Thoughts on the future of Business Improvement, Digital Transformation and Critical Thinking by Finbarr Sheehy
Operational excellence is often described through visible actions: daily meetings, KPI boards, root cause sessions, improvement workshops, action trackers, audits, Lean events, Six Sigma projects, and performance reviews. All of…
Digital transformation is often presented as modern, fast, connected, and strategic. It promises visibility, automation, agility, better decisions, and smarter operations. Yet behind many transformation programmes sits a less discussed…
For years, process improvement was associated with a familiar toolkit: process mapping, root cause analysis, Lean, Six Sigma, standard work, KPI boards, and continuous improvement workshops. Those skills still matter.…
Lean’s core principles still fit today’s business environment, but many of its classic tools need reinterpretation, augmentation, and (in some cases) replacement to stay relevant in a digital, knowledge‑intensive world.…
Six Sigma was born in an era where most defects were tangible: contamination events, yield loss, rework, scrap, downtime, or out-of-spec results. In pharma and medical devices, those issues still…