Featured content from Catalyst’s experienced team of Trainers and Consultants. Themes include Lean Six Sigma Training and Consulting, Continuous Improvement and Operational Excellence
A few weeks ago, we shared a blog about Sankalpa – setting meaningful intentions, infused with purpose, enabling a move beyond task-oriented goals to the creation of lasting, values driven impact. To follow this up, the team suggested sharing some insights on setting meaningful Objectives and Key Results (OKRs). After having written about embodying our…
The start of a new year provides a natural opportunity for reflection and planning. At work, we have likely set out some goals and objectives, and on a personal level we’ll have set out to make changes, improve habits or pursue professional or personal development. So, now we find ourselves more than 11% into 2025,…
The Quick Dip: Our CEO, James Dwan joined Matt Sims on “The Ever-So-Lean Podcast” for a journey into the dynamic world of Agile. Full of humour, powerful stories and thought-provoking analogies, the podcast provides memorable takeaways, plus ‘Aha!’ moments which will leave you chuckling while learning the wonders of Business Agility. You’ll discover a host…
The brief version: ChatGPT is an innovative Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool that can help businesses in many ways, and this video focuses on problem solving and process improvement. The Catalyst team demonstrate how you can use ChatGPT as an ’additional team member’ to help identify and solve process issues, generate insights, and enhance customer satisfaction.…
Stephen Covey concludes his bestselling book ‘The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People’ with the habit that makes all other habits possible – sharpening the saw. The name of this habit comes from a story in which we come across a man feverishly and exhaustedly sawing down a tree, which he’s been doing for the…
We frequently ask people in our workshops and webinars to tell us about the challenges they experience from day to day. This is done using a non-technical audio measurement system of our own invention which we call the ‘ugh-ometer’. We simply ask people to provide us with an “ugh” if they experience any of the…
Icebergs seem ubiquitous in the world of Continuous Improvement: there’s John Kotter’s change management fable ‘Our Iceberg is Melting’; the Iceberg model used by systems thinkers to get below the ‘surface’ events in order to understand the patterns, structures and mental models underneath; the famous Cost of Poor Quality iceberg that shows there are many…
In her book ‘The Life Changing Magic of Not Giving a F**k’, author Sarah Knight provides advice on how we can rid ourselves of unwanted obligations, shame and guilt, to free up time for the things that make us happy. After a chapter focused on looking at ‘things’ (like basketball or having a bikini body),…
You might have come to this blog expecting to read all about the Agile Methodology Steps and how to apply them. In that case, this blog is not the right one for you. In fact NO BLOG claiming to have Agile methodology steps would be right! Let me explain why. The Agile principles and manifesto…
This Sunday, every single person in the UK will unite and take action, with a clearly defined and common purpose. We have done so twice a year since 1916, with a couple of exceptions. Amazing – the fact that people, all of the people, will mobilise and co-operate to change something as ubiquitous and vital…
