KaiNexus Continuous Improvement Podcast — Make Your Next Kaizen Event a Slam Dunk
March madness is in full swing, and we are not going to lie. We have basketball on the brain. The level of talent and dedication that players display even when …
KaiNexus Continuous Improvement Podcast — The Right Way to Talk About Standard Work with Your Staff
It is important in any discussion of standard work to talk about what it is not, as a poor interpretation could mean results that inhibit improvement rather than supporting it. …
KaiNexus Continuous Improvement Podcast — The Value of Lean in Professional Services Firms
Karen and David are the founders of Gimbal Canada Inc, a Lean practice management advisory firm that specializes in the legal industry. For the last three years or so, Gimbal …
KaiNexus Continuous Improvement Podcast — Using Technology to Target the 8 Wastes of Lean
Lean organizations target 8 types of waste in an effort to create the perfect flow of value to the customer. Ideally, no resources are used unnecessarily and every task contributes …
KaiNexus Continuous Improvement Podcast — A Patient Safety Week Reminder About Continuous Improvement
In the United States, multiple estimates say over 100,000 people die each year in hospitals as a result of medical errors. There are an estimated 1.7 million care-associated infections each …
KaiNexus Continuous Improvement Podcast — Vet the Plan in PDSA
When we write the improvement cycle as linear, we start at P, which places the emphasis on the plan (noun) you intend to implement. But if P is understood to …
KaiNexus Continuous Improvement Podcast — When Good Gemba Walks Go Bad
Gemba walks give leaders the opportunity to observe the processes that add value in their natural habitat. After all, talking about what happens on a factory floor or an emergency …
KaiNexus Continuous Improvement Podcast — The Carnegie Foundation on Improvement in Education
Continuous Improvement in Education has been rapidly growing over the past couple years. Jake Sussman has recently talked about continuous improvement in higher education at KaiNexus, but one group that …
KaiNexus Continuous Improvement Podcast — The Intersection of Culture and Technology Webinar Preview
Before they started using KaiNexus, JC Cannistraro used their own internal continuous improvement program, in which they tracked improvements with Google Sheets, but at some point this program went dead, …
KaiNexus Continuous Improvement Podcast — The Advantages of Applying Lean in Education
The education system in America faces an enormously complex set of challenges. Educators find themselves faced with community and government pressure to improve student performance, but often without corresponding funding …