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
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 13 minutes
- Episodes
- 82
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Evolving to Control Charts
Is your data telling the right story? The shift from simple data tables to Control Charts is more than a mere change in data representation; it's a transformative step towards data-driven decision-m…
Control Charts: Walter Shewhart's Gift to Quality
Beyond its value as a statistical tool, the Control Chart is a symbol of excellence in operational efficiency and quality management that has shaped the world of Continuous Improvement.
As we celebrat…
How Effective Leaders Support a Learning Organisation
Effective leaders recognise that their organisation's ability to improve is fundamentally based upon its ability to learn.
In this thought-provoking episode of Uncommon Sense, we delve into the trans…
Process Operators: Driving Continuous Improvement
Process Operators are not just cogs in the machine. They’re the heartbeat of an organisation; executing core processes and directly influencing the value delivered to customers. Their work is vita…
Why Leaders Need to Understand Variation
Variation represents chaos and unpredictability. So in our business systems, which require consistency and repeatability to enable improvement, the concept of variation and its impact on performance…
Mastering Process Management
Managing processes is as vital as managing people for keeping the gears of performance well-oiled and aligned with organisational goals.
Join PMI Senior Consultant Damion Albinson as he peels back th…
Systems Thinking From a Leadership Perspective
Imagine your organisation as an orchestra, where each section must play in harmony to create a beautiful symphony. This is the crux of Systems Thinking in leadership.
Packed with thought-provoking exa…
Navigating Process Management Roles
Successful process management requires a shift in mindset where everyone is empowered to think of their organisation as a collection of interconnected processes rather than isolated departments or fu…
The Power of Retrospectives
We’re seeing a growing recognition of the power of reflection in today’s fast-paced world, where the delivery of improved performance through every project is more crucial than ever.
Join PMI Directo…
Working Successfully With Your Sponsor
Whatever kind of change project you're working on, a good relationship with your sponsor is essential, but it isn’t necessarily easy.
PMI Director Consultant Sean Buckland is an expert on the practica…
Managing Variation in Customer Demand With Heijunka
Is your demand unpredictable and difficult to forecast? You can reduce this challenge and improve your business efficiency by implementing a level scheduling system.
Mastered by automotive giant Toy…
What is Lean Six Sigma?
Are you a Lean advocate, do you sit in the Six Sigma camp, or are you wondering what Lean Six Sigma is all about?
Join us for a whistlestop tour back to the origins of Lean and Six Sigma, as PMI Senio…
How SMED Can Improve Setup Times
Are you in engineering or manufacturing? Do you want to minimise downtime between changeovers? Then this Lean tool is for you!
In this episode, Director Consultant Barry Byrne draws on his practical…
Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) to Measure Performance
Do you want to know how effectively your system delivers value to its customers? What are your measures for availability, productivity, and quality telling you?
Join us as PMI Director Consultant Bar…
Dr Deming - A Relevant Philosophy for Today? With Jan Gillett
In this special episode of Uncommon Sense, we’re joined by former PMI Deputy Chairman Jan Gillett as we commemorate 30 years since the passing of the father of quality management, Dr. W. Edwards Demi…
Process Redesign and the 5Rs
The 5Rs will help you work more efficiently and effectively, offering a structured way to analyse and improve processes.
So, as you carry out your work today, think about this one simple question: is…
Kanban - Triggering Optimal Levels of Inventory
Kanban is all around us, although sometimes we don’t notice it. Its purpose is to provide a signal, in a Pull system, underpinning a just-in-time approach to work and avoiding overproduction and was…
System Transformation Using TPM
Join us as we dive into the fascinating world of Total Productive Maintenance (not to be confused with Total Preventative Maintenance), and its game-changing impact on business operations.
Whether you…
The Utilisation Measure – Aligning to Flow and Lean Principles
A gauge of work completed compared to available capacity, the Utilisation Measure is a commonly used Key Performance Indicator. But in this thought-provoking Uncommon Sense episode, PMI Senior Consu…
Throughput Yield: Right First Time?
It’s one of the top 3 calculations that supervisors and managers should have at their fingertips, according to PMI Director Consultant, Barry Byrne. Throughput yield - the percentage of work complet…