

KaiNexus: Continuous Improvement, Leadership, and More
KaiNexus
We deliver practical insights and real-world strategies for Lean, Six Sigma, and Operational Excellence. Through lessons from KaiNexus webinars and conversations with customers, improvement leaders, and team members, each episode explores what it takes to build a resilient culture of Continuous Improvement. Learn how organizations engage employees, strengthen problem-solving capability, and sustain meaningful operational results across industries. Whether you're new to CI or leading major transformation, this podcast offers tools and perspectives you can put to work immediately.
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Apr 13, 2020 • 54min
Diagnosing Your CI Culture Challenge
A webinar presented by KaiNexus Chief Revenue Officer Jeff Roussel. Hosted by Alison Greco of Continuous Improvement International.
https://continuous-improvement.com/webinars/
Are you struggling to drive continuous improvement culture in your organization? Do you need to revive a CI culture that has lost momentum?
Join Jeff Roussel, a true continuous improvement leader and believer, who will lead you through diagnosing your culture challenge.
Jeff has worked with over 100 companies in their Lean and continuous improvement journeys. He has seen. it. all. We’ll walk through the Golden Triangle – People, Process, Technology – to uncover the source of your challenge and provide you with advice you can implement right now.

Apr 9, 2020 • 59min
Coaching Strategies for Leaders - Webinar Recording of Steve Kane, Gemba Academy
Presented April 9th by Steve Kane, Director of Coaching and Certification for Gemba Academy
To view slides: https://info.kainexus.com/continuous-...
Part of a leader's job is to help people develop or improve capabilities. Coaching is quickly becoming a highly demanded skill set for leaders at all organizational levels to not only to help people get things done, but also improve their skills so that they can work more independently. There are important differences between coaching and teaching, mentoring, advising, or consulting. In this webinar, you will learn: * the role of a coach and the person being coached in a business environment * recognizing opportunities to coach and covert coaching coaching models * coaching as a leadership technique * where to find learning resources
About the Presenter: Steve is responsible for Gemba Academy's lean coaching and certifications. Prior to Gemba Academy, Steve had a diverse career ranging from being responsible for a large medical device sales territory, plant manager where he leveraged lean methods to drive improvement, and VP Operations at Specialty Silicone Fabricators where he led the lean efforts of the company. He has served on the western region board of The Association for Manufacturing Excellence and has worked with the Michigan Lean Learning Consortium and the California Central Coast Lean Forum.
Moderated by Mark Graban

Apr 3, 2020 • 1h 19min
Ask Docs Anything About COVID-19 (Again)!
We know these are uncertain times, and everyone has questions about how to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus (COVID-19). It's hard to know what information to trust with opinions floating all over the internet.
We're lucky here at KaiNexus because our CEO is an Emergency Medicine Physician, and he's been working hard to keep us all safe and informed.
We're extending that same advantage to you by offering this Ask Docs Anything webinar, in which we'll have physicians ready to answer your questions.
Meet The Panelists:
Dr. Mason W. Mileur
Dr. Mason W. Mileur is an internist in Austin, Texas. He is affiliated with St. David's Medical Center. He received his medical degree from University of Texas Medical School and has been in practice nearly 10 years.
Dr. Greg Jacobson
Dr. Greg Jacobson is an emergency medicine physician in Austin, Texas and has been practicing for over twenty years. He is also the Chief Executive Officer at KaiNexus. He received his medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine.

Mar 27, 2020 • 1h 1min
Kids in Quarantine: Advice from Parents
A webinar panel discussion recording from March 27
As we continue to learn more about the new norm we're facing, a lot of people are dealing with one of the toughest changes yet: kids in quarantine.
Tune in for advice on how to cope with kids in quarantine from:
KaiNexus Chief Revenue Officer (and parent) Jeff Roussel
Parent Sara Evans, mom of three
Parent and middle school science teacher, Katie Webb Cyphert
Get resources: https://info.kainexus.com/continuous-improvement/webinar/kids-in-quarantine-advice-from-parents/signup

Mar 24, 2020 • 1h 4min
COVID-19 Quiz Time: Test Your Knowledge and Learn Even More
Previously, we've hosted "Ask Us Anything" sessions where people submitted questions to doctors about coronavirus. In this webinar, live attendees played along and competed in an interactive "bar trivia" style quiz show. After each answer, E.R. physician Dr. Gregory Jacobson provided additional commentary about the answers. We think you'll enjoy the recording, though, and there's a lot of great content The recorded quiz show will start after about 5 or 10 minutes of introductory comments by Greg. Dr. Greg Jacobson is an emergency medicine physician in Austin, Texas and has been practicing for over twenty years. He is also the Chief Executive Officer at KaiNexus. He received his medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine.

