Bert, Ernie and a Fundamental Principle of Hoshin Kanri
October 11, 2023“Hey there everybody! Can you do this, pat your head and rub your tummy? Try it. Pat on top and rub your tummy in a circle like this.” So...
How Kaizen Tracking Software Supports The Improvement Process
December 2, 2015We’ve written quite a bit about the philosophy of Kaizen and how organizations that embrace it are able to dramatically improve both short...
“What is Kaizen?” & 5 Other Continuous Improvement Questions Answered
December 1, 2015When someone first gets involved in continuous improvement, I bet it feels a bit like I’d feel if I went to a convention for...
Employee Recognition Software and the Spirit of Thanksgiving
November 25, 2015I love that Thanksgiving gives us all a reminder each year to be grateful for the people and things that we value in life. Some people...
Catchball: An Essential Practice for Flat Organizations
November 24, 2015A flat organizational structure with few or no levels of middle management can be extremely conducive to innovation and improvement....
3 Expert Approaches to Getting Started with Continuous Improvement
November 23, 2015-Three KaiNexus customers from two very different industries shared strategies for jump-starting continuous improvement at the recent 2015...
How These Organizations Implement 75% of Improvement Ideas
February 11, 2020Some organizations have all the luck. Their employees are smarter, more creative, and more dedicated to their work. I don’t know how they...
Leading with Passion [KaiNexus Podcast Episode #16]
November 19, 2015Every once in awhile we have a meeting here at KaiNexus in which our CEO Greg Jacobson dorks out about how awesome our team is and how far...
Giving Back: Continuous Improvement in the Non-Profit Sector
May 2, 2017The other day, somebody shared this excellent article from 2013 about Toyota volunteering their time to help non-profits, from the New York...