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KaiNexus: Continuous Improvement, Leadership, and More

KaiNexuswww.kainexus.com
The KaiNexus Continuous Improvement Podcast features content from our webinars. We also share conversations with KaiNexus team members and customers from time to time. This podcast brings you information about continuous improvement best practices, employee engagement, lean, six sigma (and related improvement disciplines) and more. Join us as we explore the nuances of creating a culture of continuous improvement, no matter your level of expertise or your industry.
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[Webinar] Sustaining Continuous Improvement with Habit Science

More information, slides, and video recording As presented May 11 from 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET Presented by Morgan Wright (Customer Marketing Manager) and Greg Jacobson, MD (co-founder and CEO), from KaiNexus. Come join the final webinar in our three-part habit webinar series to learn how we sustain and maximize organizational habits in a continuous improvement culture. In this 1 hour webinar, we will review the highlights from the prior habits webinars, learn how you can design organizational habi...

May 11, 20231 hr 2 min

[Preview] Sustaining Continuous Improvement with Habit Science

Registration link Morgan Wright, customer marketing manager at KaiNexus, joins Mark Graban, senior advisor at the company, to give a preview of this upcoming webinar, the third in a series about "habit loops": Sustaining Continuous Improvement with Habit Science Part 1 Part 2 About the webinar: Come join the final webinar in our three-part habit webinar series to learn how we sustain and maximize organizational habits in a continuous improvement culture. In this 1 hour webinar, we will review th...

May 09, 20237 min

Deepen Your Lean Leadership Skills with Brain Science [Webinar by Elisabeth Swan]

Learn more, get slides, see the video Presented by Elisabeth Swan We often underestimate our influence on others. We fail to recognize the impact we have on people, their work, their ability to solve problems, and thrive. Whether we hold formal leadership positions or not, we all have the power to affect those around us. However, the way we think, speak, and act may not always bring out the best in ourselves or those we interact with. This can lead to missed opportunities, strained relationships...

Apr 18, 202359 min

[Preview] Deepen Your Lean Leadership Skills with Brain Science

Register for the webinar or the recording This episode previews Elisabeth Swan's upcoming webinar, hosted by KaiNexus and Mark Graban. Elisabeth joins Mark here to discuss it. April 18 from 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET Enter to win one of 3 signed copies of her new book, Picture Yourself a Leader , by sharing about the webinar on LinkedIn with the hashtag #KaiNexus. Presented by Elisabeth Swan We often underestimate our influence on others. We fail to recognize the impact we have on people, their work, ...

Apr 11, 20237 min

[Webinar] How to Create a Continuous Improvement Culture by Closing the GAPS

Page with video, slides, and more Presented by Katie Anderson What does a culture of continuous improvement really look like? How can leaders create an organization where people have the capability and confidence to solve problems? Effective problem-solving is about closing the gaps between where we are today and where we need to be. While we often think about the process or operational gaps that we must close, we must also identify (and close) behavior gaps related to solving problems and suppo...

Apr 04, 202359 min

[Preview] How to Create a Continuous Improvement Culture by Closing the GAPS - Katie Anderson

Free webinar registration link Next week, I'm excited to host a webinar that Katie Anderson will present as part of the KaiNexus continuous improvement webinar series. The webinar description: What does a culture of continuous improvement really look like? How can leaders create an organization where people have the capability and confidence to solve problems? Effective problem-solving is about closing the gaps between where we are today and where we need to be. While we often think about the pr...

Mar 30, 20237 min

[Webinar] How To Design Organizational Habits That Propagate a Culture of Continuous Improvement

Get Slides and More March 23 from 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET Presented by Morgan Wright (Customer Marketing Manager) and Greg Jacobson, MD (co-founder and CEO), from KaiNexus. This webinar serves as the second part of the Habits Webinar Series. In this webinar, learn how to design organizational habits That Propagate a Culture of Continuous Improvement. Additionally, join us to hear some real-life examples of how you can take this back to implement at your organization....

