Fire Starter: Ignite Personal Growth and Improvement

Change is inevitable. Improvement is a choice.

In Fire Starter: How to Ignite Improvement, Keith C. Norris makes the case that the #1 job of any leader is simple, but not easy: to make things better. Not through heroics or massive transformations, but by installing and maintaining a system that produces continuous improvement every day.

This book goes beyond Lean buzzwords and abstract theory. It provides a clear, practical framework for building a true Continuous Improvement System—one that aligns strategy, culture, goals, metrics, and execution. You’ll learn how to:

Design a culture of intentional improvementAlign teams through the right goals and review cadencesTurn data into insight, and insight into actionReplace wasted meetings with focused, value-adding reviewsMake improvement part of everyone’s job—not a side project

Written for leaders, managers, and professionals who want to grow their organizations and their careers, Fire Starter is both a roadmap and a mindset shift. It’s a call to stop reacting to change—and start leading it.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0GD7JFW7W
Publisher ‏ : ‎ KPI Fire
Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 14, 2026
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 216 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8994090015
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.6 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.49 x 9 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #1,201,526 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #116 in Production & Operations #852 in Strategy & Competition #1,776 in Strategic Business Planning
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