Open doors... through which you must pass.
Are the five factors that emerge from the study actually open doors?
You knew this all along? Because you were always bombarded with one or the other improvement method in recent years? However, many available methods do not have a scientific basis, which in principle limits the chance of success because success depends more on luck than really knowing what works. It is like taking a trip and arriving at an intersection with a hundred open doors. Which door should you choose? They all lead somewhere, don’t they? Unfortunately, many of the chosen doors send organizations on the wrong track and cause them to devote much effort in the area of improvement without achieving demonstrable, permanent results.
The HPO study only indicates the doors that actually lead to the desired end-result: the permanently excellent organization. How you subsequently pass through the doors, quickly or slowly, with a leap, limping or shuffling, depends on the specific circumstances in which you (and your organization) find yourself. The HPO study gives you scientific proof that you must pass through the doors in a disciplined manner. You may therefore not slacken as regards the HPO factors but you must continuously pay attention to them and bring your organization to a higher plane. To this end, familiarity with the listed factors is an advantage, which significantly increases the chance of improvement measures succeeding.
Or: You can immediately embark on the path of improvement with confidence.