What Your CI Program Loses When Executives Delegate Change Leadership
April 6, 2026Most executives don't oppose continuous improvement. They support it -- in the way they support good nutrition or regular exercise. They...
Finally, a Simpler Way to Do Continuous Improvement: Just Put On These Glasses
April 2, 2026For years, we at KaiNexus have been building software to help organizations manage continuous improvement and operational excellence....
Stop Calling It Soft: The Human Edge in Operational Excellence
March 31, 2026Today's post is written by Kathy Miller, MAPP, MBA, who we are thrilled to have as a keynote speaker at our upcoming KaiNexicon User...
Are You Really Backsliding -- or Was Continuous Improvement Never Deeply Adopted?
March 30, 2026One of the most common questions in the Ask Us Anything series sounds like this:
"We were doing great with Lean, and now we are...
Should Improvement Be Mandatory? Reflections From 30+ Ask Us Anything Episodes
March 9, 2026One of the most persistent questions across the Ask Us Anything series was deceptively simple:
Should continuous improvement be...
Why Experienced Leaders Resist Lean — and What Actually Works
March 2, 2026When Greg Jacobson and I recorded the first Ask Us Anything webinar, we were just trying to clear a backlog of questions. We had no idea...
Ten Years of Questions: The Ask Us Anything Insights That Still Hold Up
February 24, 2026Ten years of answering questions from CI practitioners taught us that the hardest problems aren't technical -- they're human. Leadership...
Respect for People in Lean: What It Really Means and Why It Drives Continuous Improvement
February 16, 2026TL;DR: Respect for People is the foundation of Lean management. It means engaging employees as problem solvers, creating psychological...
Building a Continuous Improvement Culture Through Leadership and Daily Practice
April 3, 2026A continuous improvement culture is built through active leadership, timely responses to employee ideas, and recognition of incremental...
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