How to Roll Out Continuous Improvement Software Without Losing Momentum

Most CI software implementations don't fail because the technology is wrong. They fail because the rollout is treated as an IT project...

Moving Leaders From "I Support Lean" to "I Am Committed to It"

Over the years in Ask Us Anything, we have heard a version of this story again and again:

"Our senior leaders support Lean."

On the...

How Simple Does Your Improvement System Actually Need to Be?

One operations leader, describing how he onboards people to his organization's improvement platform, said something that should make...

What Happens After You Outgrow Your Suggestion Box, Spreadsheet, or Homebrew System

You already know something is broken. The spreadsheet that tracked 40 improvements just fine is now a 12-tab monster maintained by a...

Permanent Solutions to Perpetual Problems: Why Most Improvements Don't Stick

Here's something that happens every day in your organization: someone solves a problem. A workaround for a broken process. A fix for a...

How to Evaluate Continuous Improvement Software: A Buyer's Guide

Most organizations don't start looking for continuous improvement software because everything is going well. They start looking because...

What Your CI Program Loses When Executives Delegate Change Leadership

Most executives don't oppose continuous improvement. They support it -- in the way they support good nutrition or regular exercise. They...

Psychological Safety and Lean: What Actually Makes People Speak Up

If there is one concept that kept resurfacing across the Ask Us Anything sessions -- even when we were not using the formal term -- it...

How Electrolux Manages 4,000 Audits and 6,000 Improvements a Year with KaiNexus

The Challenge

Electrolux runs one of the most mature continuous improvement programs in global manufacturing. Its Electrolux Manufacturing...