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All 108 frameworks5S Framework
Sort, Set, Shine, Standardise, Sustain. Order is aperformance strategy.
The prompt
Copy & paste readyLabelsReplace theseSwap the role below
Pro tip, from the book
The most neglected S is Sustain and without it, the other four degrade within a month. Build one maintenance habit: a 15-minute monthly '5S check' where one person audits one area against the standard. The audit does not need to be comprehensive. It needs to be consistent. Consistency is what makes 5S compound.
Who should run this prompt
Module role profileWho should audit and improve your operations? Operations problems hide in plain sight — in the handoffs nobody notices, the processes nobody has documented, and the decisions nobody has questioned. The roles on this page bring the discipline of people who have built systems that run without heroics. Use them to find what is broken before it breaks you, and to build what scales before you need it to.
Choose any role to drop it into the prompt above. Only the highlighted opening clause changes — the rest of the prompt stays exactly as printed.
◆◆◆◆◆ → ◆ seniority, board level down to specialist◈ outside the organisation
How to make any role sharper
- Add years of experience: "...with 15 years in enterprise SaaS" produces different depth than just the title.
- Add what they care most about: "You care most about [X]" shapes every word of the output.
- Add their communication style: "Be direct. Flag risks first. No jargon." changes the tone entirely.
How the framework works
From the printed pageSort, Set, and Shine feel like progress because they're visible, one-time wins. Sustain is invisible maintenance with no finish line skip it, and the clean system decays back to clutter within weeks, unnoticed until it's bad again.
Where the framework comes from
Toyota Production System, Japan, 1950s · Hiroyuki Hirano, 5 Pillars of the Visual Workplace, 1990
Pairs well with
As printed with this frameworkModule 07 — Operate with Precision
Build systems that run without you and improve without being told.
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