Giles, Author at Continuous Improvement Made Easy

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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December 14, 2024

Continuous improvement KPI

Many businesses that I speak to are interested in developing KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) for their continuous improvement programmes. I've found that there are no right or wrong answers to

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November 25, 2024

Continuous improvement processes

This article aims to demystify continuous improvement processes. What they are, what they aren't and how you can use them effectively. What they are A continuous improvement process is simply a series

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November 18, 2024

The Back to Basics Brainstorm

Whilst there are many interesting continuous improvement (CI) approaches, it is true that you can go a long way with the basics. Being fantastic at the basic processes in your

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October 4, 2024

Continuous improvement from KPIs

Data can make all the difference with continuous improvement. There are a lot of times when gut feelings are the right way to go but continuous improvement from data takes

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