Mar 23, 202359 min

[Preview] How To Design Organizational Habits That Propagate a Culture of Continuous Improvement

Register to attend live or get the recording Mark Graban and Morgan Wright, from KaiNexus, discuss the upcoming webinar titled: "How To Design Organizational Habits That Propagate a Culture of Continuous Improvement" It's being presented March 23 from 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET Presented by Morgan Wright (Customer Marketing Manager) and Greg Jacobson, MD (co-founder and CEO), from KaiNexus. This webinar serves as the second part of the Habits Webinar Series. In this webinar, learn how to design organi...

Mar 17, 20237 min

Building a Culture of Empowerment: Reflections on Lessons Learned [WEBINAR]

For slides and more from this webinar Presented by Dr. Lisa Yerian, Chief Improvement Officer at Cleveland Clinic As with many lean journeys, we learn first, then lead. At the Cleveland Clinic, it was the same in developing a lean community of empowered healthcare workers. Dr. Lisa Yerian will share experiences and takeaways from Cleveland Clinic's ongoing lean journey. --------------- Lisa Yerian, MD, is Chief Improvement Officer and a Gastrointestinal and Hepatobiliary Pathologist at Cleveland...

Mar 14, 20231 hr

Emily Kauten: Why I Joined KaiNexus, What I Do at KaiNexus

Today, host Mark Graban talks with Emily Kauten , who joined KaiNexus in 2022 as a Sales and Business Operations Associate . In this episode, we talk about why she joined the company and what she does in her role.

Mar 10, 20239 min

[Preview] Building a Culture of Empowerment: Reflections on Lessons Learned

Here is a quick preview of a webinar to be presented by Dr. Lisa Yerian, Chief Improvement Officer at Cleveland Clinic. Register here As with many lean journeys, we learn first, then lead. At the Cleveland Clinic, it was the same in developing a lean community of empowered healthcare workers. Dr. Lisa Yerian will share experiences and takeaways from Cleveland Clinic's ongoing lean journey. Dr. Lisa Yerian Chief Improvement Officer, Cleveland Clinic Lisa Yerian, MD, is Chief Improvement Offer and...

Mar 02, 20235 min

[Webinar] Introducing the Connections Between Habit Science and Continuous Improvement

Get the slides, video, and more Presented February 23 from 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET Presented by Morgan Wright (Customer Marketing Manager) and Greg Jacobson, MD (co-founder and CEO), from KaiNexus. This webinar serves as an introduction to the science of habits and how to form them. Future webinars in this series will take a deeper look into how to design Habit Loops for the different types of people in your organization. Key Learning Objectives: Building a culture of continuous improvement The Imp...

Feb 23, 202359 min

[Preview] Introducing the Connections Between Habit Science and Continuous Improvement

Register to attend live or view the recording February 23 from 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET Presented by Morgan Wright (Customer Marketing Manager) and Greg Jacobson, MD (co-founder and CEO), from KaiNexus. This webinar serves as an introduction to the science of habits and how to form them. Future webinars in this series will take a deeper look into how to design Habit Loops for the different types of people in your organization. Key Learning Objectives: Building a culture of continuous improvement The...

Feb 20, 20238 min

Matt Banna: Why I Stay With KaiNexus and How My Role Has Evolved

Enterprise Account Executive Matt Banna joins host Mark Graban to talk about his almost seven years working for KaiNexus. Find Matt on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-banna/ Enterprise Account Executive at KaiNexus from Chicagoland area, currently living in Austin, Texas. Skilled in interpersonal communication, sales strategy, and discovery, he loves meeting our customers and hearing about how they use KaiNexus! KaiNexus is a continuous improvement software platform designed to help o...

