Kainexus Continuous Improvement Podcast

From a podcast on February 16, 2016 with Mark Graban & Greg Jacobson How To Get Buy-In For Improvement In this webinar, you will learn: Reasons why people don’t “buy in” to change How leaders can better understand the causes of that apparent resistance to change Strategies that can be used to increase buy-in for staff, managers, and executives. People often complain that their employees (or their leaders) aren’t “buying in” to an improvement methodology. Or, specific improvement ideas languish because somebody doesn’t “buy in.” In this webinar, Greg and Mark will explore the issue of buy-in. What are some common reasons for a “lack of buy-in?” Is it accurate to think about “buying” and “selling” ideas in the workplace? What are some strategies and tactics to increase the acceptance of and participation in specific changes and broader initiatives like Lean and continuous improvement?

Yes, Lean can help improve both efficiency and quality. At least he got that right, instead of incorrectly saying that Lean is only about efficiency or productivity or cost. But, the error is in not thinking that Lean and the Toyota Production System are not also methods for continuous improvement and innovation. We have many KaiNexus customers who demonstrate daily how creative and innovative they are with Lean and Kaizen methods. We can probably learn something from Google, but we shouldn't miss or ignore what Toyota can teach us about innovation and improvement.

In part 4 of our series, Greg & I talk about the NEJM article about "Medical Taylorism", kaizen vs kaizen blitz, getting leaders involved in kaizen, keeping staff motivated, and more. See our playlist "Ask Us Anything" for the entire series.

... it's Management. Post by Mark Graban from Jan 18 2016

To see the webinar: http://info.kainexus.com/continuous-improvement/practical-problem-solving/webinar Using Practical Problem Solving to Spread Kaizen: Going Slow to Go Fast In this webinar, you will learn: The origins of the "Practical Problem Solving" approach and the connections to PDSA How a formal problem solving methodology can give a big boost to your Lean or continuous improvement efforts Why root cause analysis is more complicated than it might seem and why problem solving isn't always linear or straightforward How to avoid jumping to conclusions about problems or jumping to solutions The difference in mindset around "countermeasures" versus solutions How to develop your problem solving skills and coach others Webinar host Jon Miller co-founded the lean consulting and training firm Gemba Research in 1998, which merged with Kaizen Institute in 2011. Jon has led dozens of lean transformation projects in a wide range of industries and has helped thousands of people across 20+ countries understand and

... Improvement. A blog post by Maggie Millard: http://blog.kainexus.com/continuous-improvement/innovation/a-short-list-of-easy-and-effective-ways-to-spread-innovation

See this blog post by Mark Graban: http://blog.kainexus.com/continuous-improvement/practical-problem-solving/why-you-should-learn-about-practical-problem-solving-in-this-webinar/webinar/why To register for the webinar: http://info.kainexus.com/continuous-improvement/practical-problem-solving/webinar/signup

This appeared as a blog post titled "Happiness Is Not The Goal Of Employee Engagement Activities" by Maggie Millard http://blog.kainexus.com/employee-engagement/employee-engagement-activities/happiness-is-not-the-goal-of-employee-engagement-activities

We recently hosted a webinar called "Ask Us Anything" in which we asked people to, well, ask us anything. It was so popular that we hardly made a dent in the number of awesome questions everyone submitted. So, we've been answering more questions in a series of videos (see our playlist: https://youtu.be/GHnUsV_UYoo?list=PLscA9mcmPxeDXL5HdKKDosfXFoc4X3STO Watch this recording to hear us talk about: Informal problem solving methods that are effective with the front line staff Rolling out technology along with a methodology and leadership behaviors. What happens if you get a huge flood of ideas at first? How can continuous improvement, in the form of Lean, or Lean practitioners become part of the strategy or the decision-making process of high level management? Considering a company with a Balanced Scorecard and KPI in place, what are your recommendations to define the most effective connection with Lean? How to help move the executive team from "I support" to "I commit"? Best advice for coaching leade

Webinar - How Leadership Commitment and A Systematic Approach Spread Improvement A webinar hosted by KaiNexus, presented by Karen Kiel-Rosser, Vice President / Chief Quality Officer at Mary Greeley Medical Center and Ron Smith, a Process Improvement Coordinator. Does your organization struggle with engaging everybody in daily continuous improvement? Is it difficult to figure out how to combine formal improvement events, projects, and "WorkOuts" while engaging all employees to bring forward their ideas? Are you unsure how to spread improvement methodologies across departments? In this webinar, you will learn: - How MGMC has combined Lean tools and methodologies with a "managing for daily improvement" approach - How leadership and technology enable and support successful improvement methodologies - MGMC's vision for leaders getting everybody engaged in improvement - How MGMC has systematically (and successfully) spread continuous improvement methodologies across the hospital over the past 12 months - Wh

This is part 2 of our webinar Q&A series, with Mark Graban and Greg Jacobson. Part 1 was released as Episode #18 of this podcast series.

When I first joined the KaiNexus team in 2011, we were just coming to market and had no paying customers. The vision of our co-founders, Dr. Greg Jacobson and Matt Paliulis, was compelling and they had taken significant steps toward bringing KaiNexus into the world. Last month, we had our first ever KaiNexus User Conference in Austin. We've grown to the point where we had about 30 customers join us to learn from each other. The map, below, shows the home locations represented by the attendees.

Do you have any burning questions about continuous improvement? What about leadership, or employee engagement, or how to manage innovation and improvement? Curious about what continuous improvement software is, or what it does? Tune in to this webinar for answers. In feedback about past webinars, people often comment that there should be "more time for Q&A." In the spirit of the popular "Ask Me Anything" series, we're going to conduct a webinar that is built around your questions - submitted in advance or submitted live. If you have questions about continuous improvement, kaizen, Lean, or any other topics, tune in for this unique webinar.

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

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.

http://blog.kainexus.com From September 2015 Who’s Responsible for Improvement Management? posted by Greg Jacobson

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

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.

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

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