Tag: Funny

TL;DR: A Lean-themed Christmas song parody that mixes kaizen, gemba, and holiday humor--just for fun, and maybe a little reflection. Here's a musical holiday treat...

tl;dr: Halloween might be about ghosts, zombies, and monsters -- but those same creatures sometimes show up in our organizations all year long. They...

Lately, I've been enjoying the creativity of those AI-generated "action figure career meme" images floating around social media. That got me thinking... what would...

TL;DR: Blame shuts down learning and drives mistakes underground. High-performing organizations move beyond "who's at fault" and focus on understanding systems, building psychological safety,...

Does jargon--or Japanese terms like 'Hoshin Kanri'--get in the way of clear communication in your organization? It reminds me of the classic Saturday Night Live...

For decades, the suggestion box promised employee engagement and continuous improvement--but mostly delivered silence. In Lean organizations, Kaizen replaced the suggestion box with visible,...

2024 Update: A new April Fool's Post for KaiNexus... or is it? The Rediscovered Origins of KaiNexus: A 1980s Video Game The Full Collection of Previous...

Many Lean practitioners know the famous Lucy and the Chocolate Factory Lean example from I Love Lucy--a scene that's been used for decades to...

I've updated and am republishing an old 2005 blog post that I wrote about a former GM assembly worker, Ben Hamper, who has some...

I love the show "Portlandia," and I also love the "Toast Kaizen" video. I bet the latter is better known and more popular in...

Here's the latest cartoon collaboration with a skilled artist and medical assistant, Carrie Schurman (see past cartoons). You can find her on Twitter as @carrieschurman. The idea for this cartoon came from Maggie Millard, the director of marketing at KaiNexus. Maggie has learned about Process Behavior Charts from me and some of the stories are incorporated into my book Measures of Success.  What does this "out of control chart" look like and why did it make me chuckle?

Tonight is the start of the NFL Draft, which almost gets as much coverage nowadays as a Presidential election. Can you imagine if CNBC and other TV channels spent as much time focusing on which Lean Healthcare prospects would be "drafted" from our leading universities and medical schools? Here is our exclusive and official Lean Blog mock draft, featuring picks from our Lean Healthcare draft expert, Mel Kaizen, Jr.