Maggie Millard
Recent Posts
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...
Visual Management Software Features that Excite Executives
April 4, 2019As I prepared to write this post, I did a Google Search of, “Visual Management Software,” just to see what popped up. The top 4 posts were...
What Changes When an Organization Implements a Lean Management System?
April 2, 2019We talk to people who are interested in investing in software to support their continuous improvement efforts every day. Some of them are...
What it Takes to Improve Workplace Culture
April 18, 2024“Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” – Peter Drucker
We’re not going to lie. Improving workplace culture is hard. A healthy culture...
7 Signs That Your Organization Needs Visual Task Management
February 11, 2019When I was a kid, my mother helped motivate and organize her workforce (aka, my sisters and me) with a chore chart. Each week we had tasks...
Hoshin Planning 101
January 23, 2019Maneuvering an organization toward its long-term strategic goals while managing day-to-day improvements and curtailing business processes...