They Just Don't Get It!

Whether it's identifying bottlenecks, tracking performance, or aligning daily activities with strategic business objectives, data is the key to seeing where you're headed and how to adjust course if necessary. In its absence, you'll be making decisions based on intuition or incomplete information, and that will lead to failure. But let's be clear: data isn't a silver bullet. It's not a quick fix or a plug-and-play solution. Learning to use it well takes effort, discipline, and often a new skill set. You have to be willing to dig in, ask the right questions, and turn raw numbers into meaningful insight. Creating Line of Sight: Helping the Shop Floor See the Bigger Picture A crucial way to translate strategy into execution is by creating line of sight for the shop floor by helping them understand how their daily work impacts the business. We have line of sight when we:

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