Get slides and video Presented by Karidja Sakanogo Parenting can sometimes be challenging. Parents are quite often expected to not only raise children, but also to raise adults. As one who is passionate about Lean management, I decided to go further by raising Lean thinkers. The purpose of the presentation is to share the core values and dimensions of Lean management that can alleviate motherhood and fatherhood. Applying Lean principles, methods, and tools to our daily lives, we build our own “L...
May 10, 2022•45 min
A webinar to be presented May 10 from 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET -- REGISTER HERE Presented by Karidja Sakanogo Parenting can sometimes be challenging. Parents are quite often expected to not only raise children, but also to raise adults. As one who is passionate about Lean management, I decided to go further by raising Lean thinkers. The purpose of the presentation is to share the core values and dimensions of Lean management that can alleviate motherhood and fatherhood. Applying Lean principles, met...
Apr 27, 2022•10 min
We're joined today by Kym Guilotti , Director of Product Management, at KaiNexus about why she joined the company and what she does as a product manager.
Apr 20, 2022•12 min
April 14 from 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET Website for the event: https://info.kainexus.com/continuous-improvement/reflections-on-patient-safety-just-culture-and-the-nursing-profession/webinar/signup?hsLang=en Moderator: Mark Graban, Senior Advisor, KaiNexus Panel: Dr. Greg Jacobson, CEO, KaiNexus Kelley Reep, Clinical Nurse Specialist Rebecca Love, Chief Clinical Officer, IntelyCare Brian Weirich, Chief Nursing Officer, Banner Health In this panel discussion webinar, you'll hear healthcare leaders and ...
Apr 14, 2022•1 hr 1 min
Presented by Sabrina Malter as part of the KaiNexus Continuous Improvement Webinar series. For decades, executives and academics have talked about the need to build “learning organizations.” That sounds good, but what does it mean in a practical sense? How can leaders unveil the potential of their people and their organizations? In this webinar, we will discuss: Why we have to build a Learning Organization deliberately Leadership practices to promote organizational learning Human skills to promo...
Apr 11, 2022•1 hr 1 min
A preview of a podcast to be presented by Sabrina Malter on April 11, 2022. Register to attend live or view the recording "Building a Learning Organization: Leadership Practices & Human Skills that Promote Learning" For decades, executives and academics have talked about the need to build “learning organizations.” That sounds good, but what does it mean in a practical sense? How can leaders unveil the potential of their people and their organizations? In this webinar, we will discuss: Why we...
Apr 05, 2022•8 min
As presented by Kim Moscarda, Director at Moscarda Solutions on March 9 Slides and video can be found here: https://info.kainexus.com/continuous-improvement/lean-for-knowledge-workers/webinar/signup?hsLang=en In this webinar, you'll get an insight into the application of Lean methodologies in a knowledge worker environment Learning Objectives: Learn how lean methodologies can be successfully applied to a knowledge worker environment Learn from a case study about deployment approaches, challenges...
Mar 09, 2022•1 hr
A short discussion between host/moderator Mark Graban and our next webinar presenter, Kim Moscarda. Lean for Knowledge Workers March 9 from 11:00 am - 12:00 pm ET REGISTER NOW About Kim: Kim has worked in the Energy industry for over 25 years as an individual contributor and leader across several disciplines, including continuous improvement, asset management and project management. He is passionate about continuous improvement and believes strongly that Lean principles can be applied to any tea...
Mar 03, 2022•7 min
Presented February 10 from 1:00 - 2:00 pm ET Get slides and more: h ttps://info.kainexus.com/continuous-improvement/methods-to-benefit-organizational-knowledge-management/webinar/signup Presented by Dr. Cynthia J. Young, Founder/CEO of CJ Young Consulting, LLC In this webinar, you will hear about some of the methods used in practicing knowledge management that also support achieving continuous improvement goals. Methods we will discuss include: Checklists and check sheets Reports Lessons learned...
Feb 10, 2022•58 min
Today, host and senior advisor Mark Graban is joined by a new KaiNexian, Austin Linn . We'll learn why Austin joined the company and why company culture is so important to him (as it is to KaiNexus). Austin talks about his role as a Customer Success Manager and we also discuss some blog posts that he wrote: The Invaluable Value of Culture "Don’t Ask Me; That’s Not My Job"...
