Ten Mid-Year CI Questions to Ask Every Employee
June 30, 2020It's hard to believe that the first half of 2020 is in the books. Just kidding. I don't blame you if you feel like there's been 10 years...
Did Microsoft Hack Employee Productivity with a 4 Day Work Week?
November 25, 2019By now, you’ve probably heard of Microsoft’s experiment with a four day work week in Japan. The trial program, which saw offices closed...
Framed to Fit: Why Managers Endorse Ideas
June 5, 2019Dr. Ethan Burris is a Professor of Management and the Chevron Centennial Fellow at the McCombs School of Business at the University of...
6 Tips for Crowdsourcing Innovation Ideas
May 23, 2019When we ask people about innovation, they usually leap to radical breakthroughs like self-driving cars, alternative energy sources, or...
When Being Right is the Wrong Strategy for Change
May 16, 2019Frequent readers of this blog are probably familiar with Mark Graban. Mark has been an enormous contributor to the ideological foundation...
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...
When Work Is Stressful and Dangerous, Employee Health Suffers
July 25, 2016Between deadlines, working overtime, and pressures from superiors, work can be a high-stress environment. A little bit of stress can be a...
Use Cross-Functional Teams to Offset Organizational Tribalism
February 29, 2016The tendency to form groups, and then to favor in-group members, has the earmarks of instinct. It is normal for wolves, primates, ants,...
How To Increase Buy-In For Improvement [Webinar]
February 17, 2016If you're struggling to get buy-in for improvement in your organization, yesterday's webinar from KaiNexus' Mark Graban and Greg Jacobson...
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