Continuous Improvement: A Key Part of a Lean Management System

Continuous Improvement Never Ends

A few years ago I was talking with the CEO of a large US corporation about Lean management. I asked him...

4 Reasons Companies Should Invest in Employee Participation Programs

Harness the Power of Your Crowd

There’s a reason why, out of billions of web pages, Google can almost always bring you the one with the bit...

Good Business Practices are Lean Business Practices

Lean is All Around Us

Think you don’t use Lean practices in your daily life, in your work, in your business? Think again. Lean is all...

Creating a Culture of Collaboration

The Key To Business Success

There is an old English proverb that says “A problem shared is a problem halved.” Nowhere is this more true...

How to use Social Innovation to Solve the Worst Problems

The Role of Employees in Solving Problems

Let’s face it, you’ve got problems. Every organization does. Don’t worry, it’s normal. You...

New Book: "The Idea-Driven Organization"

Employee Participation in a Culture of Continuous Improvement

Alan Robinson and Dean Schroeder, authors of the influential 2006 book Ideas...

Top 5 Ways Cross Functional Collaboration Can Improve Your Business

The Benefits of Cross Functional Collaboration

Collaboration is a natural part of working together in teams and, in most businesses, it...

Reflections from a KaiNexus Workout

Solving Problems with Mary Greeley Medical Center

Nothing makes going to work so pleasant as when you’re working with warm, welcoming,...

Improvement and Innovation Software for Best Run Companies

How Do SAP's Best Run Companies Improve?

When I sold my Lean Manufacturing software company to SAP in 2006, I continued with them for...