Feb 08, 2022•14 min
From December 14, 2021 Join us in episode 29 of our popular Ask Us Anything webinar series to listen to questions answered by this dynamic duo from KaiNexus' team of continuous improvement experts: Mark Graban & Greg Jacobson. Questions include: What is your most-used emoji? Should I get a booster? If I had Covid? How concerned are you about the Omicron variant? What are the strategies to sustain improvement? What is your advice on how to build lean systems on a culture foundation? What's th...
Dec 14, 2021•1 hr 1 min
Register here and join us!!: https://info.kainexus.com/continuous-improvement/webinar/ask-us-anything-episode-29/signup December 14 from 1:00 - 2:00 ET Join us in episode 29 of our popular Ask Us Anything webinar series to listen to questions answered by this dynamic duo from KaiNexus' team of continuous improvement experts: Mark Graban & Greg Jacobson. Popular topics include: Continuous improvement KaiNexus software Leadership Entrepreneurship Coping with Covid Anything!...
Dec 10, 2021•10 min
Presented Nov 18, 2021 Presented by Eric Ethington, President, Lean Shift Consulting View video, slides and more: https://info.kainexus.com/continuous-improvement/the-power-of-process/webinar/signup Learning Objectives: Establish familiarity with the "6CON" process model Define the role and of the System Architect and supporting skills Share practical lessons learned for a System Architect getting started *Applicable for manufacturing, healthcare, or any industry Eric Ethington has a pragmatic a...
Nov 18, 2021•1 hr
Preview of the webinar that will be presented Nov 18 at 1 pm ET. Register to attend live or get the recording: https://info.kainexus.com/continuous-improvement/the-power-of-process/webinar/signup The Power of Process: The Role of the System Architect November 18 from 1:00 - 2:00 pm ET Presented by Eric Ethington, President, Lean Shift Consulting Learning Objectives: Establish familiarity with the "6CON" process model Define the role and of the System Architect and supporting skills Share practic...
Nov 11, 2021•8 min
Get slides and more: https://info.kainexus.com/continuous-improvement/4-key-steps-to-get-buy-in/webinar/signup Presented by Sarah Baker, Consultant & Facilitator, IQC In this webinar you will: Understand the important components of buy-in Learn the 4-step process to get buy-in Reflect on the challenges and benefits of buy-in that relates to you Sarah Baker Sarah is a Consultant & Facilitator at IQC. She has an MS in Industrial and Organizational Psychology and a BA in Philosophy and Psyc...
Oct 21, 2021•1 hr
Register now (or to view the recording after Oct 12): https://info.kainexus.com/continuous-improvement/4-key-steps-to-get-buy-in/webinar/signup October 21 from 1:00 - 2:00 pm ET Presented by Sarah Baker, Consultant & Facilitator, IQC In this webinar you will: Understand the important components of buy-in Learn the 4-step process to get buy-in Reflect on the challenges and benefits of buy-in that relates to you Sarah Baker Sarah is a Consultant & Facilitator at IQC. She has an MS in Indus...
Oct 18, 2021•6 min
Lori Avital, one of the Customer Success Managers with KaiNexus, talks about why she joined the company. How is the company culture, along with our goals and mission, aligned with her personally? Why has she moved to smaller companies through her career?
Oct 11, 2021•9 min
Brandon Turner, Solutions Engineer with KaiNexus, talks about why he joined the company a few months back.
Oct 06, 2021•7 min
Recording from Sept 14, 2021 Presented by Karyn Ross, Founder, CEO, President at The Love and Kindness Foundation Jessica House, Founder at LightHouse Counselling and Wellness I’m sure you’ve heard about the 5S’s in Lean. Doing 5S helps people stay physically safe and allows problems to be easily seen. But what about psychological safety? If you want the people in your organization to learn, improve and care for your customers, you need to take care of their psychological safety just as much as ...
Sep 14, 2021•1 hr
Preview of a free webinar coming up on Sept 14. Register: https://info.kainexus.com/continuous-improvement/how-to-create-psychological-safety-at-work-using-the-5cs/webinar/signup How to Create Psychological Safety at Work Using the 5Cs September 14 from 12:00 - 1:00 pm ET Presented by Karyn Ross, Founder, CEO, President at The Love and Kindness Foundation Jessica House, Founder at LightHouse Counselling and Wellness I’m sure you’ve heard about the 5S’s in Lean. Doing 5S helps people stay physica...
Aug 26, 2021•13 min
Presented August 9, 2021 - Get slides and more here . Presented by Adam Lawrence, Managing Partner of Process Improvement Partners, LLC In this webinar, you will learn... Learn about all elements of the Wheel of Sustainability. Get real-life examples of implementation of the Wheel Understand how to develop Leadership Commitment to create and sustain a winning team experience Adam Lawrence Adam is the Managing Partner of Process Improvement Partners, LLC. He has 30+ years of experience in process...
