Finance teams are wired for delivery: hit the deadline, close the books, file the report. Improvement often gets framed as something extra - a separate project to be done when there's time.
But here’s the truth: meaningful improvement doesn’t come from big one-off efforts. It comes from tiny, consistent nudges, baked into the everyday rhythm of work.
We’ve all seen it: a new tool gets introduced, a process is reworked, a workshop is held. For a few weeks, things feel different. But the old ways quietly return.
Why? Because improvement that depends on extra time, heroic effort, or one person’s initiative isn’t sustainable. The real lever is mindset, not method.
When teams treat improvement as part of the job, not separate from it, they build resilience. They move from reacting to proactively shaping how they work.
Here’s how that culture takes root:
The landscape is changing fast: automation, AI, new reporting standards, tighter deadlines. A static process today becomes a blocker tomorrow. Teams that improve continuously stay adaptable. Teams that don’t get stuck.
Improvement culture isn’t about perfection - it’s about momentum. When your team feels empowered to tweak and refine, small changes compound.
And that’s how better work becomes normal work.
/ Filip Ullsten @WorkTiles
