Finding Light Through the Storm: How Lean Six Sigma Principles Transformed My 7-Month Job Search

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Let's Create Africa

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AT LET'S CREATE AFRICA WE CREATE OPPORTUNITIES Short Version: Communication for Development (C4D) Long Version: Let's Create Africa, an award-winning B-Corps Entrepreneur Support Organisation (ESO) leveraging communications, media, PR, and advocacy campaigns to bridge opportunities to the bottom million in Africa. We do this by co-creating community-based social enterprises based around communication technology. This provides them with peer-to-peer training, mentorship, market linkages, and micro-funding to pivot and scale. https://letscreate.africa/

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Finding Light Through the Storm: How Lean Six Sigma Principles Transformed My 7-Month Job Search

Let's Create Africa

9 minutes 19 seconds

5 months ago

Finding Light Through the Storm: How Lean Six Sigma Principles Transformed My 7-Month Job Search

In the midst of 1,962 applications and countless rejections, I discovered something profound – the same DMAIC methodology that transforms

When rejection emails outnumbered interview calls, I turned to process improvement rather than despair. My newly earned Yellow Belt isn't just a certificate on my wall – it's become my framework for navigating life's storms.

The data tells a sobering story: 18,339 filtered jobs, 45 first rounds, 29 case studies, and zero offers... yet. But unlike before, each rejection has become data, not defeat. Each setback offers lessons to analyze, not reasons to surrender.

Through this journey, I've witnessed how these principles are transforming businesses across Africa and MENA – from Sarah Odhiambo reducing waste by 23% in Nairobi to Joseph Mwangi cutting delivery times by 40% in Mombasa with simple process mapping.

The storm hasn't passed, but I've learnt to navigate it better. Hope isn't just an emotion – it's a continuous improvement project with your own life as its focus.

Read my full reflection on professional resilience through the lens of Lean Six Sigma. Let me hear your journey in the comments.

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#LeanSixSigma #ProfessionalResilience #CareerDevelopment #ContinuousImprovement #DMAIC #JobSearch #AfricaInnovation #LeadershipLessons #ProcessImprovement #ResilientLeadership #WaihigaKMuturi #WaihigaIsImpact #CreatorOfOpportunities #SerialSocialEntrepreneur #DigitalStoryteller #SocialConnector #ProfessionalMediator #LetsCreateAfrica #JobsInAfrica #TheFutureOfWork #WorkInAfrica #IkoKaziKE #SOKO ⁠Lets Create Africa (LCA) Patricia Baronowski-Schneider

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