The Interviewer’s Guide to Hiring for a Kaizen Culture
June 16, 2020Organizations that practice kaizen work hard to maintain a culture centered around continuous improvement. The best defense against push...
Checklist for Planning an Awesome Kaizen Event
February 12, 2020Kaizen events are an effective tool for harnessing the innovative ideas and creativity of your workforce to implement rapid improvement in...
Why is Kaizen Such a Popular Name for Sushi Restaurants?
November 29, 2019The Sacramento area is home to a small chain of sushi restaurants called Mikuni. The downtown location is a favorite of politicians and...
What I Learned by Leaving Toyota
November 19, 2019Our 2019 KaiNexicon event in Austin was a tremendous success, thanks to all of our fabulous participants and speakers. Lots of valuable...
Beyond the Problem – Bonus Benefits of Kaizen Events
October 21, 2019Kaizen events, sometimes called rapid improvement events, are an effective way of solving difficult challenges within organizations. A team...
Kaizen and the Art of Kintsugi: Redefining Perfection
August 21, 2019As regular readers of this blog know, many of the ideas and practices that guide the modern continuous improvement movement have their...
6 Things People Need to Hear About Kaizen Events
July 5, 2019With more and more companies in almost every industry adopting the Lean management approach or at least taking a few pages from it, Kaizen...
How to Justify, Evaluate, and Implement Kaizen Software Solutions
June 6, 2019We get the chance to chat with lots of people who have concluded that a Kaizen software solution will help them get the most out of their ...
Kaizen Process - Roles and Responsibilities
May 10, 2019The Kaizen process is a brilliantly simple approach to business operations. Kaizen is a Japanese word that means “good change.” The...