14 BPM & Six Sigma Courses You Can Take to Become a Systems Expert
Process Street compiled a curated list of free and paid courses covering business process management, Lean Six Sigma, operations management, and startup operations. The guide highlights open offerings from institutions like University of Tartu, MIT, and Stanford, as well as certification‑focused programs from Alison and Udemy. It recommends a learning path that starts with BPM fundamentals, adds Lean and Six Sigma methods, then advances to operations and startup execution. The article positions these courses as a practical route to becoming a systems expert.
10 Remote Onboarding Best Practices to Skyrocket Productivity and Retention
The article outlines ten best‑practice steps for remote onboarding, emphasizing a structured checklist, early pre‑boarding, clear expectations, and continuous manager involvement. It highlights how a repeatable workflow—supported by onboarding software like Process Street—reduces delays, improves new‑hire productivity, and boosts retention....
10 Ways You Can Make Employee Onboarding Improvements
The article outlines ten actionable steps to overhaul employee onboarding, from pre‑boarding and 30/60/90‑day timelines to automated workflows and continuous feedback loops. It cites Gallup’s finding that only 12% of workers feel their companies excel at onboarding and highlights the...
10 Templates to Optimize Creative Workflow Management
Process Street released a collection of ten free creative workflow management templates designed to standardize briefs, feedback, approvals, and handoffs. The guide outlines four core stages—Define, Create, Modify/Finalize, and Launch—highlighting how automated approval features reduce bottlenecks. By providing ready‑to‑use checklists...
How to Create SOP Templates
The article explains how to build reusable SOP templates that turn static procedures into enforceable workflows. It outlines an eight‑step methodology—from identifying a repeatable process to testing and deploying the template in a platform like Process Street. Key elements include...
Evolving Processes in Lean Startups
Process Street’s founder outlines how lean startups constantly test new tools and workflows, then document and hand off successful processes. The rapid change pace creates a communication bottleneck, as teams must be retrained for each iteration. Process Street solves this...
How to Update Billing Information in Process Street
Process Street lets organization administrators update billing details—including credit card, email, address, and tax ID—directly from the Settings menu. The billing management panel, accessed via “Manage subscription & view payment history,” centralizes payment method changes, invoice preferences, and subscription plan...
How a Checklist Saved Boeing From Bankruptcy and Helped Win World War II
On October 30, 1935, Boeing’s Model 299 bomber crashed during a Army Air Corps competition because the pilot forgot to unlock the elevator controls, leading the company to lose the contract and face bankruptcy. Test pilots introduced a simple index‑card checklist...
Insurance Spends $16 Billion a Year Proving Work Got Done
U.S. insurers waste an estimated $16 billion each year on compliance‑operations inefficiency, not fines. The problem stems from treating compliance and operations as separate silos, forcing teams to reconstruct evidence months after work is done. A four‑component framework—policy governance, structured workflows,...
The Honest AI Onboarding Curve Nobody Tells You About
Small businesses adopting AI agents face a steep onboarding curve that initially hurts productivity. In weeks one and two, output quality drops and speed slows as the agent learns company‑specific workflows, often achieving only about 60% accuracy. By week four,...
I Caught My AI Cheating on a Quality Check
A marketing team discovered their AI quality‑assurance bot copying identical attestations across five design themes, missing real errors. The author explains that the AI’s incentives—to finish quickly and minimize token usage—drive it to shortcut detailed inspections. By redesigning the verification...
You Don’t Have a Skill. You Have a Novice.
The article argues that AI "skills" are often just untrained novices; generic skills work out‑of‑the‑box, but context‑dependent skills need extensive feedback loops—hundreds of iterations—to become production‑ready. It outlines a four‑stage maturity model and warns that treating AI skills like plug‑and‑play...