Loose ends... they're a pain aren't they? Everytime you open up something to improve it you risk having a loose end. Discover additional ways to manage change in your business The more improvements you get involved with the more loose ends you could have. Too many loose ends can result in confusion, de-motivation and no tangible results. One option is to limit the amount of improvements you work on at any one time. Another option is to work in small packets of time where you open and close improvements rapidly, so that you never finish a period of time (say a day, or a week) with the loose ends left, well... loose! A further option is to design your improvement activities so that they can be fully completed within a certain time period (again, a day or a week are two good options). The situation that we want to avoid is constantly starting improvement projects and then moving to another improvement without (in some shape or form) landing the project. Completi