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25Jul/26

Irreversible Corrective Action

July 25, 2026originscontinuous improvement, General Motors, organizational design, quality, systems thinking, Total Quality Managementcraig.milner

After graduating university, my first real job was a supervisor at General Motors’ V6 engine plant in St. Catharines.  This was a new state-of-the-art production line equipped with the latest automation and advanced

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07Apr/26

Time Doesn’t Create Collaboration. Design Does.

April 7, 2026collaboration, design, origins, reflectionscraig.milner

“We were lucky.” That’s how one participant described their team experience at the end of a leadership program I helped facilitate at the Banff Centre. After just five days, their team had

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