> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.improvesomething.today/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Wrapping up the first 10 years of Improve Something Today - URL: https://www.improvesomething.today/wrapping-up-10-years/ - Published: 2026-06-02T18:58:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-06-05T19:02:05.000Z - Description: It’s been a busy two weeks on the site :) - Author: Brian Kerr - Tags: Learning, Monthly notes Over the past two weeks I’ve been celebrating the first (?) decade of Improve Something Today by putting together 10 posts. I wanted to share them with you as a bit of a wrap-up, and express again my gratitude for your being a part of this, for reading what I have going on, and for replying or getting in touch with your thoughts in various ways. So: thanks again. And here are 10 things to read, if you like. Have a great time—I know I did! I started the series with 10 things I’ve learned during this writing: [10 things I’ve learned in 10 years of writing Improve Something TodayThis site is about learning in public. As it turns a decade old, I scrounge around for 10 things I’ve learned while writing it. Also: my gratitude.![](https://www.improvesomething.today/content/images/icon/Improve-Something-Today-sq-36c7e18e-2dbb-4809-8c40-2a966d1b60c2.png)Improve Something TodayBrian Kerr![](https://www.improvesomething.today/content/images/thumbnail/IMG_0544-f83cd208-878b-499c-af0a-0989d7c30d13.jpeg)](https://www.improvesomething.today/10-things-for-10-years/) These next two posts were drafts I’d had sitting around and welcomed the excuse to dust off and share: [Two facilitation methods starting with a single line: Actions|Results & +|ΔTwo simple facilitation methods you can start anytime by drawing a single line on a sheet of paper. What these are and when to use them.![](https://www.improvesomething.today/content/images/icon/Improve-Something-Today-sq-e94b20a5-d0b4-4a37-b847-8253fd50db74.png)Improve Something TodayBrian Kerr![](https://www.improvesomething.today/content/images/thumbnail/IMG_0577-9c71549e-c8eb-449d-972c-e791e6cbbe29.jpeg)](https://www.improvesomething.today/single-line-facilitation/) [Three ways people respond to a problem (other than solving it)Noticing responses to problems; there’s a whole set. The consultant’s reaction to each of these as they arise.![](https://www.improvesomething.today/content/images/icon/Improve-Something-Today-sq-b7a31828-96a0-494b-a7e0-8817799d7018.png)Improve Something TodayBrian Kerr![](https://www.improvesomething.today/content/images/thumbnail/IMG_0482-b6ec7bb0-3d6a-4f4e-b957-318deb959661.jpeg)](https://www.improvesomething.today/responses-to-problems/) This one completes a four-part series I started in 2022: [Open space technology, principle 4: “When it is over, it is over”Appreciating circles that have been opened but not closed.![](https://www.improvesomething.today/content/images/icon/Improve-Something-Today-sq-2b1a353e-f33f-4b59-b3ad-e2ee4e0aec2d.png)Improve Something TodayBrian Kerr![](https://www.improvesomething.today/content/images/thumbnail/IMG_0489-c26b0df0-229b-4941-acc9-19e25172b1fa.jpeg)](https://www.improvesomething.today/open-space-technology-principle-4/) Two topics I wanted to write about, but didn’t have as much to say on. Shorter posts work well on this site—I’ll consider more of those in the future: [Five contributions to a project: money, effort, attention, memory & wisdomFollowing on Jerry Weinberg’s point that ‘the money is usually the smallest part of the price,’ what other prices are to be paid, and how should a consultant approach these contributions?![](https://www.improvesomething.today/content/images/icon/Improve-Something-Today-sq-c703ff47-05ee-4bc5-aeb6-32810a4c2a5f.png)Improve Something TodayBrian Kerr![](https://www.improvesomething.today/content/images/thumbnail/IMG_0230-f47963e5-463b-4695-814c-668d096ae7bb.jpeg)](https://www.improvesomething.today/five-contributions-to-a-project/) [Tilopa’s six words of adviceA six-word poem to be appreciated, for today, as a poem.![](https://www.improvesomething.today/content/images/icon/Improve-Something-Today-sq-b7781dba-9bef-484f-b36d-2c75e84ef93c.png)Improve Something TodayBrian Kerr![](https://www.improvesomething.today/content/images/thumbnail/IMG_0373-2-be4ff757-8c3e-448f-a37c-f139467f75b4.jpeg)](https://www.improvesomething.today/tilopas-six-words-of-advice/) And wrapping up with some favorite topics from the site, a favorite continuous improvement method, and some favorite books: [Our favorites, so farNow that Improve Something Today is a decade old, here are some of your favorite—and my favorite—of the things I’ve offered to date.![](https://www.improvesomething.today/content/images/icon/Improve-Something-Today-sq-5a8de451-77a6-4e34-a928-f6a8bc6b79f4.png)Improve Something TodayBrian Kerr![](https://www.improvesomething.today/content/images/thumbnail/IMG_0635-c4c67d91-e034-4858-80d3-0dc1aa5c0eb3.jpeg)](https://www.improvesomething.today/our-favorites/) [Describing highly variable processes with Work Unit Routing Analysis (WURA)A method for documenting & understanding processes when people say there isn’t a process.![](https://www.improvesomething.today/content/images/icon/Improve-Something-Today-sq-37be62b0-b213-4b1a-a471-338184f829b1.png)Improve Something TodayBrian Kerr![](https://www.improvesomething.today/content/images/thumbnail/IMG_0484-5c68c7ac-0cd1-41c2-aab9-51dfc398d9ba.jpeg)](https://www.improvesomething.today/wura-pqr-process-analysis/) [A decade in booksNine books I’m always reading.![](https://www.improvesomething.today/content/images/icon/Improve-Something-Today-sq-d9214f10-98cd-4601-ab06-bbd710486246.png)Improve Something TodayBrian Kerr![](https://www.improvesomething.today/content/images/thumbnail/IMG_0473-81371855-fbfd-4d3f-9b67-40e4f159fc62.jpeg)](https://www.improvesomething.today/a-decade-in-books/)