The Case for Digital Huddle Boards
August 29, 2016Huddle boards are a popular way to gather teams together on a daily basis to talk about improvement. Typically, the boards contain slips of...
Don’t Leave Your Visual Management Abilities in the Car
October 11, 2023The human brain processes visual images much more easily than it can text. That’s because processing visual information is innate. A...
9 Reasons to Invest in a Lean Management System
August 23, 2016The Lean business management approach is comprised of a set of techniques and tools designed to achieve the maximum delivery of value to...
Continuous Improvement Inspiration from Rio
August 23, 2016The Olympic games are winding down. We sure have been treated to some amazing performances. Watching Simone Biles, Michael Phelps, Usain...
5 Situations that Call for a Kaizen Event
August 19, 2016The best way to implement and sustain improvement within an organization is to practice daily Kaizen. This means capturing and executing...
The Cause and Cost of Silence in a Culture of Continuous Improvement
December 2, 2016As the 2016 KaiNexus User Conference nears and we start planning who to invite to present, I went back through our video archives and found...
Should You Be Using PDSA or DMAIC?
August 17, 2016When it comes to continuous improvement techniques, you have many options. There are a variety of approaches and tools designed to support...
For the Want of a System Better Than a Sticky Note, a Sale Was Lost
February 11, 2020Earlier this year, my wife and I decided to replace her 2008 vehicle. She still loved it and it drove well, but out-of-warranty repair...
Everything You Want to Know about Hoshin Kanri, but Are Afraid to Ask
August 15, 2016When I first started thinking and writing about all of the tools and techniques that organizations use to embrace continuous improvement...
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