Feb 02, 202312 min

Magdalen Vaughn: Why I Joined KaiNexus, What I Do at KaiNexus

Magdalen Vaughn joined KaiNexus in 2022 as a Solutions Engineer. In this episode, we talk about: Why she joined the company What she does as a Solutions Engineer Her passion for acting and theatre From her LinkedIn bio: "I am a professional problem solver and learner at a Continuous Improvement Software company based in beautiful Austin, Tx. I love my company because we help businesses amplify the voices of their front line workers, and to care about one another's quality of life much the same w...

Jan 24, 202313 min

Stephanie Hill: Why I Joined KaiNexus, What I Do at KaiNexus

Stephanie Hill recently joined KaiNexus as a Senior Lean Strategist. Read her blog post: https://blog.kainexus.com/the-importance-of-proving-impact-in-continuous-improvement From her bio: "I have more than 20 years of experience applying Continuous Improvement and Leadership in manufacturing, retail, insurance, government, non-profit, and health industries. I have a Master Black Belt in Lean Six Sigma, certifications in SAFe 5.0 (Scaled Agile) and Strategic HR Leadership, a Master's degree in Pu...

Jan 17, 202313 min

Connecting Continuous Improvement to the Bottom Line - Webinar Recording, KaiNexus & Nick Katko

Video and more Presented by Nick Katko Lean is a long-term business strategy, primarily focusing on employees and learning. Through various continuous improvement practices, employees learn to master their work, solve the right problems and help an organization learn how to do things tomorrow it cannot do today. The operational impact of continuous improvement is well known. Eliminating waste creates capacity, which can be used to serve customers better, improve productivity and improve employee...

Jan 10, 202357 min

[Preview] Connecting Continuous Improvement to the Bottom Line — Webinar

Register to attend live or view the recording January 10 from 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET Presented by Nick Katko Lean is a long-term business strategy, primarily focusing on employees and learning. Through various continuous improvement practices, employees learn to master their work, solve the right problems and help an organization learn how to do things tomorrow it cannot do today. The operational impact of continuous improvement is well known. Eliminating waste creates capacity, which can be used ...

Jan 03, 202311 min

Managing Transformation Projects, Improvements, and Learning in a Virtual Environment [Webinar]

UMass Memorial Health Webinar page Presented by Cliona Archambeault and Penny Iannelli of UMass Memorial Health Join us for a panel discussion with two leaders from UMass Memorial Health (UMMH) as we discuss how they’ve created a culture of continuous improvement at UMMH that has led to more than 100,000 employee ideas being implemented! They both work for a healthcare organization – this is true – but please keep reading (and join us!) if you work in other sectors, including manufacturing. Why?...

Dec 13, 20221 hr 1 min

Webinar: Mindfulness and Leading Lean

Webinar video and more November 15, 2022 -- Presented by Dave Kippen Are you a Lean Leader who wants to learn more about Mindfulness? Do you practice Mindfulness and want to understand how to apply those principles directly to your Lean leadership? There is a strong connection between great Lean Leaders and the principles and tenets of Mindfulness. This quick and focused session will make the connection between four key Mindfulness tenets and how they mirror and support how we practice improving...

Nov 15, 20221 hr

Mindfulness and Leading Lean - Webinar Preview with Dave Kippen

Register for the live webinar (or get the recording after November 15 ) Preview of a webinar to be presented by Dave Kippen Are you a Lean Leader who wants to learn more about Mindfulness? Do you practice Mindfulness and want to understand how to apply those principles directly to your Lean leadership? There is a strong connection between great Lean Leaders and the principles and tenets of Mindfulness. This quick and focused session will make the connection between four key Mindfulness tenets an...

Oct 21, 202210 min

Ask Us Anything! Episode 30 -- Greg Jacobson, MD and Mark Graban of KaiNexus

Listen to Episode 30 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. In this webinar, questions and topics included: Mindfulness? What was your dream job when you were a kid? Are you all fully back in the office now and what Covid safety precautions do you still take? Thoughts on timing to get the new Omicron booster? Who should get it? What do you think are t...

