A Life Hack Born of Continuous Improvement
February 11, 2020In my line of work, I'm lucky enough to get to connect with tons of clever people from all areas of the improvement space. One such contact...
How to Assemble the A-team for your Kaizen Event
January 11, 2016We’ve written before about what to do and what not to do when conducting a Kaizen Event. Today seems like a good opportunity to focus on...
What Millennials Think of Your Electronic Suggestion Box
January 8, 2016Do you ever wish that you could read the minds of your employees? This would be an especially great trick when trying to understand the...
A Short List of Easy and Effective Ways to Spread Innovation
July 21, 2016Steven Johnson, author of Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation, said, “If you look at history, innovation doesn’t...
The Neglected Aspect of Lean: Practical Problem Solving [Webinar]
July 21, 2016We're very excited to be hosting a webinar on January 12, 2016, featuring Jon Miller, co-author of the excellent book Creating a Kaizen...
The 5 Biggest Hoshin Kanri Software Blunders
January 5, 2016Hoshin Kanri, or "strategy deployment," is a formal Lean method that is used to get everybody pointed in the right direction. Hoshin means...
Ask Us Anything: You Ask, We Answer
February 11, 2020Last month, we hosting an "Ask Us Anything!" webinar in which Greg Jacobson (KaiNexus Co-Founder and CEO) and I answered a ton of questions...
Here's Why You Need To Start 2016 with a Rapid Improvement Event.
December 31, 2015Rapid improvement events, also known as Kaizen events, involve a small team devoting 100% of their time over three to five days to...
5 New Year’s Resolutions for Your Continuous Improvement Organization
December 29, 2015It’s that time of year again when we all resolve to lay off the Burrito Supremes and spend more time at the gym. Yet somehow, Taco Bell is...