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Do Spreadsheets Work For Continuous Improvement?
July 21, 2016Managing improvement work is hard. We often find ourselves constantly fighting fires, leaving us little time to improve our own improvement...
1.4% of Our Customers' Improvement Ideas Have An Impact > $100,000
August 9, 2016Have you ever wondered what the financial impact of continuous improvement is? We have. So, we analyzed the data provided by our customers...
How To Increase Staff And Leadership Engagement in CI
February 11, 2020Have you ever stumbled upon something and instantly recognized it as genius? This happened to me last night.
I have no idea how I found...
The 7 Wastes Of Lean: Learn From These Examples of Wasted Motion
July 5, 2016In our daily lives at work and at home, we all face workflows and physical spaces that aren’t designed well. These poorly thought out...
Did You Know Cinderella Was A Lean Practitioner?
March 20, 2015When sitting around the Christmas tree with my extended family over the holidays, conversation inevitably turns to my job. My relatives...
Employee Engagement Ideas Borrowed from Hubspot’s Culture Code
November 4, 2017We are big fans of the marketing automation provider Hubspot. In fact, our website and this blog are hosted in the Hubspot Content...
Why It's Tempting To Be a Hoarder... And Why A Lean Organization Isn't
April 2, 2015I’ve always been fascinated by the A&E TV show “Hoarders.” Maybe it’s because my own closet still holds sweaters that I’ve had since the...
Mark Graban Shares The Secret to Impactful Continuous Improvement
April 11, 2017Have you heard of Mark Graban? He's an internationally-recognized expert in the field of “Lean Healthcare,” as a consultant, author, and ...
4 Ways to Make 2015 the Year of Continuous Learning
March 20, 2015There's an old joke with an exchange between a CFO and a CEO that goes like this... The CFO asks, “What happens if we invest in our...
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