How Cross-functional Training Maximizes Employee Value
July 30, 2024The traditional siloed approach to business operations where everyone stays in their "lane" is giving way to a more cooperative,...
Huddle Board Examples to Encourage Collaboration
January 10, 2023One of the fundamental principles of continuous improvement is that positive change is the responsibility of every employee. Embracing that...
How Continuous Improvement Software Keeps CI Projects Organized
August 31, 2022Organizations striving to reach operational excellence through continuous improvement engage in many individual projects to achieve this...
How to Improve Cross-Functional Collaboration and Trust
February 24, 2022Many business leaders see cross-functional collaboration as the key to innovation and optimal business performance. Organizations with...
How to Explain Your Lean Culture to a New Hire
February 18, 2022I was chatting with a colleague about customer success in enterprise software companies and the conversation turned to the onboarding...
11 Reasons to Use Cross-Functional Teams
October 8, 2020Organizations turn to cross-functional teams for a variety of reasons. Almost everyone can agree that this type of collaboration is...
How to Keep a Remote Workforce Engaged in Improvement
April 6, 2020Before I start this post on how to keep a workforce that has suddenly moved to a remote model due to the coronavirus engaged and motivated,...
7 Simple Tips for Building Cross Functional Teams
August 3, 2016Last year, research by the Harvard Business Review found that 75% of cross-functional teams are dysfunctional, meaning that “They fail on...
6 Reasons Why Your Cross Functional Teams Need Software to Collaborate
June 1, 2016In most organizations, the most challenging problems are those that span multiple teams, departments, or divisions. For example, many...
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