In this solo episode, Hilary Corna calls out an uncomfortable truth: in many organizations, “continuous improvement” has quietly turned into corporate theater—a lot of activity that looks like progress, but doesn’t actually change anything. Hilary breaks down what real continuous improvement looks like day-to-day (stability, daily problem solving, psychological safety, and leadership maturity), plus how her team can help companies rebuild the system behind the work.

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TIMESTAMPS
[00:50] The uncomfortable truth: continuous improvement has become corporate theater
[01:39] “Rehearsing” improvement vs actually improving
[02:36] The real standard: if behavior doesn’t change, improvement didn’t happen
[03:30] Vulnerability + transparency: why leaders avoid showing the “mess”
[04:30] Initiative fatigue: when employees stop believing it’ll stick
[06:08] What real CI looks like (better questions + smaller daily problem solving)
[07:37] Kaizen without sustained adoption = expensive performance