Why Effective A3 Authors Need Permission to Fail
June 29, 2026Taiichi Ohno was famously direct about experimentation. The story most people know is the one where he drew a chalk circle on the factory...
Two Questions Kim Barnas Wanted Every Leader to Ask
June 22, 2026The continuous improvement community lost Kim Barnas earlier this year. She passed away on January 3, 2026, after several years of...
Systems Thinking for Continuous Improvement: Seeing Beyond Your Own Process
May 26, 2026Most improvement work starts with a process someone can see: the steps their team follows, the metrics on their board, the problems in...
Are You Solving the Right Problem? The Most Common (and Costly) Mistake in Continuous Improvement
May 7, 2026Every improvement program has a version of this story. Someone identifies a change they want to make. They build the business case, get...
Go Slow to Go Fast: What I Learned from Jon Miller About 8-Step Problem Solving
February 19, 2026TL;DR:Continuous improvement stalls when teams skip disciplined problem solving. Jon Miller’s overview of Toyota’s 8-step framework...
Looking Back: Why A3 Thinking Still Matters—At Work and Beyond
January 9, 2026When we hosted the How to Use A3 Thinking in Everyday Life webinar with Jess Orr, the premise was intentionally a bit provocative. A3...
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