Summary: Within any industry – be it hospitals, public accounting firms, manufacturing, governmental organizations or law firms -- 20% of the organizations will be dramatically improving much more effectively than 80% of their competitors. What does the top 20% do differently than the rest in their respective industries? In The <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1439817960?ie=UTF8&tag=business901-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1439817960">Escape the Improvement Trap: Five Ingredients Missing in Most Improvement Recipes</a> , the authors reveal the five most important ingredients that the top 20% exploit, but the remaining 80% do in a mediocre fashion: <br> <br> Create value for customers. <br> Create an environment in which employees excel to their fullest potential. <br> Measure performance in a more meaningful fashion – Use the “right” metrics not all the metrics! <br> Apply process thinking to all areas of work. <br> Use an “executive mindset” to improve the way the organization goes about the business of improvement. <br> <br> This podcast I had with co-author <a href="http://www.cumberlandchicago.com/About/Bremer.html">Michael Bremer</a> was exhilarating for me as a host. By the end of the podcast, you will look at your continuous improvement efforts from a totally different perspective. Mike does a great job in summing up the five steps and you will be surprised and maybe how simple it is. He simply nails it! <br> <br> Related Posts: <br> <br> <a href="http://business901.com/blog1/outside-in-strategy-customer-value/">Outside in Strategy– Customer Value</a> <br> <br> <a href="http://business901.com/blog1/practical-approach-to-innovation-used-by-disney/">Practical Approach to Innovation used by Disney</a> <br> <br> <a href="http://business901.com/blog1/faster-better-cheaper-is-the-norm-what-are-you-doing-different/">Faster, Better, Cheaper is the Norm. What are you doing different</a> <br> <br> <a href="http://business901.com/blog1/a-quick-tool-for-value-analysis/">A Quick Tool for Value Analysis</a> <br> <br> <a href="http://business901.com/blog1/blog1/using-value-stream-mapping-in-lean/">Using Value Stream Mapping in Lean</a>
