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.
Episodes
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Nov 10, 2015 • 1h 7min
Congratulations, You Have Lots of Employee Ideas! Now What?
Topics:
- how to discuss ideas constructively with employees
- how to prioritize ideas (and if that's even necessary)
- how to assign responsibility for improvement work
- how to create time for improvement
- how to track improvements
Oct 19, 2015 • 6min
Excitement About Kaizen in an ED
In this episode, Maggie Millard and Dr. Greg Jacobson, tell a story about a colleague of Greg's who was excited to hear the word "Kaizen" based on past experience.
Oct 5, 2015 • 4min
Who’s Responsible for Improvement Management?
http://blog.kainexus.com
From September 2015
Who’s Responsible for Improvement Management?
posted by Greg Jacobson
Sep 27, 2015 • 37min
The ROI of Workouts and KaiNexus
Originally Aired: May 15, 2014
Mark Graban, Suz Kaprich, Dr. Greg Jacobson
This webinar covers:
The background and goals of the WorkOut methodology, based on the "GE Work-Out" Model
The method used in KaiNexus WorkOuts
The process and ROI of the WorkOut recently completed at Mary Greeley Medical Center
Excellent opportunities for improvement identified by the Mary Greeley WorkOut team
Q&A
Sep 19, 2015 • 4min
Building the Fit Organization (Dan Markovitz)
We’re really looking forward to the webinar that Dan Markovitz will be presenting on October 13, based on his new book Building the Fit Organization. We hope you’ll join us - register today at http://www.kainexus.com/webinars.
Sep 12, 2015 • 56min
Bridging the Gap: How to Turn Ideas into Improvements
http://www.kainexus.com/webinars
From September 2015
Making Time for For Continuous Improvement
Hosted By: Mark Graban and Greg Jacobson
In this webinar, we will share proven techniques that help you and your organization bridge the gap between getting those ideas for improvement, and actually making measurable change.
The dangers of neglecting to follow through on employee improvement ideas
Techniques for capturing more ideas for improvement
How to coach people to implement more ideas
The metrics that matter and how to measure them
The value of sharing improvements
Sep 7, 2015 • 6min
Surprising That Suggestion Boxes Fail?
Read this post:
http://www.kainexus.com/continuous-improvement/resources-for-continuous-improvement/continuous-improvement-podcast
Get more information about our podcasts at http://www.kainexus.com/podcasts
Aug 28, 2015 • 59min
Making Time for For Continuous Improvement
http://www.kainexus.com/webinars
From August 2015
Making Time for For Continuous Improvement
Duration: 1 hour
Making_Time_for_CI_Webinar_CoverTopics: Leadership, Culture of Continuous Improvement
Hosted By: Mark Graban and Greg Jacobson
Learn about how you can make more time for continuous improvement for yourself and your staff by using continuous improvement software to:
Empower employees
Streamline communication
Increase efficiency
Improve visibility
Aug 23, 2015 • 5min
Blog Post on Frankensystems
From the KaiNexus blog, a post by Maggie Millard: Are You Creating a Monster with Your Continuous Improvement Technology?
http://blog.kainexus.com/continuous-improvement-software/creating-a-monster-with-continuious-improvement-technology
Aug 16, 2015 • 60min
Leadership Behaviors that Create a Culture of Continuous
From June 2014
Leadership Behaviors that Create a Culture of Continuous Improvement
Watch this free webinar to learn:
Leadership_behaviors_WebinarWhat you should be doing to create a culture of continuous improvement
How to encourage the identification, testing, evaluation, and sharing of improvements
Best practices for collaborating on improvement
When to get involved… and when to get out of the way
