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Notes on what I'm building, plus the occasional changelog entry.

Aug 15, 2026

The Kaizen Event Is the Easy Part

Everyone budgets for the workshop. Almost nobody budgets for the eighteen months after it, which is where most improvements actually die.

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kaizen
sustainment

Aug 8, 2026

KPI Dashboards Nobody Opens

Most executive dashboards are built to prove a project worked, once. Almost none are built to get opened again in month four.

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analytics
power-bi

Jul 31, 2026

Root Cause Isn't a Single Answer

Most root-cause analysis stops at the first plausible story. The real root cause is usually the third or fourth "why," and it's rarely the one that flatters the process owner.

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problem-solving
lean-six-sigma

Jul 24, 2026

Where AI Actually Helps Process Improvement (and Where It Doesn't)

AI is genuinely useful for continuous improvement work -- just not in most of the places the vendor slides promise it.

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process-improvement
analytics