nature of improvement

i was going thru a few documents highlighting how people seem to have improved their systems using available improvement methods. most of them seem to say: i was unorganised before, but i got organised now and hence am better than before. we are yet to get to saying: i was organised before, and i did xyz and am even better now.... so for guys like me in the consulting or business, things are quite easy. but when we get to a level when every one is organised, then it will be quite an uphill climb, i suspect!!!