Kainexus Continuous Improvement Podcast

A blog post from August 4, 2015. For the original post visit http://blog.kainexus.com/improvement-disciplines/lean/practicing-lean

From March 2014 What's the ROI of Continuous Improvement? Duration: 1 hour Topics: ROI, Continuous Improvement Hosted By: Greg Jacobson and Mark Graban ROIofcontinuousimprovementHow to measure the ROI of continuous improvement How to communicate that ROI with your executives Hidden places to look for additional ROI The role of software in achieving, calculating, and communicating ROI

Originally Aired: May 12, 2015 Length: 1 hour Hosted By: Mark Graban (KaiNexus VP of Customer Success) Presenter: Norman Bodek In this webinar: Lessons from Norman Bodek's 80+ visits to Japan The "9th Waste" of Lean The role of managers in creating a culture of continuous improvement The importance of personal growth plans and self reliance How the "Harada Method" furthers these goals of self reliance and Kaizen Join us for a very special conversation with a Lean legend, Norman Bodek. Norman worked with, translated, and published the books of Taiichi Ohno and Shigeo Shingo, credited as creators of the Toyota Production System.

Originally Aired: April 14, 2015 at 1p EDT See the webinar archive, videos, and slides at http://www.kainexus.com/webinars Listen to this webinar now to learn: How to spread continuous improvement throughout your organization Why it's important to spread improvement ideas beyond the team that discovered them Real life examples of how organizations overcome common barriers to spread It's one thing for continuous improvement to thrive within your team of improvement specialists... it's a whole different ballgame when you're trying to spread it throughout your organization. Attend this webinar to hear our expert tips for spreading sustainable continuous improvement.

Originally Aired: March 17, 2015 Hosted by Mark Graban, Guest is Jamie Flinchbaugh How To Drive Improvement Behaviors To Increase Performance Gains - Learn how the improvement behaviors of your staff directly determine your results - See why most leaders fail to get the behaviors they need from employees - Learn how to design an actionable strategy for deliberate behavior change - on any budget Visit http://www.kainexus.com/webinars to see slides and more

Presented June 15, 2015 by Mark Graban & Jason Coons See slides http://info.kainexus.com/continuous-improvement/culture-of-continuous- improvement/a-system-wide-approach-to-driving-process-improvement/webi nar A System-Wide Approach to Driving Process Improvement Get actionable advice from lessons learned in Kettering Health Network's 5 year process improvement journey Hear how Kettering's system-wide approach to projects, training, and daily problem solving led to $2.6 million of financial impact last year Learn about KaiNexus, the continuous improvement software platform that spread continuous improvement by enabling change management and accountability within the system

Presented July 16, 2015 by Mark Graban & Joe Swartz. Why coaching matters to your organization, leaders, and staff Practical methods for coaching staff and leaders How to develop people to be better improvement facilitators Numerous coaching scenarios and examples from Franciscan St. Francis Health and other organizations and other industries Key coaching fundamentals used at Franciscan