French Fries and the Culture Imperative
August 8, 2019“Culture isn’t just on aspect of the game – it is the game. In the end, an organization is nothing more than the collective capacity of...
When Being Right is the Wrong Strategy for Change
May 16, 2019Frequent readers of this blog are probably familiar with Mark Graban. Mark has been an enormous contributor to the ideological foundation...
What it Takes to Improve Workplace Culture
April 18, 2024“Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” – Peter Drucker
We’re not going to lie. Improving workplace culture is hard. A healthy culture...
Resolutions to Help Achieve Your Process Improvement Goals in 2019
January 14, 2019We saved this post for a couple of weeks into the New Year to give everyone a chance to get their exercise/weight loss/financial planning...
How Digital Idea Boards Accelerate Innovation
October 16, 2018We’ve written before about the reasons that traditional suggestion boxes rarely result in lasting positive change. The biggest problem is...
How to Spread the Kaizen Mindset
September 12, 2018One of the most significant challenges leaders face when they embrace the Kaizen culture of continuous improvement is getting the...
Avoid These 6 Missteps to Achieve Continuous Improvement Goals
June 5, 2023We like to keep things positive in this blog, but once in a while, it makes sense to explore the roadblocks that organizations can face...
What Sets Lean Organizations Apart?
July 2, 2018When people think of the Lean business management methodology, they often associate it primarily with waste reduction. The elimination of...
10 Ways to Build a Culture that Supports CQI
May 30, 2018The dictionary defines corporate culture as, “The set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that characterizes an institution...