The igniteEX 2025 conference (with the theme “Achieving Extraordinary Together”) was last month. The opening session was pretty inspirational and definitely memorable, as a few board members (of PEN & our partners) came up on stage one at a time and shared why he/she attends this conference. The statements probably weren’t all that surprising – [...]
The Performance Excellence Network — in partnership with the Wisconsin Center for Performance Excellence and the Iowa Quality Center — is pleased to announce a powerful online workshop: Advancing Performance Excellence: Baldrige 201, July 31 & August 14 (mornings). Baldrige 201 builds off of Baldrige 101 (Principles of Performance Excellence (which is offered many times [...]
“If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail,” so the saying goes. In other words, each tool -- be it for carpentry, cooking, or process improvement -- has a distinct purpose. And tools are sub-optimized if they are used for anything other than that distinct purpose – imagine trying to loosen [...]
With any project -- home improvement, automobile repair, even exercising and working out -- you need the right tools to do the job right. The same is true for process and organizational improvement! We all need proven tools to understand the current state, explore solutions and improvements, and design and implement a desired future state. [...]
Everywhere you look, standards are rising. In business, in sports, in education, in healthcare – really in all aspects of human and organizational achievement – what is considered "world class" continues to increase. For example… It used to take 72 hours by plane to cross the Atlantic (1913); it now takes just over six. The [...]
The Performance Excellence Network — in partnership with the Wisconsin Center for Performance Excellence and the Iowa Quality Center — is pleased to announce a powerful online workshop: Advancing Performance Excellence: Baldrige 201, September 12 (morning) & 19 (afternoon). Baldrige 201 builds off of Baldrige 101 (Principles of Performance Excellence (which is offered many times [...]
In many ways, what's required for organizational excellence these days has changed: there are new work environments (such as hybrid), severe talent shortages, emerging technologies (like artificial intelligence). But in other ways, nothing has changed: we still need to satisfy our customers; we still need to engage our teams; and we still need to improve [...]
igniteEX 2024 Annual Conference April 18-19 Live — In-Person (Twin Cities) & Streaming Online Event! Experience the region’s largest, most powerful conference focused on continuous improvement and organizational excellence! Click here for more information!!
As we emerge from COVID (but navigate continuing staffing challenges and possible economic headwinds), organizations are increasingly focused on improving productivity, eliminating waste, and increasing efficiency. The Performance Excellence Network -- in partnership with the Wisconsin Center for Performance Excellence and the Iowa Quality Center — is pleased to announce a powerful workshop: The LEGO Game: Reducing Waste & [...]
Create a culture of productivity that eliminates unnecessary interruptions, emails, and non-essential work! Get everyone in your company focused on their most important priorities and stop the highly reactionary behavior that has become the norm in business today. Since productivity and employee engagement are tightly linked, this is a win-win for the organization and your [...]
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