Welcome to the BGC Blog - "Focus and Align" Insights, observations, and lessons learned in the world of Continuous Improvement These...

Most continuous improvement or operational excellence programs that I encounter are very "project focused". A recent business need has...

Walking across the concrete production floor, I look down at my phone. 9:50am, plant review starts in 10 minutes. My eyes scan the aisle...

The Harvard Business School conducted a corporate survey in 2000 and concluded that about 70% of change initiatives fail to achieve...

In Lean we are taught of the seven deadly wastes (or eight depending upon your teacher/coach). The acronym TIMWOOD is often used as a...

A state of flow is the mental state where a person is fully immersed in a feeling, sometimes known as being in the zone. This is...

Social Media has become a primary platform for professional athletes in snowboarding, wakeboarding and surfing to demonstrate their...