In my previous job, our team faced delays in designing a chemical process due to complex reaction kinetics and strict safety requirements, impacting progress and morale. To address this, we: 1. Held regular meetings to discuss challenges, explore solutions, and set clear timelines. 2. Simplified tasks by breaking down the problem into manageable steps. 3. Encouraged cross-department collaboration to generate innovative ideas. 4. Used advanced simulation tools to optimize the design and identify bottlenecks early. 5. Celebrated milestones to boost team morale. 6. Integrated safety at every stage through thorough hazard assessments. These steps helped us overcome bottlenecks and deliver an efficient, safe process.

Pause is where the magic is...reflection, collaboration and ideas are made in the pause moments. So articulating that to the team, recognising effort so far and encouraging energy to continue is key

One of my favorite methods ds is to create an offline test bed where the team can study the baseline, theorize about innovations or optimizations, plan and execute experiments, measure the gains, celebrate failures and go crazy over the breakthroughs. Last, never be afraid to take another run at an improved process, there are ALWAYS gains to be had.