Your team knows something is off.
Let's name it, fix it, and build the foundation to stay fixed.
Most improvement efforts stall because the team is not aligned on the problem, the target, or how to work together. A new process does not fix that. A better shared understanding does.
Team Alignment Session
The right starting point for most teams.
A structured one or two-day working session. Not a team-building day. A working session with a clear output: a shared picture of your current state, a defined future state, and a roadmap you can act on immediately.
What is included
- Pre-work: short questionnaire and interviews with team members before the session
- Preparation call with the team lead or department head to align on the specific challenge and the desired outcome
- Full facilitation of the session
- All documentation, delivered after the session... yours to keep and use
What you leave with
- A clear, agreed current state: what is actually happening and why
- A defined future state: what good looks like for this team
- A concrete roadmap: the steps, owners, and sequence to get there
- A stronger foundation: shared understanding of how this team works and what it stands for
The two-day format allows deeper work on team culture, root cause analysis, and roadmap design. Both formats are facilitated in English or German.
Project-Based Engagement
For teams with a specific, persistent problem that needs sustained improvement.
Some challenges need more than one session. If you have a clear performance gap, a recurring problem, or a transformation that has stalled, a structured three to six month engagement may be the right fit.
Typical focus areas
- On-time delivery (OTD) improvement
- Lead time reduction
- Quality problem elimination
- Lean transformation that actually sticks
- Building daily management and CI habits into the team
Four questions. No pitch deck required.
I will read your answers and respond within two working days. If I think I can help, I will suggest a short call. If I cannot, I will say so.
Why Alex McAdam
Shingijutsu-trained in Japan, the firm that codified the Toyota Production System globally. Ten years of Lean and CI leadership across Swiss International Air Lines (five years, Manager Kaizen and CI for the whole airline), Kantonsspital Aarau (24 wards, 800+ staff), and global manufacturing.
I work in German and English. I am based in Switzerland.
I do not bring a clipboard and a 5S template. I bring a way of working that starts with what is actually happening, involves the people doing the work, and builds improvement that does not revert.
From workshop participants
I'll be honest... I usually dread workshops. They tend to be dry, repetitive, and full of the same frameworks repackaged. Alex was different. He had a fresh approach that let him see the bigger picture while also giving real individual attention to each person in the room. I left with a completely different perspective on what a workshop can actually do.
The structure of the session was really well thought through. We came in as a team with different views and left aligned on a vision I honestly didn't think was possible to reach so quickly. Instead of spending months going back and forth, we managed to get there in two days. The roadmap we built together is something we actually use.