Mar 19, 2020 • 1h 33min
Ask Doctors Anything -- Covid-19 Questions From the Public, Answers From Two Physicians
Host Mark Graban asks questions that were submitted for two doctors to answer -- Dr. Greg Jacobson (emergency medicine) and Dr. Mason Mileur (internal medicine).
Read questions and their summary answers here: https://blog.kainexus.com/your-questions-answered-for-our-ask-docs-anything-about-covid-19-webinar
You can get more resources about Covid-19 here: https://blog.kainexus.com/a-list-of-covid-19-resources-to-help-clear-things-up
We know these are uncertain times, and everyone has questions about how to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus (COVID-19). It's hard to know what information to trust with opinions floating all over the internet. We're lucky here at KaiNexus because our CEO is an Emergency Medicine Physician, and he's been working hard to keep us all safe and informed. We're extending that same advantage to you by offering this Ask Us Anything webinar, in which we'll have a panel of three physicians ready to answer your questions. Meet The Panelists: Dr. Mason W. Mileur Dr. Mason W. Mileur is an internist in Austin, Texas. He is affiliated with St. David's Medical Center. He received his medical degree from University of Texas Medical School and has been in practice nearly 10 years. Dr. Greg Jacobson Dr. Greg Jacobson is an emergency medicine physician in Austin, Texas and has been practicing for over twenty years. He is also the Chief Executive Officer at KaiNexus. He received his medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine.

Mar 17, 2020 • 8min
Webinar Preview: Coaching Strategies for Leaders
Register here: https://info.kainexus.com/continuous-improvement/coaching-strategies-for-leaders/webinar/signup
Coaching Strategies for Leaders
April 8 from 1:00 - 2:00 ET
Presented by Steve Kane, Director of Coaching and Certification for Gemba Academy
Part of a leader's job is to help people develop or improve capabilities. Coaching is quickly becoming a highly demanded skill set for leaders at all organizational levels to not only to help people get things done, but also improve their skills so that they can work more independently. There are important differences between coaching and teaching, mentoring, advising, or consulting.
In this webinar, you will learn:
the role of a coach and the person being coached in a business environment
recognizing opportunities to coach and covert coaching
coaching models
coaching as a leadership technique
where to find learning resources
About the Presenter:
Steve is responsible for Gemba Academy's lean coaching and certifications. Prior to Gemba Academy, Steve had a diverse career ranging from being responsible for a large medical device sales territory, plant manager where he leveraged lean methods to drive improvement, and VP Operations at Specialty Silicone Fabricators where he led the lean efforts of the company. He has served on the western region board of The Association for Manufacturing Excellence and has worked with the Michigan Lean Learning Consortium and the California Central Coast Lean Forum.

Mar 13, 2020 • 36min
Ask Us Anything #28: Coronavirus Questions
In this episode, we take advantage of the opportunity to get the perspectives of Greg Jacobson, MD on our questions about coronavirus.
We also take one viewer question on the challenges of trying to do continuous improvement work when we're in a work from home mode.

Mar 4, 2020 • 1h 1min
A Great Idea Isn't Enough for Successful Change
Presented by Mark Jaben, M.D., author of the book "Free the Brain"
Maybe you had expected more. Maybe it went ok, but you’d like it to go smoother. Maybe its gone well and you want to understand about how that happened for next time. Maybe you’d like change to be less of a hassle.
If so, this webinar is for you.
As a result of this webinar, you will understand:
Change is a verb, not a noun
The fundamental unit of change
Why your belief about what’s going on is not the result of what you think.
Why conflict is what you should expect and what you actually need for successful change
The choice to resist or engage is not an analytical one, so why approach it that way.
We are not wired to resist; we are wired to succeed.
An ideal change must work AND be workable; judging each uses different functions in the brain.

Feb 24, 2020 • 8min
Preview: A Great Idea Isn't Enough for Successful Change
Register for the webinar here: https://info.kainexus.com/continuous-improvement/a-great-idea-isnt-enough-for-change/webinar/signup
Host Mark Graban is joined by Mark Jaben, MD for the preview of this webinar:
A Great Idea Isn't Enough for Successful Change
March 3 from 1:00 - 2:00 ET
Presented by Mark Jaben, M.D., author of the book "Free the Brain"
About Mark:
Mark is a residency trained, board certified Emergency Physician with over 35 years of clinical experience. After 20 years in a single hospital group, he spent the next 13 years as an independent emergency physician practicing in a wide range of settings, including hospitals, Indian Health Service facilities, office practices, and EMS services.
His initial immersion into Lean came in 2008 while living and working in Taupo, New Zealand, where he had the opportunity to test Lean methodology while leading implementation efforts at the hospital there. After returning to the US, he continued to apply these concepts in emergency departments, hospitals, clinics, and regional collaborations.
Observing the successes, as well as the trials and tribulations, led Mark to delve further into why this stuff does or does not work. His newly released book, Free the Brain: Overcoming the Struggle People and Organizations Face With Change, takes a look at what neuroscience research says about how the brain operates and provides some real insight into what prevents an organization from getting the results they are after from whatever methodology they are using and what it takes to garner engagement and tap into creativity.
In addition, Mark works with individual physicians struggling with burnout as a coach with TheHappyMD.com and with organizations through presentations and trainings. The intersection between clinical work, coaching practice, and Free the Brain has been quite illuminating in understanding just why change can be so challenging and yet so rewarding.


