Top 5 Questions About Standard Work
August 30, 2016When we talk to leaders and managers about continuous improvement, one subject that is always important is that of Standard Work. We find...
Everything You Need To Know About Strategy Deployment [Webinar]
August 9, 2016Organizing initiatives from the top of an organization may seem like a simple task, especially while using continuous improvement to carry...
Bring the Spirit of Pokémon Go On Your Gemba Walk
October 11, 2023A friend is visiting Rome right now. Yesterday she posted a selfie from the Coliseum. Of course, I asked the obvious question, “Is it a...
7 Simple Tips for Building Cross Functional Teams
August 3, 2016Last year, research by the Harvard Business Review found that 75% of cross-functional teams are dysfunctional, meaning that “They fail on...
What Every Company Can Learn From "Shirtless Saturdays"
August 2, 2016Paul Gardner, the author of this post, is one of the investors in KaiNexus and has played a huge role in our success. This story is his...
Why Do I need Kaizen Software When I Already Have Excel?
August 2, 2016A few years back, Microsoft did some research on the most common uses of Excel. What do you think was the number one thing contained in...
What Leaders Can Learn from High Reliability Organizations
October 11, 2023High reliability organizations are those that succeed despite significant risk, and massive consequences of failure, in industries ranging...
XYZ Thinking: Practical View of Scientific Thinking in Healthcare
July 29, 2016The greatest achievements are often accomplished from scientific thinking. Scientific thinking can be applied to any industry, especially...
A Simple Kaizen Event Roadmap
July 28, 2016We’ve written before about the fact that the success of a Kaizen event depends on what happens before, during, and after, with each phase...