Uncommon Sense - Tools to Improve your Work Forever

PMI’s podcast, Uncommon Sense – Tools to Improve your Work Forever, gives you the opportunity to listen to our expert Consultants talk about a wide variety of tools so that you can refresh your memory and gather inspiration for which tools might help you solve your latest improvement challenge or problem. Each podcast is a rapid 10 – 15 minute download of what the tool is, when you would use it, and tips for effective application to enable you to decide quickly whether this tool is the one you need, avoiding hours of searching through manuals, books or online platforms for those nuggets of inspiration. Find out more about Tools for Business Excellence and how to transform your organisation at pmi.co.uk

The Purpose of Process
May 28, 2025 – 15:08
The Challenges of Defining Value Add
May 14, 2025 – 11:15
Design of Experiments: How to Read Between the Lines
Apr 30, 2025 – 14:30
Decode Ambiguity with Operational Definitions
Apr 16, 2025 – 11:18
Simplifying Sampling Strategies
Apr 2, 2025 – 13:53
How to Onboard an Improvement Team Effectively
Mar 19, 2025 – 11:13
Change or Chance? Understanding Hypothesis Testing
Mar 5, 2025 – 14:41
The Value of Capability Analysis
Feb 19, 2025 – 12:59
Identifying The Right People For Your Team
Feb 5, 2025 – 13:01
Understanding Capability in Process Performance
Jan 22, 2025 – 13:39
How Are Histograms Different to Bar Charts?
Jan 8, 2025 – 09:55
SPC Charts: Driving Sustainable Performance Gains
Dec 25, 2024 – 14:36
Reporting and Reviewing Performance
Dec 11, 2024 – 12:01
Why Quality, Why Today?
Nov 27, 2024 – 12:48
Quality Driven Agile
Nov 13, 2024 – 12:06
Agile Visual Management
Oct 30, 2024 – 15:18
Agile Meets Lean Six Sigma: A Case Study
Oct 16, 2024 – 14:48
What Is Agile Improvement?
Oct 2, 2024 – 14:17
How To Get The Best Out Of Your Improvement Team
Sep 18, 2024 – 11:13
What Gets In The Way Of Adopting SPC?
Sep 4, 2024 – 13:41
Applying Lean In Service
Aug 21, 2024 – 12:56
Communicating Results with Impact
Aug 7, 2024 – 08:58
Use X Matrix to Determine the Vital Priorities
Jul 24, 2024 – 14:48
A Model for Improvement at Any Level
Jul 22, 2024 – 10:57
Organise and Sequence Improvement Ideas Using AD and ID
Jul 20, 2024 – 12:22
Use Force-Field to Understand the Perspectives, Actions and Consequences of Change
Jul 18, 2024 – 08:49
Evaluate your strategic position with SWOT
Jul 16, 2024 – 10:33
Understand External Influences using PESTEL
Jul 14, 2024 – 11:34
Competitive Analysis Through Porter's 5 Forces
Jul 12, 2024 – 12:31
Strategy and the Responsibilities of the Leadership Team
Jul 10, 2024 – 10:58
Adapting VoC to Establish Voice of the Business
Jun 26, 2024 – 11:53
Psychology Essentials That Leaders Need to Know
Jun 12, 2024 – 14:55
Common Control Chart Fallacies
May 29, 2024 – 14:52
Evolving to Control Charts
May 15, 2024 – 15:27
Control Charts: Walter Shewhart's Gift to Quality
May 1, 2024 – 15:15
How Effective Leaders Support a Learning Organisation
Apr 17, 2024 – 13:01
Process Operators: Driving Continuous Improvement
Apr 2, 2024 – 12:20
Why Leaders Need to Understand Variation
Mar 20, 2024 – 12:21
Mastering Process Management
Mar 6, 2024 – 10:15
Systems Thinking From a Leadership Perspective
Feb 21, 2024 – 14:09
Navigating Process Management Roles
Feb 7, 2024 – 13:14
The Power of Retrospectives
Jan 24, 2024 – 12:17
Working Successfully With Your Sponsor
Jan 10, 2024 – 13:22
Managing Variation in Customer Demand With Heijunka
Dec 27, 2023 – 14:42
What is Lean Six Sigma?
Dec 13, 2023 – 10:02
How SMED Can Improve Setup Times
Nov 29, 2023 – 12:39
Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) to Measure Performance
Nov 15, 2023 – 13:05
Dr Deming - A Relevant Philosophy for Today? With Jan Gillett
Nov 1, 2023 – 13:40
Process Redesign and the 5Rs
Oct 18, 2023 – 15:12
Kanban - Triggering Optimal Levels of Inventory
Oct 4, 2023 – 13:05