Upcoming Events

Together we are better

Improving operational excellence amongst Australian firms lies at the heart of everything Insights to Excellence does. Uniquely we do not advise or consult which allows unprecedented access to leading firms through which best and next practice is showcased to all.

An event, called an Insight typically lasts 3 to 4 hours and is structured around a site tour or Gemba walk. Through facilitation, presentation and Q&A hosts and participants explore ideas and concepts to improve their own operational performance.

Over 500 Insight events and 8,000 participants later Insights continues to grow in popularity and has become the trusted partner for hosts and participants on their continuous improvement journeys. Facilitating this community of best ensures Insights remains at the bleeding edge of best practice, enabling firms to accelerate learning, adoption of best practice and to ultimately achieve a sustainably business.

To meet the increasing challenges of business today Insights investigate themes of Innovation, Supply Chain, Sustainability and Service through its rolling calendar of regular and tailored events. Join us on the continuous improvement journey and learn from the best.

Useful Resources

NEW RELEASE: Jim Womack, GEMBA WALKS

Gemba Walks is Jim Womack's newest book, a collection of letters and essays. The life of lean is experiments. All authority for any sensei flows from experiments on the gemba [the place where work takes place], not from dogmatic interpretations of sacred texts or the few degrees of separation from the founders of the movement. In short, lean is not a religion but a daily practice of conducting experiments and accumulating knowledge.

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Taking time out of every business to reflect on what it does and why it is essential to remain relevant to customers.

Insights to Excellence is no different to any other firm.

A not-for-profit entity with Government backing our passion is to help every Australian firm become better and more competitive.

We do this through a series of Insights.

As Insights matures we increasingly see friendships formed and best practice shared between hosts and participants. This was most evident at a recent GSK Insight where the host remarked their Plan, Do, Check, Act Board, which had already contributed so much to their working practices, had been shared at a Holden Insight they had attended.

In attendance at GSK where key personnel from Fosters, Myer, BlueScope Steel and Pacific Brands who now have the opportunity to implement these practices for themselves in the knowledge of how this could be done to optimum effect. This wouldn’t have been possibly if it hadn’t been for the willingness of the host to share ideas through an Insight.

For many an Insight provides unprecedented networking opportunities and this was no more evidenced at a recent Automotive event where an Insight host remarked that if it hadn’t been for hosting an Insight their business would not have created a joint venture with a participating firm and now be poised for the next stage of their expansion.

The moral in these stories being that to ponder on ones purpose is an essential part of any business journey and gives clarity. We have the privileged position of seeing every week the challenges of furthering continuous improvement journeys. This path is seldom easy and requires dedication and commitment of senior management and staff alike.

Our purpose is to facilitate a community of best practice and encourage the sharing of ideas to make better businesses, what’s yours?

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