Mr Tim Fox

I didn’t set out to write a book.

I’d spent more than 25 years helping organisations improve, working with everyone from directors to the people actually doing the work. Along the way I became increasingly convinced that improvement works best when more people get involved, not when it belongs to a department, a specialist, or the person with Lean in their job title.

Then, in April 2025, an idea involving bees appeared.

That idea became Swarm of Change, a slightly different book about people, change and what happens when improvement becomes normal. It draws on things I’ve seen work, things I’ve seen fail, and quite a few things I wish I’d understood sooner.

Form a Swarm followed.

It takes the ideas from the story and gives people a practical way to start using them for themselves.

I’m a manufacturing practitioner, coach and consultant by background. I’ve worked with organisations large and small, helped develop people who improve things for themselves, and on more than one occasion watched the same people double output without doubling the resources.

I’m still fascinated by what happens when you stop trying to change people and create the conditions for them to change things.

Apparently, I write books about it now. 🐝