Giles, Author at Continuous Improvement Made Easy

July 1, 2025

CI and advice given to school kids

Last year I gave a talk to some school children about careers in construction. Near the end of the talk I gave the kids three points to help them with their

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June 23, 2025

The top item on your improvement list

Whilst it is important to have methods to generate, capture and process improvements it is also important to determine your top priority. It is typical that you will have multiple

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June 5, 2025

Effortless continuous improvement

I work on a regular basis with a client and their team. It took them a while to grasp the concept of continuous improvement but we got there... The leaders of

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May 5, 2025

Don’t forget the lessons learned!

If we come up against a problem during a project, process or event we all know that we should learn from it and avoid it the next time around. When

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March 29, 2025

Getting the most out of your continuous improvement books

When you purchase a continuous improvement book, we all know that is not the end of the journey. That's barely the start.With so many continuous improvement books being purchased, is

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March 9, 2025

Continuous improvement obstacles

One of the 'tricks' of continuous improvement is that it is continuous. It doesn't stop, it might re-direct, but the improvements keep on coming. So, how is it that most of

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January 22, 2025

The importance of regular continuous improvement meetings

When I was studying in the 1990s, the concept of quality circles appeared to be all the rage. A group of people getting together to tackle quality issues that were

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January 14, 2025

Are you a solutions orientated person?

Nothing kills a continuous improvement conversation like stating all the reasons why something won't work. This has to happen though. You need to have this as part of a balanced view. However... ...if

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December 20, 2024

Wave your magic wand in 2025!

The 'wave a magic wand' question is a great question to use from time to time. As 2024 draws to a close, I thought it would be useful to share some

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December 18, 2024

Do you feel like you’re losing with your continuous improvement programme?

Over the years I have many conversations with clients (and their team members) about how they don't feel like they are winning with their continuous improvement programme. It's understandable. Navigating

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