30 Rock's Six Sigma Retreat to Move Forward February 16, 2009
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For those of you who may have missed it, NBC’s comedy 30 Rock recently ran a parody of Six Sigma. Two of the show’s main characters end up going to GE’s Six Sigma Retreat to Move Forward. For the Master Black Belt/Bronze Certified/Certified Jonah/CPIM set out there, it was pretty hilarious. Or familiar and sick, depending on how you look at it.
GE is a big adherent of Six Sigma. One can only wonder how much of this episode needed to be heavily researched and how much came from the writers’ notes from their recent real world experiences.
The American Society for Quality asked in an email how readers felt about the episode. Responses will be published February 25th. Naturally, we will cover this breaking story for you!
Watch the full episode on NBC’s website here.
It’s always interesting to see how art imitates life.
The parody definitely worked better than if they’d tried to incorporate the actual concepts in the show.