Learn Best Practices for Continuous Improvement

If you suggest to a group of business leaders that companies should always be working to improve, the response you will get is likely,...

Applying the Principles of Kanban to Knowledge Work

In the 1940’s, Toyota discovered that their production process could be improved by implementing a visual system for monitoring the flow of...

Embracing Excellence: Continuous Quality Improvement Definition

The great philosopher Aristotle is reported to have said, “’Quality is not an act. It is a habit.”

Many business leaders who agree are...

The Top Five Mistakes Lean Leaders Make

Leading an organization that is committed to lean principles requires hard work and focus. Success or failure in a lean transformation is...

How KaiNexus Helps Me Be A Better Coach

In my role as a coach and consultant, I’ve helped many healthcare organizations embrace and adopt a “Kaizen” style of continuous...

Cultivating A Lean Culture with Intention and Attention

Depending on where you are right now, it might be hard to believe, but spring is upon us. Yesterday was the first day that it was warm...

12 Women in Continuous Improvement That You Should Know

Patient Safety Highlight: Is Maternity Care Unnecessarily Dangerous?

Everybody knows that American healthcare is the most expensive in the world. You’d think that those higher costs pay for safer births,...

Achieve Timely Breakthroughs with Rapid Continuous Improvement

Rapid Continuous Improvement is based on a concept developed in Japan known as Kaizen. Kaizen simply means “good change.” It is one of the...