Aug 09, 2021•57 min
Preview discussion about a webinar that will be presented on August 9th by Adam Lawrence, as part of the KaiNexus Continuous Improvement webinar series. Register: https://info.kainexus.com/continuous-improvement/the-wheel-of-sustainability/webinar/signup August 9 from 1:00 - 2:00 pm ET Presented by Adam Lawrence, Managing Partner of Process Improvement Partners, LLC In this webinar, you will learn... Learn about all elements of the Wheel of Sustainability. Get real-life examples of implementatio...
Aug 02, 2021•7 min
Webinar Recording -- Get video and more Motivational Interviewing: The Key to Effective Conversations About Change July 28 from 1:00 - 2:00 pm ET Presented by Paola Torres, Sr. Performance Improvement Manager at Healthfirst in NYC Learning objectives: Become familiar with the spirit, theory, and practice of Motivational Interviewing (MI) Identify your customer’s readiness for change based on key communication indicators Learn basic MI communication techniques to help your clients resolve their a...
Jul 28, 2021•1 hr
Preview of a webinar coming up on July 28, register here . Motivational Interviewing: The Key to Effective Conversations About Change July 28 from 1:00 - 2:00 pm ET Presented by Paola Torres, Sr. Performance Improvement Manager at Healthfirst in NYC Learning objectives: Become familiar with the spirit, theory, and practice of Motivational Interviewing (MI) Identify your customer’s readiness for change based on key communication indicators Learn basic MI communication techniques to help your clie...
Jul 23, 2021•8 min
In this episode, Chris Burnham ( listen to his recent episode ) acts as host and talks to usual host Mark Graban. Chris is eminently qualified to play host, as host of the long-running Lean Leadership Podcast . As one of the newest KaiNexus employees (or KaiNexians), Chris asks Mark about reaching the 10-year anniversary (or KaiNexiversary) of his affiliation with the company. Mark talks about how his role and relationship has evolved and shares some stories about how KaiNexus has continued to g...
Jun 23, 2021•28 min
One of our newest KaiNexians is Chris Burnham. You might know him from his Lean Leadership Podcast . If not, check that out... he's again producing new episodes, and it's great listening. Chris has been a KaiNexus customer, he has lots of Lean experience, and he's a great fit to work with our customers and prospects as a Senior Lean Strategy Director. In this episode, Mark Graban asks Chris about his background, why he joined, and what he'll be doing -- how he's creating and shaping this new rol...
Jun 17, 2021•22 min
Webinar Presented by Dr. John Kenagy The Objective: Scientifically develop leaders at all levels to deliver exactly what patients and/or customers need at continually lower cost – low risk, high reward, fast. Kata Learning Objectives – Know why and how: 1. Conventional, data-driven leadership and management systems, projects, consultants, and technologies fail in complex, dynamic, unpredictable work. 2. Adaptive Design (AD) Kata improves standardized work in real-time. 3. AD Kata Leaders use the...
Jun 15, 2021•57 min
Today, we bring you the third and final guest in our mini-series of Customer Month Spotlights here on the KaiNexus Continuous Improvement Podcast with our host, Mark Graban . We'll do more of these interviews in the future, not waiting until next year (let's make every month "customer month"). Our guest for this episode is Eric Mellert, the Manager, Process Improvement Team at Christian Care Ministry . As it says on their website, Ii 1993, a formalized approach to sharing healthcare burdens bega...
Jun 01, 2021•29 min
Today, we have another guest on the KaiNexus Continuous Improvement Podcast with our host, Mark Graban . Our guest is Cliona Archambeault, the Director of Process Improvement at one of our customers, UMass Memorial Health. Topics and questions: In building a culture of improvement, what’s the explanation and expectation for new caregivers? Example of small improvements? Manager and leadership role? Impact of Covid on your improvement work? Using KaiNexus for idea system - 'Innovation Station" Wh...
May 28, 2021•28 min
Today's guests are both part of the Process Excellence department at one of our customers, Memorial Health System in Marietta, Ohio. They are Lynn Howell and Mary Huck, both of whom have clinical backgrounds, but now help their colleagues throughout the system improve with Lean and other methods. Topics and questions: Tell us about the label of “process excellence” and what that means to the system? Shifting from being doers to helpers and coaches What's the role of a Continuous Improvement (C.I...
May 25, 2021•33 min
