Tag: KaiNexus

KaiNexus: Supporting a Culture of Continuous Improvement

KaiNexus is a platform designed to support continuous improvement—but tools alone never create culture. This archive brings together blog posts, reflections, and webinar conversations exploring how KaiNexus is used to reinforce leadership behaviors, psychological safety, daily improvement, and learning across healthcare, manufacturing, and knowledge work.

I share these reflections both as a practitioner and as a Senior Advisor to KaiNexus, focusing on what helps organizations build better systems—not solely on software features.

Will Suggestion Boxes be a Trend in 2012? What Method(s) do...

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I saw this article the other day on BusinessInsider.com: "10 Predictions For How The Workplace Will Change In 2012." Two of the predictions caught my...

KaiNexus Education Video #4 – Working Toward “Yes” in Kaizen

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Here is the fourth short, simple Kaizen education video from KaiNexus, a software startup where I am the Chief Improvement Officer.

New KaiNexus “Explainer Video” & Company Update

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Regular readers know that I have been working for a software startup, KaiNexus, as we announced in June, in addition to my writing, consulting...

KaiNexus Education Video #3 – Eliminating Waste & NVA

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Here is the third short, simple Kaizen education video from  KaiNexus.  We are embedding these videos into our web-based software, to provide short tips and hints...

KaiNexus Education Video #2 – Focus on Processes, Not People

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Here is the second short, simple Kaizen education video from KaiNexus. You can view the first video here and the entire series.  We are embedding these videos...

Yes, We Need Staff Ideas – But, How to Manage Those...

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It's always great to see stories in the major media outlets about engaging front-line staff in improvement ideas. Recently, we had a piece in...

Why Does this Hospital CEO Have to Go Undercover? Or Does...

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Update: I edited the post title to add "Or Does He?" See the CEO's comment below, suggesting that the TV report gave the wrong...

KaiNexus Education Video #1 – Getting Started with Kaizen

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We've created and released our first in our series of short, simple Kaizen education videos from KaiNexus, a startup where I am the Chief Improvement Officer. We...

Build, Measure, Learn – in Startups, Healthcare, and Careers

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One reason I love applying Lean thinking in new arenas as my career progresses is that each shift in industry leads to new challenges...

Mark Graban: Announcement on My Future Professional Direction (2011)

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Today, I'm announcing an evolution of my work life: doing less with the Lean Enterprise Institute, doing more consulting and speaking, and starting to...
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