Improve Something Today
https://improvesomething.todayContinuous improvement in a complicated world. A blog, podcast, and free e-mail newsletter by Brian Kerr. Simplicity, patience, compassion.
Entries
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It’s been a busy two weeks on the site :)
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Nine books I’m always reading.
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A method for documenting & understanding processes when people say there isn’t a process.
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Now that Improve Something Today is a decade old, here are some of your favorite—and my favorite—of the things I’ve o...
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A six-word poem to be appreciated, for today, as a poem.
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Following on Jerry Weinberg’s point that ‘the money is usually the smallest part of the price,’ what other prices are...
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Appreciating circles that have been opened but not closed.
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Noticing responses to problems; there’s a whole set. The consultant’s reaction to each of these as they arise.
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Two simple facilitation methods you can start anytime by drawing a single line on a sheet of paper. What these are an...
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This site is about learning in public. As it turns a decade old, I scrounge around for 10 things I’ve learned while w...
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Three things to consider this week.
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The Periodic Table of Questions, ICA’s ORID, Liberating Structures’ W3, and more. How might we organize questions, an...
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Two passages from the architect and writer on the fourth anniversary of his passing.
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0038: 5 ways to approach goal-setting0:00/632.0641×Episode details: A reading and discussion of this, from 2022 ↓5 wa...
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0037: The wooden chair0:00/387.98933333333331×Episode details: Readings of two passages on the subject of wooden chai...
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0036: Anecdote of Carlina0:00/265.813333333333331×Episode details: A reading of two short passages, one from The Art ...
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Given so many big things to be angry about, let’s indulge in some petty beefs instead. I offer four.
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0035: Premortem0:00/547.2641×Episode details: A reading and discussion of this, from 2023 ↓Premortem: before starting...
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0034: On speeding things up0:00/497.0241×Episode details: a reading and discussion of this, from 2023 ↓On speeding th...
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Two ways to make an 8-page mini-zine using stuff you already have—and three reasons why you might do this.