How to Roll Out Continuous Improvement Software Without Losing Momentum
April 14, 2026Most CI software implementations don't fail because the technology is wrong. They fail because the rollout is treated as an IT project...
What Your CI Program Loses When Executives Delegate Change Leadership
April 6, 2026Most executives don't oppose continuous improvement. They support it -- in the way they support good nutrition or regular exercise. They...
Why Experienced Leaders Resist Lean — and What Actually Works
March 2, 2026When Greg Jacobson and I recorded the first Ask Us Anything webinar, we were just trying to clear a backlog of questions. We had no idea...
PDSA Quality Improvement: A Scientific Method of Change
July 10, 2024Dr. W. Edwards Deming is considered by many to be the father of modern quality improvement. Among other important insights into how...
9 Easy to Deploy Continuous Quality Improvement Tools
November 24, 2021Quality management programs are often associated with large organizations, such as automotive manufacturing or large healthcare systems....
Value Stream Mapping Best Practices
October 27, 2021Value stream mapping (VSM) is used to visually depict, analyze, and improve the flow of materials and information through end-to-end...
5 Ways To Accelerate The Pace of Change
August 25, 2022McKinsey and Company, one of the country’s leading management consultancies, reports that up to 70% of systemic change programs fail to...
The Connection Between Trust and a Culture of Change
July 29, 2020Humans are hard-wired for change. As soon as we are born, we start to grow, learn, and adapt to our environment. If that's the case, why is...
Change Management Tips for Leaders
July 21, 2020People react very positively to the concept of continuous improvement. They are a little less enthusiastic when it is framed as constant...

