Neuroplasticity, Memories, and PTSD in Kaizen and the Grand Canyon
October 6, 2015In 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, 2015When 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, 2017I’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...
9 Signs that Your Organization Could Benefit from Hoshin Kanri
September 29, 2015I 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, 2015If 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, 2015I'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...
Who’s Responsible for Improvement Management?
October 5, 2015Make Your Next Kaizen Event a Hole-in-One
September 23, 2015Anyone 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, 2015I 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...