Bottom-Up Improvement: Finding Strength in Numbers
August 18, 2017There is power in “bottom-up” employee improvement, but it doesn’t get widely or easily embraced by organizations, meaning missed...
What Exactly IS a Kanban Board?
August 17, 2017If you’ve watched our recent webinar, Taking Improvement Boards Digital: How Leading Companies are Improving Visual Management, or been...
Insights into Tech and Healthcare from General Assembly Austin
February 11, 2020Last night, our CEO and Co-Founder Dr. Greg Jacobson was invited to host a panel at the General Assembly Tech and Healthcare event in...
7 Unexpected Benefits of Kaizen Events
March 21, 2018Leaders typically deploy Kaizen events when there is a difficult or urgent challenge that needs to be addressed in short order. The obvious...
If You’re Going to Set a Goal, Make it Big, Hairy, and Audacious
August 11, 2017Recently, I read this article by Quint Studer: “Set 'Big Hairy Audacious Goals'.” A “big hairy audacious goal,” as the author Jim Collins...
No Time for Gemba Walks? Spend More Time On Gemba Walks.
August 10, 2017In talking with business leaders over the years, we’ve learned that Gemba Walks are a bit like eating better and getting more exercise....
Think Outside the Electronic Suggestion Box
August 7, 2017Employee suggestion boxes have been around for… well, we have no idea, so we’ll go with… ever. On some level, business leaders...
Webinar Preview: How to Leverage Lean for Long-Term Success
October 11, 2023There are lots of reasons to subscribe to the KaiNexus blog, but one of the best ones is that you get a heads up about all upcoming...
Five Lean Manufacturing Principles You Might Not Know
November 4, 2017Learning about Lean systems is often exciting and motivating for organizations eager to create sustainable long-term business success. One...