The Stormholt instruments · 5-minute diagnostic
CI Programme Health Check
Ten questions, two per shift. At the end you get a score on each of the five behavioural shifts and a focus area for the next 90 days — the same framework Stormholt uses inside every engagement.
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Question 01 of 10 · Shift 1
Our improvement work runs on a predictable weekly rhythm that the team can recite.
Question 02 of 10 · Shift 1
Problem selection happens in a standing forum, not in private emails or on demand from leadership.
Question 03 of 10 · Shift 2
Before we act, we routinely spend more time defining the problem than designing the solution.
Question 04 of 10 · Shift 2
Our improvement briefs start with what is actually happening, not with a proposed solution.
Question 05 of 10 · Shift 3
Improvement is part of operators' daily practice — not a separate project with a start and end date.
Question 06 of 10 · Shift 3
If our dedicated CI team left tomorrow, improvement would continue at the operating level.
Question 07 of 10 · Shift 4
Operators and line managers ask improvement questions because they are curious, not because it is required.
Question 08 of 10 · Shift 4
Reviews focus on what we are learning about the process, not on who is behind on their target.
Question 09 of 10 · Shift 5
Our improvement programme does not depend on one or two heroes to keep it alive.
Question 10 of 10 · Shift 5
If our best CI practitioner moved on tomorrow, the system would keep compounding.
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