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FREE GUEST MEMBERSHIP WITH LOADS OF DOWNLOADS
Our Guest Membership is our way of letting you get to know us with no cost and not risk to you.
You'll get permanent use of the forms you download, and access to loads of content while you are a guest member.
Learn About Our Guest Membership Program
We've put together a video to orient you to our guest membership program. The first few minutes give you a tour of the guest membership. Then it transitions into the big picture of how the program fits into CIDS, our phased approach to helping you learn the Lean tools and create an improvement-oriented business management system.
Our Guest Membership Program gives you a LOAD of free content
Getting started on your Continuous Improvement Journey has never been easier. We give a wealth of value for free in our Guest Membership Program to get you on your way.
You'll get access to guest versions of our forms initially, and premium (full) versions of select forms in our Newsletter and Bonus Tracks (coming soon...)
Why Do You Need a Guest Membership to Get Free Content?
Our Content is Delivered in Our Course Player
Our course player is a powerful, versatile system to deliver content to you. It can play videos, display online content, show slideshows, and give you access to downloadable content.
And once you sign up for a guest membership, simply go to 'My Dashboard' to see all the material you have access to.
Frequently Asked Questions
You can quit anytime you want, and there is no cost.
- * 30+ Forms and Tools
- * 731 Terms in our CI Reference Guide
- * Loads of Videos
- * Access to our CI Dev Guide
- * Bonus materials
The corporate license means you can share it within your company. It is limited to 20,000 people, and to a single reporting unit. For most people, that isn't an issue. A reporting unit is normally identified by having its own president. This is common in holding companies and in multi-nationals that are broken apart by regions.
We have a series of a few messages about your membership that we'll send out over the next year. You can cancel this series if you want.
Finally, we send out a newsletter when we have something meaningful to say. Our goal is to eventually be rolling out enough new content to justify a weekly newsletter, but lately, it has been going out way less than monthly as we are immersed in upgrading our systems over the last 6-9 months or so.
Phase 1 Content in Our Guest Membership
Phase 1 is the 'Introduction and Exploration' step of our Continuous Improvement Development System, designed to help you "Learn. Teach. Do. Build."
Phase 2: Committing
In Phase 2, companies commit to a building a continuous improvement culture.
A notable step is that leaders are required to start making changes in how they manage to ensure they are on board with change.
Phase 3: Starting the Journey
In Phase 3, changes start happening in earnest. There is a massive focus on problem solving in this phase. Most continuous improvement tools are really just pre-packages solutions to common problems. Further, most CI efforts fail. 76% by one study. So, there's a 3 out of 4 chance (lower if you choose us) that you'll end up abandoning your efforts somewhere down the road. With our progression, at least you'll walk away with some problem-solving tools.
Phase 4: Building the Foundation
With a mental shift in your leadership and robust problem-solving skills developed in the earlier phases, you are ready to start laying the foundation for a strong business system and continuous improvement culture.
Phase 6: Keeping Momentum
There is really no end state to our Continuous Improvement Development System. In Phase 6, you will keep pushing for improvement. You will try to improve your understanding of existing tools, strengthen your systems, and try out new tools. The journey never ends.