| | FEB - MARCH 20259cause, innovating and executing countermeasures, and then checking to see if these activities had the desired impact on the business. Based on the results seen, employees can then make adjustments if the activities did not result in the desired outcome. Each employee must be able to see business gaps in their area and have the skills to think scientifically about improvement. The output of the PDCA problem-solving cycle is improved value creation activities or work. Each employee is engaged in doing and improving their value-creation work.As newly improved value-creation activities are discovered, they must be shared and set within the organization to fully leverage the discovery. The process of sharing and setting is the process of going from the old way of working to the new way. It requires behavioral change. Each time employees share and set new activities, culture is changed. This new culture is an improved way of doing business and a step closer to fulfilling the vision. How Culture Affects Vision and StrategyThe output of this process is culture or repeated behaviors to create value in an improved way. Culture is an organization's actual strategy. What employees do every day is the foundation for organizational results. Today's leaders often talk about "vision" and "strategy," but these talking points are nothing until they become culturally embedded in the way employees work. Vision and strategy are the idea of a better business; culture is the reality of business success. The VIP process is the methodology of taking the vision, strategy or ideas of a better business and building it into a cultural way for employees to act every day. The heart of the VIP process is people. People establish, believe, and hold vision in their minds. People choose and execute strategy. People see and solve problems, innovating in better ways to deliver value. People share, set, and accept best practices. People act and behave in the best-known way to sustain value delivery and ensure vision fulfillment. People are the key. The VIP process is the way to create a high-performance culture. It creates a circumstance where every individual within the organization can and will make great choices every day. It is a continuous improvement process that--through repeated cycles--establishes an added measure of improved behaviors that continuously moves the organization closer to its vision. Again, the importance of people cannot be overstated. Empowered people are the lifeblood of a successful business. Leaders can either magnify or minimize that power. Great leaders empower and enable great employees to make great choices. The sum of these choices defines an organization's business results, which defines an organization's culture. Culture is the business and the VIP process drives that culture. As newly improved value-creation activities are discovered, they must be shared and set within the organization
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