What Makes a Company Innovative?

Every year, Forbes puts out a list of the top 100 most innovative companies. To determine each company’s rank, they use something they call...

How Leadership Influences a Company's Improvement Culture

"Culture does not change because we desire to change it. Culture changes when the organization is transformed; the culture reflects the...

21 Inspirational Employee Engagement Quotes from Business Leaders

If your employee engagement efforts have hit a wall, or you’re just not feeling it, take a few minutes to read these inspirational quotes...

Speaking the Language - Lean Management System Phrase Book

Acclaimed American journalist and award winning writer Flora Lewis once said, “Learning another language is not only learning different...

Can The Six Sigma DMAIC Methodology Work Outside of Manufacturing?

Six Sigma was developed by Motorola in the mid 1980’s as a set of techniques and tools for manufacturing process improvement. It was...

Allan Wilson: A Life of Continuous Improvement

In May 2013, I met with Dr. Greg Jacobson who, along with Matt Paliulis, founded KaiNexus. It was Greg’s enthusiasm that I initially found...

Monsters In The Fog: What Keeps Senior Executives Up At Night

When we consider the dramatic changes in consumer behavior over the past decade, we might conclude that the primary motivator of behavioral...

Does A Lean Organization Abandon Information Technology?

"Stop using all information technology and do everything manually!"

What would be our reaction if the leadership in our company made this...

Friday Five: What Our CEO Has Been Reading

My All You Can Eat Buffet

Allan Wilson is the CEO of KaiNexus. Allan is an entrepreneur with deep experience in supply chain, lean...