A Four Step Process for Navigating Change
Written by: Dr. Jeff Sargent Leaders of organizations cannot control how their employees respond to organizational change; However,...
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Scott Packett
- Jul 19
- 4 min
The 6 Components of Achieving Operational Excellence
Rock Creek Informatics (RCI) was founded by Dr. Guy Deloach as an Operational Excellence firm nearly 15 years ago to serve the business...
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Scott Packett
- May 2
- 3 min
Top 3 Sources of Operating Profit Erosion & How To Control Them
By: Andrew Van Breugel, Managing Partner In managing businesses, we tend to hear a lot about "growing the topline." Sometimes, leaders...
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Scott Packett
- Apr 21
- 3 min
Is Your Organization Change-Ready?
Change management is the method in which an organization explains and implements change within its internal and external process. Over...
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Scott Packett
- Apr 6
- 1 min
Dr. Jeff Sargent Joins RCI
RCI is pleased to announce the addition of Dr. Jeff Sargent to our team. Jeff has been employed by Lee University since 2005 as professor...
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Guest Blogger
- Apr 4
- 3 min
Why Supply Chain Strategy Matters
By Brian Snodgrass Having spent many years in a large corporation developing and executing Supply Chain strategies, I have seen...
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Scott Packett
- Feb 28
- 4 min
Top 3 Reasons to Hire Fractional Leaders
Fractional Leadership is one of the top services available to organizations needing to find executives and senior level management in...
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Scott Packett
- Jan 17
- 1 min
RCI 2021: Year In Review
Despite navigating through a two-year and running global pandemic, RCI has had the privilege of serving many great clients, especially...
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Scott Packett
- Dec 15, 2021
- 3 min
Top 4 Reasons You Should Implement the Tier Process
Throughout this blog series on the Tier Process, our argument has been twofold: 1.) The right processes produce the right results, and...
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Scott Packett
- Nov 23, 2021
- 4 min
The 5 Tiers of the Tier Process
In the previous post we emphasized the importance of having the right management process in place - "the right process will produce the...
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Scott Packett
- Nov 23, 2021
- 1 min
How To Create A Sustainable Lean Culture.
Our Managing Partner, Andrew Van Breugel, was privileged to join Patrick Adams on his podcast, Lean Solutions Podcast. In this episode...
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Scott Packett
- Nov 11, 2021
- 2 min
Managers Are Most Effective Leading From the Front Lines: An Overview of the Tier Process.
The right process will produce the right results. All leaders desire to see their organization achieve excellence (aka: the right...
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Scott Packett
- Oct 1, 2021
- 3 min
8 Key Steps of Developing A Value Stream Map
Our previous posts were concerned with defining Value Stream Mapping (VSM) and describing the benefits for an organization to go through...
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Scott Packett
- Sep 13, 2021
- 2 min
What Is Value Stream Mapping?
Over the next three weeks, we will be discussing Value Stream Mapping - what it is, why it is important, and how to get started....
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Scott Packett
- Aug 31, 2021
- 1 min
RCI Now Offering Yellow Belt Training!
Problem-solving is a vital skill for team members to possess in any organization. Countless man hours and money is lost when people do...
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Scott Packett
- Aug 31, 2021
- 2 min
Top Links of the Week for Pursuing Excellence
It is the desire of the entire RCI Team to join with you in your pursuit of excellence, organizationally and personally. Every week we...
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Scott Packett
- Aug 27, 2021
- 4 min
Leaders As Coaches: How to Deploy Kata Effectively.
In the first post of this 3-part series, we provided a brief overview of Toyota Kata. We defined Kata as a leadership model by which the...
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Scott Packett
- Aug 20, 2021
- 3 min
Leaders As Coaches: An Overview of Toyota Kata
For most of my life, I identified myself as a team member - whether that was on a basketball team at the local YMCA in elementary school,...
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Scott Packett
- Aug 13, 2021
- 2 min
Making A Difference: Investing In the Next-Generation
What better way to influence the next generation workforce than through paid internships! From its founding, RCI has had as a core value...
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