Continuous Improvement using ITEA Process

Welcome, Prashant Hoskote!

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I’m excited to introduce Prashant Hoskote, Senior Director-Quality, Service Excellence and Innovation for Max ...

Cynthia Nazario Nov '18

Thank you for joining live chat.

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Thank you, Prashant, and all attendees for joining the live chat today. If you’re interested in learning more ...

Cynthia Nazario Nov '18

ITEA Ceremony at WCQI

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My favorite part of the World Conference on Quality and Improvement is the closing ceremony: the parade of judge, ...

Amanda Foster Nov '18

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Couldn't agree more...esp if you end up being one of the trophy winners :-)

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The Parade and Recognition/Awards Ceremony is my favorite part of WCQI also. It gives us the opportunity to ...

Improvement projects

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Are there particular projects that are memorable to you because of their impact, the magnitude of a breakthrough, ...

Amanda Foster Nov '18

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That is an excellent question. Thanks Amanda.

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Yes, 34 projects to be precise.
Difficult to pick the best. I love them all.
But the one that won the GOLD and BRONZE ...

How Does Team Excellence Drive Improvement?

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What specifically about the team excellence award helped to drive continuous improvement? Maybe the top 3 ...

Susan Peiffer Nov '18

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Good question :-)
These Top 3 kind of questions are always tricky. But let me give a shot anyway.
1. The ITEA ...

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Thank you, Prashant! Disciplined improvement and consistency are critical, and having a standard criteria for ...

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Recognition in my view, is key to drive improvement and Excellence. We believe in disproportionate recognition. ...

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This process brings about a huge sense of healthy competition among companies, withn the companies, and the grand ...

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Wow, that's quite a structure!

What data do you use to show the ROI regarding the amount of time and energy spent on ...

ITEA vs Baldrige

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How does ITEA compare with the Baldrige Award? There seems to a push to use Baldrige, even by ASQ members, to move to ...

Matthew Demko Nov '18

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Actually to cannot compare the 2.

ITEA is a criteria for quality / process improvements / problem solving.
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Thank you!

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Thank you for this opportunity yo share our experience on how we are using the ITEA process to drive improvements ...

Prashant Hoskote Nov '18

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Can you tell us a little about Max Life's participation in ITEA (how many years, how many of your team have engaged)?

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Hi Dawn. Good question. That normally means its a difficult question. :-)
The Max Group has been participating in ...

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I must admit its been a huge learning (read frustrating...at times).
Its been an evolution.
Year 1 - 2012 - No ...

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Thank you very much for sharing!!

New ITEA Criteria

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This year the ITEA criteria was updated. Since you have so much experience using the criteria, what was the impact ...

Amanda Foster Nov '18

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Hi Amanda.
The changes have been substantial and great actually.
For one, the # questions (many of them that ...

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The criteria may be downloaded from the ASQ ITEA website https://asq.org/programs/team-excellence , The ...

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Yes, Geetha Balagopal‍, good idea!

Brief Introduction

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I work for the Max Group in India that has interests in Life Insurance, Health Insurance, Healthcare, Senior ...

Prashant Hoskote Nov '18

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This seems like an enormous task. What is the scope? Meaning, how many employees (approximately) and what is the ...

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It is enormous. I wish my boss understood that.
70,000 employees across our 5 companies, spread across the vast ...

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Right! How many language groups are represented? How do you manage communication?

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Fortunately, not too many. English is the business language, typically. At times, Hindi (the national language) ...