From the course: Creating a Culture of Continuous Improvement

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Make continuous improvement continuous

Make continuous improvement continuous

From the course: Creating a Culture of Continuous Improvement

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Make continuous improvement continuous

- In his book, "Good to Great," author Jim Collins describes what has become known as the flywheel effect. In essence, when doing anything to improve through change, it's difficult to do in one fell swoop. But through incremental improvement over time, like the spinning flywheel that gets faster and faster with less resistance as it accelerates, a breakthrough happens and change gets easier and easier and the winds start to compound into something fantastic. So, for continuous improvement to be successful and for it to permeate your organizational culture, making incremental improvements must, over time, become your business as usual. When you do that, you'll start to see changes in employee engagement and empowerment through the creation of a safe space where everyone feels welcome and valued, where they can contribute to innovative solutions and take accountability for their contributions. In essence, they'll be freer to…

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