Tag: KaiNexus
New @KaiNexus “Explainer Video” – With 3 Use Cases
In the "Lean Startup" parlance, our startup KaiNexus is not going into an existing market - we are working to develop a new market...
KaiNexus Gives People a Voice
I was recently at a conference and the microphone struck me... it looks an awful lot like our KaiNexus logo (or I see our...
Are Suggestion Boxes Really Going Away? What Say Amazon?
Last week, I found and read an article, "Whatever happened to the company suggestion box?," that makes some really great points about the problems...
KaiNexus Updates – White Paper and Customer Videos
I've been busy over the past year working with the startup KaiNexus. Our technology is now being used (or in the process of going...
Excited to Meet Masaaki Imai Today in Seattle
Today is an exciting day for me, as I'll get to meet a famed Kaizen guru - Masaaki Imai. We are in Seattle for...
Podcast #149 – Gregory Jacobson, MD, CEO of KaiNexus on Kaizen...
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My guest for episode #149 is Gregory Jacobson, MD, the co-founder and CEO at KaiNexus. We'll be talking about his early work with Kaizen...
Update on KaiNexus – Making Improvement Easier in New Ways &...
It's been about a year since I started working with a software startup KaiNexus. We've made a lot of progress in that year, refining...
Preview of the KaiNexus iPhone App – making improvement easier, anywhere
KaiNexus has an initial v 1.0 iPhone app that's about ready to be submitted to Apple!
It's been an exciting past few months at KaiNexus,...
KaiNexus Education Video #5 – Moving Beyond Suggestion Boxes
Here is the fifth in our series of short, simple Kaizen education videos from KaiNexus, a software startup where I am on the management team....
A Nice Kaizen Example from the PACU
"Kaizen" is a Japanese word that means "change for the better" in the context of ongoing "continuous improvement." The so-called "kaizen event," a weeklong...
Suggestion Boxes are Disliked & Ineffective Around the World
I love employee ideas and continuous improvement, but I really dislike suggestion boxes. As I've said, they are well intended, but the whole suggestion...
Interview About ‘The Sergeant Thomas Joseph Sullivan Center’ – Daniel Sullivan...
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Episode #134 is a different topic than usual. Instead of strictly talking Lean, today's discussion is about broader issues of healthcare quality and the...