For those of us in the performance improvement or performance technology fields, the concept of continuous improvement (CI) comes naturally. After all, the components that drive CI are the same ones that drive our field. The concepts of CI and human performance technology (HPT) are quite similar, in fact. The cycle (and hopefully inherent desire) for improvement seems to naturally perpetuate itself, with no clear beginning or end, just like a circle. This circle resembles the looping of the HPT model.