Is a Culture of Continuous Improvement Right for Your Company?

Many companies want to maximize their performance through Continuous Improvement. Most get some incremental improvements but don’t realize the true benefit of a “Culture of Continuous Improvement”. Our work with dozens of companies who have started this journey has demonstrated that there is a very specific process that needs to be followed in designing and implementing a Continuous Improvement Operating System. This process works for companies of any size. Check out the results of the Danaher Business System which is often identified as the way to do it right.

There are 6 key things that need to be considered when initiating this journey:

1. Clearly defined Most Important Goal (MIG), and supporting business strategies
2. Management Commitment
3. Continuous Improvement projects that make a difference and are focused on the MIG and implementing strategy.
4. Training delivered Just In Time and specific to a project.
5. A Change Management program
6. Full engagement of all stakeholders

If you are unsure about where you are in your Continuous Improvement Journey, your leadership team should look the graphic below and assess where you are. This will tell you what the challenge ahead looks like.

 Once you have decided what your challenge looks like, you can take advantage of one of our workshops to create your roadmap to CI Maturity.

• Creating the Business Case for Continuous Improvement
• Implementing a Successful Continuous Improvement Program
• Continuous Improvement Process Assessment
• Sustaining a Continuous Improvement Program

At Group50®, we use several frameworks and tools, such as the Business Hierarchy of Needs^®, a Lean Business Assessment and our methodology for designing and implementing an enterprise-wide Continuous Improvement system that is focused on your MIG and implementing your business strategy. In my book, Strategy Realized – The Business Hierarchy of Needs®, I outline the entire process we use.

There is a pot of gold available to you and your shareholders when you reach CI maturity and have a fully engaged workforce focusing on continuously improving everything they do. You can see what those numbers look like below:

Feel free to give me a call to discuss if embarking on a Continuous Improvement journey, or making changes to accelerate your existing program is right for your company. What do you have to lose?

Schedule a Meeting with our Subject Matter Expert

Sincerely,

Jim Gitney,

CEO, Group50® Consulting

+1(626) 644-9746

jgitney@group50.com

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