Jeff Roussel
Recent Posts
How (and Why) to Walk the Gemba When Everyone’s Working from Home
April 8, 2020As leaders, managers, and employees alike all grapple with the sudden disruption in routine work and life, go easy on yourself. It is going...
Continuous Improvement in Golf [COVID-19]
April 1, 2020This post is about improvement and its role in a crisis. But I’m choosing a subject matter that has nothing to do with essential services....
Checklist for Planning an Awesome Kaizen Event
February 12, 2020Kaizen events are an effective tool for harnessing the innovative ideas and creativity of your workforce to implement rapid improvement in...
5 Easy Improvement Ideas to Get Ready for 2020
December 27, 2019I’m not sure about you, but at this time of the year, I don’t feel like tackling any major new projects. There seem to be a ton of...
Easy-to-Try Process Improvement Examples
July 10, 2019When people talk about business process improvement, the conversation can get very far into the weeds quickly. There are several...
Does Putting Your Employee Suggestion Box Online Help?
June 12, 2019These days just about everything is online and connected. I got a new emersion circulator to make sous vied meals; it’s controlled by an...
What to Look for in an Event Reporting System
May 15, 2019Event reporting, also known as incident reporting, got its start in aviation and healthcare, two types of organizations that are considered
Common Excuses for Neglecting the Continuous Improvement Cycle
April 3, 2019Every business leader we talk to says that they would like to achieve continuous improvement. We’ve never heard one yet say, “Nah, who...
What Other Industries Have Learned from Lean Manufacturing
April 1, 2019Lean manufacturing is a business methodology that is based on tools and techniques implemented at Toyota in their post-WWII efforts to...