Uncommon Sense - Tools to Improve your Work Forever

Quality and Agile thrive together by putting your customer at the centre of what you do.

Join PMI Senior Consultant Anthony Richardson as he reveals how Agile tools like Empathy Maps, User Stories, and Retrospectives enhance both flexibility and customer satisfaction, debunking the myth that Agile improvement sacrifices quality for speed.

With insights into the crucial role of the Product Owner and the power of Continuous Improvement, this episode will inspire you to adopt strategies that elevate your business practices, keeping Quality front and centre.

More from PMI:

• Dive into our Knowledge Hub for more tools, videos, and infographics
• Join us for a PMI LIVE Webinar
• Follow us on LinkedIn

Take your improvement career to the next level with PMI's Lean Six Sigma Certifications - now available in two new and accessible formats, built around you. 

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What’s stopping you from visualising your workflow?

Join us as we delve into Agile Visual Management, sharing how integrating Agile principles with visual management techniques can help you tackle backlogs and maintain a steady workflow while boosting team morale. PMI Director Consultant Sean Buckland explains how tools like Kanban boards can simplify complex projects, providing clarity on tasks that are in progress, stuck, or completed. Learn to connect user stories to value, prioritise effectively, and quickly clear bottlenecks.

Expand your Agile knowledge and elevate your project delivery with this must-listen episode!

More from PMI:

• Dive into our Knowledge Hub for more tools, videos, and infographics
• Join us for a PMI LIVE Webinar
• Follow us on LinkedIn

Take your improvement career to the next level with PMI's Lean Six Sigma Certifications - now available in two new and accessible formats, built around you. 

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What would happen if you integrated Agile into your improvement activity? In this episode, we explore how Lean Six Sigma and Agile methodologies work together.

PMI Director Consultant Sean Buckland shares a case study about an internal development team, initially hesitant to adopt Agile practices. By integrating Lean Six Sigma principles and embedding developers within the improvement team, they fostered collaboration and developed a visual management interface using low-code tools. This approach improved efficiency in a logistics operation and avoided the cost of a new ERP system.

Tune in to discover how combining Agile and Lean Six Sigma can enhance collaboration and drive project success in your business.

More from PMI:

• Dive into our Knowledge Hub for more tools, videos, and infographics
• Join us for a PMI LIVE Webinar
• Follow us on LinkedIn

Take your improvement career to the next level with PMI's Lean Six Sigma Certifications - now available in two new and accessible formats, built around you. 

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• Explore Distance Learning >>

Do you ever wonder how some organisations adapt to change so effortlessly?

PMI Director Consultant Sean Buckland describes how Agile methodologies, rooted in the Agile Manifesto, combine with Lean principles to drive sustainable, customer-focused improvements. Tune in to hear why Agile Improvement isn’t a trend, but a powerful approach that can help organisations just like yours implement solutions quickly and effectively, using PDSA to refine and sustain progress, and thrive in dynamic environments.

More resources on this topic:

• On Demand Webinar: Agile Improvement - Myth or Magic?
• Podcast: The Power of Retrospectives
• On Demand Webinar: PDSA Your Work, Your Project, Your Programme

More from PMI:

• Dive into our Knowledge Hub for more tools, videos, and infographics
• Join us for a PMI LIVE Webinar
• Follow us on LinkedIn

Take your improvement career to the next level with PMI's Lean Six Sigma Certifications - now available in two new and accessible formats, built around you. 

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• Explore Distance Learning >>

Think you already know how to unlock a team’s potential?

Then you need to join Mark Allison; PMI Senior Consultant and experienced improvement team leader, for an engaging exploration that will reveal how you can truly optimise the performance of your team.  Learn more about the delicate art of building strong relationships, how to uncover hidden strengths, and tips for navigating resistance to change, as Mark shares valuable insights that are the difference between a good team and a great team.  

More resources that you may find interesting:

• Blog: 5 Flochart Challenges You'll Want Your Team to Know About
• Case Study: Engaging a Dispersed Team in Transformation
• Podcast: Invest in Relationships to Build Successful Teams

More from PMI:

• Dive into our Knowledge Hub for more tools, videos, and infographics
• Join us for a PMI LIVE Webinar
• Follow us on LinkedIn

Take your improvement career to the next level with PMI's Lean Six Sigma Certifications - now available in two new and accessible formats, built around you. 

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• Explore Distance Learning >>

Your process data today is different from yesterday.  But is an investigation worthy of your time?

As an Improvement Practitioner, you already know that understanding variation is crucial and that Statistical Process Control (SPC) charts offer profound insights into process stability and performance – so what gets in the way of adopting SPC across your wider organisation?

Whether you're facing resistance from teams, struggling with data overload, or unsure where to start, PMI Director Consultant Dennis Crommentuijn-Marsh tackles the real-world roadblocks you’re experiencing. Dennis shares practical strategies to ensure SPC adoption takes root and drives meaningful, lasting change throughout your organisation.

