Former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Charles F. Brannan once said:

“If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples, then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas.”

That simple truth captures what happens when employees come together in structured, routine team huddles for Systematic Continuous Improvement (SCI).

These sessions aren’t just open-air suggestion boxes. They’re engines of collective creativity that deliver something bigger than the sum of their parts. One idea sparks another, and another, creating a multiplier effect that fuels better ways of working, improved efficiency, and powerful bottom-line impact.

What’s more, that shared energy doesn’t just create better ways to work. It builds trust, strengthens teams, and fuels a sense of purpose.

But here’s the hard truth. That kind of momentum doesn’t happen by accident. It happens when sharing and improving ideas becomes part of the regular work routine—not an occasional exercise. Without that structure, good ideas get buried under the daily grind.

Want to stop leaving that value on the table, and harness the multiplier effect of shared ideas?

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Getting better at getting better.