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Neuroplasticity, Memories, and PTSD in Kaizen and the Grand Canyon

October 6, 2015

In July 2015, Mark Jaben had the opportunity to be part of a private permit 16 person, 16 day river trip on the Colorado River through the...

How to Spread Innovation: 3 Farcical Lessons from IBM 

October 2, 2015

When a creativity consultant told executives at a consumer healthcare company that they needed to suit up in spandex superhero costumes to...

HROs: Reliability at 30,000 Feet

April 11, 2017

I’m sitting on an airplane right now. Over the next hour or so, I’m going to write this blog post. I really want to write a blog that you...

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9 Signs that Your Organization Could Benefit from Hoshin Kanri

September 29, 2015

I once saw a cartoon that depicted two knights from the middle ages in a sword fight.

Incremental Improvement: Not Just for the Factory Floor.

September 28, 2015

If you do a bit of reading about  improvement methodologies like Lean, Six Sigma, Total Quality Management, or Toyota Kata, you might come...

Simon Sinek Shares an Opinion of Lean on the Gemba Academy Podcast

September 25, 2015

I've written about Simon Sinek on this blog before, and if you've read those posts, you know that he is my hero. He's an author best known...

Make Your Next Kaizen Event a Hole-in-One

September 23, 2015

Anyone who plays a little golf can attest to the fact that what you do with the club before and after hitting the ball is every bit as...

"Build a Change Platform?" Yes, We Did

September 22, 2015

I first got introduced to the thoughts and teachings of Professor Gary Hamel back in 1997 or so, before I headed off to MIT for grad...