Related resources:

• On-Demand Webinar: 100 Years of Control Charts
• Blog: 5 Challenges of Embedding Control Charts in Daily Process Management
• Infographic: Control Charts - a Short Journey Through The Basics

More from PMI:

• Dive into our Knowledge Hub for more tools, videos, and infographics
• Join us for a PMI LIVE Webinar
• Follow us on LinkedIn

Take your improvement career to the next level with PMI's Lean Six Sigma Certifications - now available in two new and accessible formats, built around you. 

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• Explore Distance Learning >>

“Does Lean apply to me?  It’s fine for manufacturing, but I work in the service industry.”

Join Niall Coney, Consultant at PMI, as he challenges widespread misconceptions about Lean practices, exploring the origins and core principles, and highlighting their broader applicability. By emphasising the critical importance of understanding the "why" behind these tools, he offers compelling, real-world examples of their successful use in service contexts.

Packed with thought-provoking insights and actionable book recommendations, this is an unmissable episode for service industry professionals looking to enhance their Lean expertise.  

Related resources:

• On-Demand Webinar: Manufacturing vs Service Process Improvement
• Podcast: Taking Out Waste May Not Make You Lean
• On-Demand Webinar: Lean vs Six Sigma - Two sides of the same coin?

More from PMI:

• Dive into our Knowledge Hub for more tools, videos, and infographics
• Join us for a PMI LIVE Webinar
• Follow us on LinkedIn

Take your improvement career to the next level with PMI's Lean Six Sigma Certifications - now available in two new and accessible formats, built around you. 

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• Explore Distance Learning >>

The way you present your project achievements could be the difference between driving impactful change and losing your audience entirely.

Delve into the critical art of effectively communicating results with PMI Director Consultant Dennis Crommentuijn-Marsh. Drawing from his extensive experience and lessons learned, he offers practical advice on structuring presentations for maximum impact. Gain valuable insights on customising language to resonate with your audience and aligning your message with key organisational metrics.

Related resources:

• Brace for Impact!
• Celebrating Success, Learning from Failure
• Delivering Successful Presentations

More from PMI:

• Dive into our Knowledge Hub for more tools, videos, and infographics
• Join us for a PMI LIVE Webinar
• Follow us on LinkedIn

Take your improvement career to the next level with PMI's Lean Six Sigma Certifications - now available in two new and accessible formats, built around you. 

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• Explore Distance Learning >>

How do you deploy a strategy effectively and ensure it makes the impact that will elevate your organisation?

In the final episode of our strategy-focused mini-series, PMI Partner Consultant Des Kelly shares how you can transform your organisation's strategy into a clear, actionable roadmap that everyone can follow using the X matrix.  This powerful visual management tool forms part of the Hoshin Kanri approach and plays a critical role in strategic alignment, communication, and measurement, ensuring your strategy not only reaches its full potential but drives outstanding results across the organisation.

Are you ready to transform your strategy?  PMI’s skilled consultants can help you turn your Goals into Results, assisting you at every stage from conception through to implementation.  Learn more at https://pmi.co.uk/consultancy/#strategy 

More resources to help you develop a strategy that delivers results:

• Podcast: Strategy and the Responsibilities of the Leadership Team
• Podcast: Competitive Analysis Through Porter's 5 Forces
• Podcast: Understand External Influences using PESTEL
• Podcast: Evaluate your strategic position with SWOT
• Podcast: Use Force-Field to Understand Change
• Consultancy: Transform Your Strategy

More from PMI:

• Dive into our Knowledge Hub for more tools, videos, and infographics
• Join us for a PMI LIVE Webinar
• Follow us on LinkedIn

Take your improvement career to the next level with PMI's Lean Six Sigma Certifications - now available in two new and accessible formats, built around you. 

• Explore On Demand >>
• Explore Distance Learning >>

How will you know that your reinvigorated strategy is an improvement?  Join PMI Partner Consultant Des Kelly in the next episode of our strategy-focused mini-series as he delves into the art of defining clear, actionable objectives. 

Discover how to harness the power of the 3 Question Model from Nolan and Provost to sharpen your strategy, as Des guides you through the essential questions: ‘What are we trying to accomplish?’, ‘How will we know that change is an improvement?’, and ‘What changes can we make that will result in improvement?’.  Tune in to unlock the secrets to crafting a strategy that delivers real results.

Are you ready to transform your strategy?  PMI’s skilled consultants can help you turn your Goals into Results, assisting you at every stage from conception through to implementation.  Learn more at https://pmi.co.uk/consultancy/#strategy 

More resources to help you develop a strategy that delivers results:

• Podcast: Strategy and the Responsibilities of the Leadership Team
• Podcast: Competitive Analysis Through Porter's 5 Forces
• Podcast: Understand External Influences using PESTEL
• Podcast: Evaluate your strategic position with SWOT
• Podcast: Use Force-Field to Understand Change
• Consultancy: Transform Your Strategy

More from PMI:

• Dive into our Knowledge Hub for more tools, videos, and infographics
• Join us for a PMI LIVE Webinar
• Follow us on LinkedIn

Take your improvement career to the next level with PMI's Lean Six Sigma Certifications - now available in two new and accessible formats, built around you. 

• Explore On Demand >>
• Explore Distance Learning >>