"We're the Kind of Organization That...": Why Identity Beats KPI Targets for Sustaining Improvement
May 12, 2026There's a phrase that Greg Jacobson, CEO of KaiNexus, uses that sounds like a minor word choice but functions as a completely different...
Are You Solving the Right Problem? The Most Common (and Costly) Mistake in Continuous Improvement
May 7, 2026Every improvement program has a version of this story. Someone identifies a change they want to make. They build the business case, get...
How High-Performing CI Teams Use KaiNexus: Lessons from Customer Success
May 6, 2026Most organizations launching a continuous improvement program think the hard part is choosing the methodology. It isn't. The hard part is...
How to Design Habit Loops for 5 Continuous Improvement Behaviors
May 5, 2026This is a companion piece to our earlier post on how habit science can build a culture of continuous improvement. That post covers the...
What CEOs Actually Want from Continuous Improvement Leaders
May 4, 2026If you've ever walked out of a meeting with your CEO wondering whether they actually care about your improvement program, the answer is...
How Habit Science Can Build a Culture of Continuous Improvement
April 29, 2026Most CI coaches have experienced this frustration: you train a team on A3 thinking, they do one or two, and then... nothing. You launch a...
Why Your Lean Transformation Stalled After Year 5 (And What to Do About It)
April 29, 2026Here's a pattern that plays out in organizations around the world. Year one: excitement. A consulting engagement, a wave of kaizen...
What "Respect for People" Actually Looks Like on a Tuesday Morning
April 23, 2026Every Lean practitioner can recite the two pillars: continuous improvement and respect for people. Ask them what continuous improvement...
Why Lean Fails: It's Not the Methodology -- It's the Management
April 21, 2026Lean has a decades-long track record of producing real results across industries. Hospitals have used it to reduce patient harm and...
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