CI007
Mandate that all locally implemented improvements are logged in a shared repository so successful changes propagate consistently across sites.
CyberTRIZ analysis · Process contradiction CI007 · one of 8,235 worked contradictions published by CyberTRIZ.AI
Greater Employee Empowerment in Kaizen vs. Consistent Improvement Standards
Business Context. Empowering employees to make improvements independently builds engagement and surfaces local knowledge, but decentralized improvement can result in inconsistent standards and duplicated effort across similar processes in different locations.
Process TRIZ Resolution. Rather than centralizing all improvement authority to preserve consistency, organizations should empower local teams to implement improvements freely while requiring successful changes to be logged in a shared repository that other teams can adopt or adapt.
Applicable TRIZ Principles
Principle 25 (Self-Service) empowers local teams to implement improvements independently.
Principle 23 (Feedback) captures successful local improvements in a shared repository for wider adoption.
Principle 6 (Universality) designs the repository to serve multiple locations rather than enforcing a single standard.
Expected Outcome
Preserved local empowerment
Growing consistency through shared learning
Reduced duplicated improvement effort
Broader organizational benefit from local ideas
Decision Indicators
Similar improvements are independently reinvented at multiple locations.
No shared repository exists to capture successful local changes.
Improvement standards vary widely and unpredictably across sites.
Good ideas from one location never reach other locations.
Centralization efforts have suppressed local improvement initiative.
If several of these indicators are present, the contradiction is likely active and the Process TRIZ resolution above should be evaluated.