Greg Jacobson
Recent Posts
Gemba Walk Your Way Back to School
June 7, 2016When I was in elementary school I loved field trips. What kid doesn’t? We took field trips to the natural history museum, the planetarium,...
The Relationship Between a Pirate and an Electronic Suggestion Box
September 10, 2015One of the most iconic dastardly deeds associated with pirates is the act of making someone walk the plank. With each step the poor...
How to Evaluate PDSA Software: 5 Questions to Ask
September 3, 2015Choosing business software is challenging, but usually you have some experience with similar technology so you have a baseline to work...
5 FAQs About the Basics of Kaizen Software
August 26, 2015We are fortunate enough to have the opportunity to talk to lots of organizations that are thoughtfully considering how they can implement...
How Successful Companies Plan for a Breakthrough with Hoshin Kanri
July 21, 2016In previous posts, we’ve outlined the principles and steps involved in implementing the Hoshin Kanri (aka "policy deployment" or "strategy...
Which Works Better, Kaizen Events or Daily Kaizen?
August 7, 2015I love that Old El Paso ad, with the family arguing over whether to have hard or soft tacos, even bringing out a taco wheel to help with...
Want a Successful Kaizen Software Deployment? Here are the Keys.
July 30, 2015As much as we’d like to believe that every organization that invests in Kaizen software is able to successfully implement and fully adopt...
Getting to the Moon is Only the First Step for HROs
October 11, 2023More than fifty years ago, on May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy gave a historic speech before a joint session of Congress that set...
Continuous Improvement Metrics You Should Care About
July 21, 2015Steve Howard, chief sustainability officer at Ikea said, “You should measure things you care about. If you’re not measuring, you don’t care...