When rigid systems break in a changing world
Your organization needs rebels. Like… now.
Some companies run like well-trained ant colonies: find a path that works, get everyone marching, keep the trail clear, and get to the target. We don’t say it’s a bad way. So it’s fine – until the world changes and your team keeps walking… straight into the abyss of irrelevance.
In this episode, we reveal how to break free from the “same-old” paths without burning down the nest with a flamethrower.
How real change starts inside your organization
Andrzej Kinastowki, our Head of Delivery & Managing Partner, shares his own story of culture-clash baptism: the first external manager hired into a department in over a decade, tasked with introducing change to a team that thought new ideas were like a virus.
Through trial and error, he discovered the three core strategies that can turn rigid hierarchies into adaptable, improvement-driven organizations.
Small changes, big results: proven tools for transformation
🔸 Kaizen – how the army of small, real changes, every day can save thousands of staff hours in the scale of a month.
🔸 Lean Action Workouts – rewiring teams in 3 months. For this time, nothing is off-limits – every process, rule, and habit is up for challenge.
🔸 Six Sigma – elite tools for the boldest problem-solvers – focus on practical tools, not statistical overkill. Train only the proven “anarchist ants” from Kaizen and Lean Workouts, so advanced tools end up with the people most likely to use them to drive real change.
The mindset behind continuous improvement
Also, we will dive deep into the three commandments of continuous improvement:
🔸 Different tools for different problems – don’t force-fit solutions.
🔸 Anarchist ants at the top – leadership must walk the talk.
🔸 Multiple paths to the better and bigger target – never assume there’s only one “right” way.
Not just better processes – bigger wins
If you want your organization to find not just the old small reward, but the king-sized prize – the game-changing wins that shift the bottom line – this is your roadmap.
Forget “that’s just the way we’ve always done it”.
Grab your katana, rally your anarchist ants, and start cutting new paths.
