Continuous Improvement Management Advice from 6 Fortune Cookies

Let me just start by saying that my friends at Chinatown make some of the best Chinese food in Austin. If you can get there for Dim Sum...

How The 5 Whys Can Help You to Set Better Goals

We’ve talked before about how the technique of the 5 Whys can be useful for root cause identification, but did you know it is also an...

3 Expert Approaches to Getting Started with Continuous Improvement

-Three KaiNexus customers from two very different industries shared strategies for jump-starting continuous improvement at the recent 2015...

Leading with Passion [KaiNexus Podcast Episode #16]

Every once in awhile we have a meeting here at KaiNexus in which our CEO Greg Jacobson dorks out about how awesome our team is and how far...

Lessons on Leadership from a Grand Canyon River Trip

In July 2015, Mark had the opportunity to be part of a private permit 16 person, 16 day river trip on the Colorado River through the Grand...

12 Pieces of Awful Continuous Improvement Management Advice

There are lots of ideas floating around the internet about how to best spread a culture of continuous improvement. I hate to tell you, but...

Simon Sinek Shares an Opinion of Lean on the Gemba Academy Podcast

I've written about Simon Sinek on this blog before, and if you've read those posts, you know that he is my hero. He's an author best known...

What Makes a Great Leader, According to Clif Bar CEO

6 Leadership Blunders We All Need to Stop Making

Striking the right balance when leading a culture of continuous improvement is tough. You have to figure out how to engage your employees...