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Jay Hodge taught the Toyota Production System at a General Motors stamping plant in Indiana — then got a call from Toyota asking him to come work for them. In this episode, he shares what he...
My guest for Episode #401 is my friend Jim Benson, who you might know as the co-author of the book Personal Kanban (and we talked about that in Episode 155, back in 2012). He was also a guest on...
My guest for Episode #400 is Jeffrey Liker, the retired University of Michigan professor who has recently released the second updated and revised version of his seminal book The Toyota...
Lesa Nichols worked closely with Hajime Oba at Toyota's Supplier Support Center (TSSC) and later became a production manager at Toyota's powertrain plant in Georgetown, Kentucky. In this episode, she...
tl;dr: Lean fails when organizations cherry-pick tools like 5S, pull, or heijunka without adopting Lean as a complete management system. Sustainable results require long-term thinking, aligned...
Karen Martin is one of those people I've been lucky to know and learn from for a long time. She's...
KaiNexus recently hosted a webinar I was especially looking forward to: “Unlock the Power of...
When organizations struggle to sustain Lean transformation, people often look first at tools...
Recently, I had the pleasure of moderating a webinar titled “Driving a Culture of Transforming...
TL;DR: Lean tools don't fail because people resist change–they fail because people don't feel...
One of the most powerful elements of continuous improvement is the ability to learn from each other...
I'm excited to be presenting this webinar on February 12th at 1 pm ET as part of the KaiNexus...
TL;DR: Psychological safety isn't optional for continuous improvement. This KaiNexus webinar...
I'm happy to be hosting and moderating this webinar that will be presented by Brent Loescher, a...
I'm happy to be hosting and moderating this webinar that will be presented by Melissa Sherman, a...
Psychological safety is often described as “feeling safe to speak up.” In Lean...
Are you looking to transform your business strategy into actionable results? Join us for our...
In this post, I'd like to share a nice 7-minute video from St. Clair Hospital in Pittsburgh, showing...
Thanks to my good friend Dean Bliss of the Iowa Healthcare Collaborative. You might recognize Dean...
I've been busy over the past year working with the startup KaiNexus. Our technology is now being...
