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The Connection between Catchball and Culture
January 26, 2017Most leadership teams understand that a strong culture leads to positive outcomes like employee engagement, improved performance,...
The Four Phases of Strategy Deployment – Part II
January 24, 2017This is the second in our two-part post on the four phases of strategy deployment. In part one, we focused on what it takes to craft the...
Why This Organization Turned to Continuous Improvement Software
February 11, 2020When Dr. Tania Lyon became the first Director of Organizational Performance Improvement for St. Clair Hospital, continuous improvement...
The Irony of NOT Using Improvement Workflow Software
December 7, 2016Google defines irony as, “A state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often amusing as a...
Is Your Company Making this Gemba Walk Rookie Mistake?
December 6, 2016Because we get the opportunity to chat with organizations of all shapes and sizes about their continuous improvement efforts and processes,...
5 Valuable Roles to Fill for Your Next Kaizen Event
January 26, 2017When it is time to plan a Kaizen event, it is obviously important to think carefully about what you are going to tackle and how you are...
The Evolution of Kanban
November 24, 2016The idea of Kanban refers to the visual management of inventory and work in progress. It was widely used by Toyota and many people think of...
Are the Steps for Sustaining Improvement the Same for Everyone?
October 11, 2023The Harvard Business Review published an article called "4 Steps to Sustaining Improvement in Health Care" last week that walks through...
What Standard Work is NOT
November 14, 2016Standard Work establishes the best, safest, and most efficient sequences and methods for each process and each task that's being done in a...
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