How Improvement Software Supports Standard Work

Standard work is an essential starting point for improvement. Processes that are poorly documented and inconsistently executed are...

Why Does the Base of the Improvement Pyramid Get Ignored So Often?

A customer emailed us recently, asking about an improvement pyramid diagram showing different levels of continuous improvement. It's...

Common Ways You Might Be Sabotaging Your Own Improvement Culture

It doesn’t take a lot of deep thinking to conclude that a culture of continuous improvement is good for business. Who says, “Improvement...

What Is Visual Management? Why It Works and How to Get It Right

Why It's So Hard to Change Minds to Spread Improvement

Frustrated that you can't expand the improvement culture beyond an initial small group?

Having trouble convincing senior leadership to...

A Life Hack Born of Continuous Improvement

In my line of work, I'm lucky enough to get to connect with tons of clever people from all areas of the improvement space. One such contact...

A Short List of Easy and Effective Ways to Spread Innovation

Steven Johnson, author of Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation, said, “If you look at history, innovation doesn’t...

Ask Us Anything: You Ask, We Answer

Last month, we hosted an "Ask Us Anything!" webinar in which Greg Jacobson (KaiNexus Co-Founder and CEO) and I answered a ton of questions...

5 New Year’s Resolutions for Your Continuous Improvement Organization

It’s that time of year again when we all resolve to lay off the Burrito Supremes and spend more time at the gym. Yet somehow, Taco Bell is...