Oct 06, 20221 hr 1 min

[Webinar] The Importance of Storytelling in Continuous Improvement (Paul Critchley, Presenter)

Get slides, video, and more Presented by Paul Critchley, President & Lean Consultant at New England Lean Consulting Telling stories is one of the most powerful methods that leaders have to influence, teach, and inspire people. Beyond numbers, goals, and KPIs, stories help to convey the culture and the values that can unite and inspire everyone within the workplace. In this webinar, we’ll learn more about how storytelling can help garner support for Lean and Continuous Improvement by making i...

Sep 07, 202256 min

Webinar Preview: The Importance of Storytelling in Continuous Improvement by Paul Critchley

Register for the September 7, 2022 webinar: https://info.kainexus.com/continuous-improvement/the-importance-of-storytelling-in-continuous-improvement/webinar/signup?hsLang=en This is a preview of the webinar that Paul Critchley will present as part of the KaiNexus Continuous Improvement Webinar series. He gives a preview today in a discussion with Mark Graban, a senior advisor with KaiNexus. Paul Critchley is President & Lean Consultant at New England Lean Consulting. Telling stories is one ...

Aug 31, 202213 min

Kaleigh Krauss: Why Did You Join KaiNexus? What is Your Role?

We are joined today by Kaleigh Krauss , a Customer Success Manager with KaiNexus . Host Mark Graban asks Kaleigh questions including: Why did you join KaiNexus? What is the role of Customer Success Manager and how do you help others? What's the process for handing off from onboarding to ongoing customer success help? How are you helping cats and dogs even?...

Aug 04, 202210 min

Linda Vicaro: Why Did You Join KaiNexus? What is Your Role?

We are joined today by Linda Vicaro , a Senior Lean Strategist with KaiNexus . Host Mark Graban asks Linda questions including: What is your role? What is the "optimization review" Why did you join KaiNexus? Your perspective on being a customer and champion for KaiNexus, who now works with customers? What's it like now working with people across many industries, not just healthcare?...

Jul 07, 202211 min

Q&A with Mark Graban -- His Webinar on Learning from Mistakes, as Individuals and Organizations

Mark Graban addresses questions from this webinar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhphevuvuoA&ab_channel=KaiNexus His blog post about the mistakes that derailed the webinar: https://www.leanblog.org/2022/06/isnt-it-ironic-mistakes-that-interrupted-my-webinar-about-mistakes/ Questions Q: "I’ve experienced creating psychological safety by asking questions in a certain way when doing root cause analysis and capturing lessons learned. Keeping focus away from people and centering on processes fo...

Jul 05, 202210 min

[Webinar] My Favorite Mistake, Your Favorite Mistake? Learning From Mistakes as Individuals and Organizations (Mark Graban)

Webinar recording, a presentation by Mark Graban Video and more Links to more info from Mark's website In this talk, you will learn and hear stories about: · Why it’s important to admit mistakes to ourselves · How to reflect on mistakes without being too hard on ourselves · How to prevent repeating our mistakes · Key leader behaviors that create a culture where it’s safe for people to admit mistakes Our presenter, Mark Graban, is a Senior Advisor for KaiNexus… and he just had his 11th KaiNexiver...

Jun 28, 202250 min

Mark Graban Webinar Preview: My Favorite Mistake, Your Favorite Mistake? Learning From Mistakes as Individuals and Organizations

A quick conversation between Mark Graban and Morgan Wright, both of KaiNexus, talking about Mark's upcoming webinar Learn more, register here (or, after June 28, get the recording) https://info.kainexus.com/continuous-improvement/learning-from-mistakes-as-individuals-and-organizations/webinar/signup In this talk, you will learn and hear stories about: · Why it’s important to admit mistakes to ourselves · How to reflect on mistakes without being too hard on ourselves · How to prevent repeating ou...

Jun 23, 20226 min
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