Maggie Millard
Recent Posts
Framed to Fit: Why Managers Endorse Ideas
June 5, 2019Dr. Ethan Burris is a Professor of Management and the Chevron Centennial Fellow at the McCombs School of Business at the University of...
8 Ways Kanban Board Software Changes the Game
May 28, 2019Kanban boards are excellent visual management tools for tracking work-in-progress, identifying roadblocks, and ensuring a free-flowing...
6 Tips for Crowdsourcing Innovation Ideas
May 23, 2019When we ask people about innovation, they usually leap to radical breakthroughs like self-driving cars, alternative energy sources, or...
Enter to Win a Signed Copy of "Measures of Success"
May 20, 2019Do you want to lead better and improve more? Of course you do!
When Being Right is the Wrong Strategy for Change
May 16, 2019Frequent readers of this blog are probably familiar with Mark Graban. Mark has been an enormous contributor to the ideological foundation...
8 Ways Virtual Huddle Boards Accelerate Improvement
April 29, 2019Huddle boards are a popular visual management technique that is often used in conjunction with a daily huddle meeting. Teams gather around...
What Happens When You Take a Kaizen Approach to Improvement?
February 11, 2020In my opinion, Kaizen is one of the most brilliantly simple, yet powerful business philosophies there is. Translated from Japanese, it...
Master Improvement with Kata Software
April 16, 2019"I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times."
- Bruce Lee
Kata...
13 Vital Operational Excellence Software Capabilities
April 10, 2019Starting a quest for operational excellence is one of the most significant steps an organization can take. Operational excellence involves...