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Culture, most important aspect of establishing continuous improvement

Meandering Genius Process Improvement May 9, 2014

We talk about “culture” all the time and there is often a misconception of what culture is. According to Gallup, 30% of the US workforce is can be considered engaged in their work. A Continuous Improvement Culture depends on an employee based that is engaged. Building and Sustaining and Quality Culture had over twice as many sessions as three of the other theme and focus areas at the recent ASQ Conference, which presents it as one of the most important aspects in quality today. Continue on my journey with National Graduate School as we explore my Continuous Improvement Culture Model and discuss ways to drive this culture into your organization.

http://ngs.edu/2014/05/08/building-culture-continuous-improvement-culture-building/

Blogging Weekly with National Graduate School

Blogging Business Consulting Change Management Leadership Meandering Genius Organizational Commitment Performance Measurement Process Improvement Strategic Communication Strategic Planning May 5, 2014

Happy Cinco de Mayo!

I am now a weekly guest blogger with National Graduate School. Please check out my blog there.

Building a culture of continuous improvement isn’t easy and can take a considerable amount of time. However, it’s very possible and results can be felt within weeks of embarking on the journey. Over John’s 25 plus years of experience, he’s developed a model rooted in strategy and designed to build this culture in any organization. Join John and National Graduate School as we weekly explore this model and ways to drive this type of culture. We look forward to your thoughts and inputs along this journey, so join us and watch for our future blogs about once a week with the tag line “CIC.”

http://ngs.edu/2014/05/01/building-culture-continuous-improvement/

Training a culture of continuous improvement

Meandering Genius Process Improvement January 22, 2014

So, I’m faced with a interesting challenge. How do you evolve a quality training program to develop a culture of continuous improvement?

Providing more of what isn’t working doesn’t seem like a logical approach. If you’ve been training yellow belts, green belts, and black belts, but it’s not having much effect, will more of the same type of training help?

Has anyone had success in this area?

If you want to train leadership, do you train them the same way? Won’t it be just as ineffective? Is there a method of giving them a demonstrated training approach that they could replicate and pass down that contains the burning platform, an overview of methodologies that can be trained to masses, engagement with literature discussion, and tours of quality and non quality organizations? Ideas?

Would you hold simple stand alone training and pull everyone out of their work centers or inculcate your message in all the current organizational and culture training programs? Or both?

Definitely a quandary and would love to hear your thoughts?