January 2026

One of the biggest misconceptions in Continuous Improvement (CI) is the idea that improvement simply “happens” because someone has a good idea, a solid data set, or a well‑written project charter. But anyone who’s been around CI long enough knows the truth: Improvement doesn’t fail from bad ideas — it fails from lack of leadership […]

  Ever had one of those days when everything snaps? Literally? That’s what happened to me one day and it sparked the idea for this Cox-Box cartoon—my shovel broke, and all I thought was, ‘My Cpk just dropped to zero.’ I uttered a few other words, but as I thought about it, I thought I