FIT Quotes

“Many companies approach management and improvement from a standpoint that being wrong is unacceptable, therefore incentivizing bias for favorable results from each activity or else consequences shall be dealt to the one who attempted change.”
― Calvin L. Williams, FIT: The Simple Science of Achieving Strategic Goals

“Setting a Challenge is part art and part science. It is a choice that provides direction for improvement but should require high coordination to overcome the natural inclination to decline into division and chaos.”
― Calvin L. Williams, FIT: The Simple Science of Achieving Strategic Goals

“Many companies approach management and improvement from a standpoint that being wrong is unacceptable, therefore incentivizing a bias for favorable results from each activity or else consequences shall be dealt to the one who attempted change.”
― Calvin L. Williams, FIT: The Simple Science of Achieving Strategic Goals

“Agile Strategy Execution decentralizes knowledge and control so everyone can make the best choices for improvement within their domain in the context of what is most important for the business to improve.”
― Calvin L. Williams, FIT: The Simple Science of Achieving Strategic Goals

“Continuous Improvement is often thought of as a set of tools and principles to be applied to how work is done on the frontlines. However, companies that thrive develop a culture of Continuous Improvement that permeates every level, job, and aspect of how the organization operates.”
― Calvin L. Williams, FIT: The Simple Science of Achieving Strategic Goals

“Agile brought the power of iteration to the forefront. It sought to recover what the Lean and Six Sigma world somehow lost. Instead of building a massive plan that is rife with assumptions that will hopefully lead you to your destination, just set a relatively short-term goal and iterate your way there.”
― Calvin L. Williams, FIT: The Simple Science of Achieving Strategic Goals

“We look to our leaders to lead us to a better station in life first and foremost. There is an unwritten contract of followership. We trust our leaders to call their shot and make it.”
― Calvin L. Williams, FIT: The Simple Science of Achieving Strategic Goals

“Organizations need systematic approaches to creating alignment and managing achievement. Leaders within organizations own these responsibilities. Alan Branche, the author of a book called Implementation, said, "Strategy execution is the responsibility that makes or breaks executives" We look to our leaders to lead us to a better station in life first and foremost. There is an unwritten contract to followership. We trust our leaders to call their shot and make it.”
― Calvin L. Williams, FIT: The Simple Science of Achieving Strategic Goals

“People need to be challenged to reach their potential. They need work that inspires them to do and become better. Jim Rohn, entrepreneur and author said, "The ultimate reason for setting goals is to entice you to become the person it takes to achieve them." In other words, the result is only part of the reward.”
― Calvin L. Williams, FIT: The Simple Science of Achieving Strategic Goals

“As existing companies struggle to find ways to cope with unprecedented change, leaders must learn to proactively self-disrupt in a controlled fashion before they are disrupted against their will”
― Calvin L. Williams, FIT: The Simple Science of Achieving Strategic Goals

“FIT was defined based on the collective learnings of a century of Scientific Management and decades of hands-on experience working inside some of the world's leading companies like Nestle, Mars, the Military Industrial Base, the Clorox Company, and several others to enable more successful achievement of corporate goals.”
― Calvin L. Williams, FIT: The Simple Science of Achieving Strategic Goals

“Some companies have built up enormous inventories of talent and genius, only to saddle them into mediocrity with weak goals and a lack of ambition at the top. Why not dream bigger?”
― Calvin L. Williams, FIT: The Simple Science of Achieving Strategic Goals

“Many organizations fail to set goals that inspire transformation. Instead, they settle for a 10% improvement that comes mainly from doing the same thing but a little better.”
― Calvin L. Williams, FIT: The Simple Science of Achieving Strategic Goals

“In setting a goal that stretches the organization's existing capabilities, leaders initiate a journey that will require advancement in science, technology, engineering, and talent that would otherwise remain stagnant.”
― Calvin L. Williams, FIT: The Simple Science of Achieving Strategic Goals

“Most companies are notoriously bad at executing strategy. This is mainly due to a lack of focus on what’s most important to improve and a low sense of urgency for action. People struggle to prioritize important, long-term, strategic efforts against the crisis of the day. As a result, they fail to reach their growth potential.”
― Calvin L. Williams, FIT: The Simple Science of Achieving Strategic Goals