The Connection between Civic Engagement and Employee Engagement

I’m going to do something that everyone who writes a business blog knows is a dangerous idea. I’m going to talk about the 2016 American...

6 Pressing Questions Your Employees Have About Continuous Improvement

We’ve written quite a bit on this blog about the questions that business leaders and managers ask us about continuous improvement (CI), ...

A Pilot and a Focus on Engagement: Continuous Improvement at Mohawk

One of the most interesting things about working with new clients at KaiNexus is that we get to hear stories about how organizations have...

What Every Company Can Learn From "Shirtless Saturdays"

Paul 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

Between deadlines, working overtime, and pressures from superiors, work can be a high-stress environment. A little bit of stress can be a...

What Smart People Have to Say About Employee Engagement

Employee engagement is not the only thing that matters in business, but it matters a lot. Engaged employees contribute more ideas, care...

Use Cross-Functional Teams to Offset Organizational Tribalism

The 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]

If you're struggling to get buy-in for improvement in your organization, yesterday's webinar from KaiNexus' Mark Graban and Greg Jacobson...

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...