KPI Fireside: A Continuous Improvement Podcast
KPI Fireside: A Continuous Improvement Podcast
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KPI Fireside is the podcast for business leaders, process improvement professionals, and anyone passionate about making things better. Through insightful interviews with industry leaders, innovators, and changemakers, we explore the stories behind successful Continuous Improvement journeys.Hosted by KPI Fire, this podcast dives deep into Lean Six Sigma, Strategy Execution, KPI Management, and Operational Excellence—helping you overcome obstacles and drive real impact in your organization.
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The podcast explores key concepts such as Lean Six Sigma, KPI Management, Strategy Execution, and Operational Excellence. Episodes often feature practical advice and insights, such as Nick Katko discussing how Lean Accounting can enhance ROI, while highlighting common pitfalls in Lean journeys and reframing cost savings as value creation.

KPI Fireside is the podcast for business leaders, process improvement professionals, and anyone passionate about making things better. Through insightful interviews with industry leaders, innovators, and changemakers, we explore the stories behind successful Continuous Improvement journeys.
Hosted by KPI Fire, this podcast dives deep into Lean Six Sigma, Strategy Execution, KPI Management, and Operational Excellence—helping you overcome obstacles and drive real impact in your organization.
Most organizations treat continuous improvement like a project. The ones that actually get results treat it like a culture.
In this episode of KPI Fireside, host Keith Norris sits down with David Norris. David Norris is the founder of Elevated Strategic Solutions, a consulting firm focused on helping organizations unlock capacity, improve performance, and align strategy with execution through operational excellence, continuous improvement, and data-driven decision-making.
🔻 Why improvement that skips the people always reverts the moment something goes wrong
🔻 How to use new employee onboarding to plant a CI mindset before old habits take hold
🔻 Why “we don’t have time for this” is the single best signal that improvement is overdue
🔻 How to turn a budget request into a CI conversation before a single dollar gets approved
🔻 Why tracking both direct and indirect costs is where the real savings are hiding
🔻 Why CI and finance need to be working together if you want leadership to actually buy in
🔗 Connect with David Norris on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-norris-17016b146/
🌐 Learn more at Elevated Strategic Solutions: http://elevatedmtnsolutions.com/
🔗 Learn more about KPI Fire: https://www.kpifire.com/
🎙 Hosted by Keith Norris: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keithnorris/

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