on a scale of 1 to 5, where five means “definitely” and one means “not likely” whether you would:

  1 Probably Not 2 3 4 5 Definitely
At least check out the site periodically.
Become a member of the community.
Submit comments and opinions about articles.
Submit articles or case studies.
Agree to be on the Content Review Board.
Advertise on the site.
Recommend it to other practitioners.

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* 6. As an author or content contributor, is it more important to you to have your work posted without any review, some review or full editing?

Please indicate your preference on a scale of “1” to “5”, where one means no review and five indicates full editorial review

  1 No Review 2 3 Some review 4 5 Full Review
Amount of review desired:

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* 7. Which of the following anticipated features of The Continual Improvement Lab would be important to you. Please tell us how important it is based on a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being not at all important and 5 being critical.

  1 Not at all important 2 3 4 5 Critical
Articles
Ability to post your own articles
Forum where you can comment on articles
Book reviews
Software reviews
Links to related sites
Calendar of training and conferences
Webinars of training and events
News of the industry
Glossary of terms
Job Postings

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* 8. Is there anything we should add to this community to ensure it is frequently used by professional practitioners?

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* 9. What might prevent an engaged professional from participating in this community?

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* 10. Do you have any other comments you would like to share?

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* 11. OPTIONAL: If you would like to be notified about the launch of the community and further updates, please give us your contact information. (Your personal contact information will not be shared or distributed.)

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