Neuroplasticity, Memories, and PTSD in Kaizen and the Grand Canyon
October 6, 2015In July 2015, Mark Jaben had the opportunity to be part of a private permit 16 person, 16 day river trip on the Colorado River through the...
How to Spread Innovation: 3 Farcical Lessons from IBM
October 2, 2015When a creativity consultant told executives at a consumer healthcare company that they needed to suit up in spandex superhero costumes to...
HROs: Reliability at 30,000 Feet
April 11, 2017I’m sitting on an airplane right now. Over the next hour or so, I’m going to write this blog post. I really want to write a blog that you...
Incremental Improvement: Not Just for the Factory Floor.
September 28, 2015If you do a bit of reading about improvement methodologies like Lean, Six Sigma, Total Quality Management, or Toyota Kata, you might come...
Who’s Responsible for Improvement Management?
August 28, 2026When Kaizen Boards and Spreadsheets Fail
February 11, 2020When we first began Kaizen, or Continuous Improvement, at BSA LifeStructures, we used a Kaizen Board in a common area to engage one...
Lessons on Kaizen from a Grand Canyon River Trip
September 10, 2015In July 2015, Mark Jaben had the opportunity to be part of a private permit 16 person, 16 day river trip on the Colorado River through the...
United Airlines Makes an Incremental Improvement Worth $20 Million
October 11, 2023The airline industry reported record profits of over $5 billion in the second quarter of 2015. United Continental Holdings reported its...

