Plan. Do. Check. Act. (P.D.C.A. Cycle)

“Do you believe that everything you do is a process?”

From brushing your teeth to doing your work assignments to doing your groceries, everything’s a process and, what’s essential to note is, they are all PDCA cycles. In this episode of the Business Problem Solver Podcast, Lee Houghton emphasises why PDCA is not just a planning tool, but a way of life. It does not matter if it’s big or small – or for more apt terms, micro or macro – anything you do in life can be a PDCA cycle. Listen in to know more.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• The PDCA (plan-do-check-act) was first popularised W. Edwards Deming in the mid-20th It can be a planning tool or an improvement cycle.
• PDCA cycle is way of life. If you try to see everything’s a process where it needs inputs, goes through steps, and produces outputs, you know what you should be expecting to do to get what you want to achieve.
• The two PDCA cycles:
  • Micro – a weekly to monthly
  • Macro – usually three to five years

BEST MOMENTS

• “If everything we do is a process, then everything we do can be improved.”
• “PDCA is much more than a planning tool. PDCA is much more an improvement cycle. It’s a way of life. It’s a way of looking at things to continuously improve anything and everything you do.”

ABOUT THE HOST

For the last 15 years, I have been a multi-sector internal or external business improvement consultant, building the improved capability of individuals, teams and businesses.

In my spare time, I enjoy spending time with my two young children Jack & India. I also enjoy listening to and reading business & personal development material.

Lee Houghton is “THE Business Problem Solver”, a Management Consultant, CX Specialist and Keynote Speaker.

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