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Author: sam_bristow

Date: 6/12/2026

Article Summary:
The article discusses the "improvement paradox" where organizations struggle to implement process improvement initiatives despite vast expenditures and dramatic successes in a few companies. The authors present a system dynamics model to explain this paradox and provide examples of successful improvement efforts at Du Pont and British Petroleum.