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The best thing he ever did for his company

June 15, 20261 min read

Jay Grosmann built i-AutoAgent to solve a frustrating problem.

Buying and selling vehicles can be confusing, stressful, and time-consuming. Jay wanted to create a better experience for customers.

Then he noticed something. His own team was experiencing frustrations of their own. Communication wasn't always smooth. Good ideas sometimes got lost. Opportunities for improvement weren't being captured consistently.

So Jay implemented a simple practice: regular team improvement huddles.

Every week, the team gathered to identify problems, discuss ideas, track progress, and improve the way they worked together. No expensive software. No complicated initiative. Just a consistent routine with a clear, focused purpose.

The impact was significant, which Jay later described this way:

"It was a game-changer—the best thing I ever did for our company."

What stands out about this story is that most organizations don't lack ideas. What they lack is a routine, imebedded process for capturing and acting on them.

That's where systematic continuous improvement (SCI) comes in. It’s not about big change programs. It's about creating practical routines that help employees identify opportunities, solve problems, and make things better one step at a time.

Those small improvements may not seem dramatic in the moment. But over time, they compound into extraordinary results.

If you’d like a game-changer for engaging your team in continuous improvement …Let’s talk.

Begin your improvement journey today!

Getting better at getting better.

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Les Landes

Founder and president of Landes & Associates, Les Landes is the former head of communications for one of the world’s largest food companies. Speaking at conferences and seminars across the country, he is well known for his trademark message about the perils of the quality “program trap.” Author of numerous articles, his areas of expertise range from communication to marketing to organizational development to employee engagement and more. Most importantly, he brings a unique perspective on how to ensure that those elements are aligned in a way that brings out the best in all of them.

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