Top Ten Things QI has done for Financial Management

A humorous look at Quality Improvement, presented at last year's summer event on the ten year anniversary of the QI initiative in Financial Management

10. Made a great argument for purchasing Flowcharting Software

9. Forced us to look up the word "Rubric".

8. Created more teams than major league baseball, basketball and football combined

7. Caused many of us to absent-mindedly wonder: "What is the difference between Mission, Vision, Values and Objectives?"

6. Made us say, "It's the process, not the person" when we know damned well that IT'S THE PERSON!

5. Made Financial Management the only organization outside of Detroit building a Dashboard.

4. Made it somehow appropriate to refer to a co-worker as a "feeler".

3. Justified the cost of something that has long been missing in Financial Management: a Helium Tank.

2. Created a new pick-up line: "Hey baby, what's your MBTI type?"

1. Two words: Free Food.