Tim Sismey

Tim is a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt who had a varied corporate career in Technology and Operations Leadership and Continuous Improvement before joining Catalyst. He’s particularly interested in the intersection of work design and employee mental health.

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Professional Background

Recent Experience

Tim has led Continuous Improvement and Strategy Deployment programmes both in-house and as a Consultant across transport, marketing, not-for-profit and financial services sectors.

Agile Transformation and Leadership

Tim believes people like being good at their jobs, and that by enabling a healthy, engaged workforce we get high-functioning teams and successful organisations.

Major Achievements

Tim has trained, coached, motivated and cajoled hundreds of learners across wildly different organisations to improve their work, resulting in more punctual buses, timelier marketing insights and reduced workplace stress. Several of these projects went on to win BQF Excellence Awards.

Catalyst and Industry Roles

Tim is a BQF Excellenteer and an active member of the BQF and LCS communities. He regularly speaks at industry conferences, often on the connection between Operational Excellence and Psychosocial Risk.

Qualifications and Professional Background

Tim attended the University of Warwick, where he secured a BA in English and French and a hilariously pointless MA in American Detective fiction. He is a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt.

International and Enterprise Expertise

Tim had an accidental 20 year career in Market Research, taking in software development & technology, European Operations leadership and eventually the role of CI Director where he found his calling. For a while he was literally the guy who faxed Radio One to tell them what was Number One.

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