Kainexus Continuous Improvement Podcast

A webinar preview... register at www.kainexus.com/webinars  Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn: Creating an Intentional People-Centered Culture May 21 from 1:00 - 2:00 ET Presented by Katie Anderson, KBJ Anderson Consulting In this webinar, Katie will present on becoming a more intentional people-centered leader. The key learning points are: Understand the three key roles of a leader in developing an intentional people-centered culture Preview quotes and inside stories from Isao Yoshino's 40 years of learning and leading at Toyota from the soon-to-be published book, Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn Discover some little known history about how Toyota intentionally developed its culture of respect for people and continuous improvement Learn several practices to help create a people-centered culture as both a leader or coach Set your own intention for how you will improve as a leader of coach in creating a people-centered culture in your organization

View the slides: https://info.kainexus.com/improvement-disciplines/strategy-deployment/driving-strategies-across-the-system/webinar/signup A webinar presented by Presented by Bill Griffith, AVP Integration and Standardization at Broward Health Hosted by KaiNexus and Mark Graban In this webinar, Bill will present on: Background of strategy deployment Driving factors to utilize KaiNexus Identifying system strategies Connecting hospital strategies Lessons learned Questions and answers Bill Griffith has worked as a senior executive coach to transform healthcare by eliminating waste, over $1 Billion in cost enhancements, and reducing length of stay while increasing volume in key service lines. Bill has a strong operational background in Lean Six Sigma, implementing in multiple industries around the world. He has identified process improvements that have eliminated millions of dollars of waste while adding time back for customers and associates.

Register here: https://info.kainexus.com/improvement-disciplines/strategy-deployment/driving-strategies-across-the-system/webinar/signup This is a quick preview of a webinar that will be presented on April 29th, by Bill Griffith, AVP Integration and Standardization at Broward Health. Bill has worked in many industries, so there will be something to learn for everybody.

A webinar presented by KaiNexus Chief Revenue Officer Jeff Roussel. Hosted by Alison Greco of Continuous Improvement International. https://continuous-improvement.com/webinars/ Are you struggling to drive continuous improvement culture in your organization? Do you need to revive a CI culture that has lost momentum? Join Jeff Roussel, a true continuous improvement leader and believer, who will lead you through diagnosing your culture challenge. Jeff has worked with over 100 companies in their Lean and continuous improvement journeys. He has seen. it. all. We’ll walk through the Golden Triangle – People, Process, Technology – to uncover the source of your challenge and provide you with advice you can implement right now.

Presented April 9th by Steve Kane, Director of Coaching and Certification for Gemba Academy   To view slides: https://info.kainexus.com/continuous-... Part of a leader's job is to help people develop or improve capabilities. Coaching is quickly becoming a highly demanded skill set for leaders at all organizational levels to not only to help people get things done, but also improve their skills so that they can work more independently. There are important differences between coaching and teaching, mentoring, advising, or consulting.  In this webinar, you will learn:  * the role of a coach and the person being coached in a business environment * recognizing opportunities to coach and covert coaching coaching models * coaching as a leadership technique * where to find learning resources   About the Presenter: Steve is responsible for Gemba Academy's lean coaching and certifications. Prior to Gemba Academy, Steve had a diverse career ranging from being responsible for a large medical device sa

We know these are uncertain times, and everyone has questions about how to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus (COVID-19). It's hard to know what information to trust with opinions floating all over the internet. We're lucky here at KaiNexus because our CEO is an Emergency Medicine Physician, and he's been working hard to keep us all safe and informed. We're extending that same advantage to you by offering this Ask Docs Anything webinar, in which we'll have physicians ready to answer your questions. Meet The Panelists: Dr. Mason W. Mileur Dr. Mason W. Mileur is an internist in Austin, Texas. He is affiliated with St. David's Medical Center. He received his medical degree from University of Texas Medical School and has been in practice nearly 10 years. Dr. Greg Jacobson Dr. Greg Jacobson is an emergency medicine physician in Austin, Texas and has been practicing for over twenty years. He is also the Chief Executive Officer at KaiNexus. He received his medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine.

A webinar panel discussion recording from March 27  As we continue to learn more about the new norm we're facing, a lot of people are dealing with one of the toughest changes yet: kids in quarantine. Tune in for advice on how to cope with kids in quarantine from: KaiNexus Chief Revenue Officer (and parent) Jeff Roussel Parent Sara Evans, mom of three Parent and middle school science teacher, Katie Webb Cyphert Get resources: https://info.kainexus.com/continuous-improvement/webinar/kids-in-quarantine-advice-from-parents/signup

Previously, we've hosted "Ask Us Anything" sessions where people submitted questions to doctors about coronavirus.  In this webinar, live attendees played along and competed in an interactive "bar trivia" style quiz show. After each answer, E.R. physician Dr. Gregory Jacobson provided additional commentary about the answers. We think you'll enjoy the recording, though, and there's a lot of great content   The recorded quiz show will start after about 5 or 10 minutes of introductory comments by Greg.  Dr. Greg Jacobson is an emergency medicine physician in Austin, Texas and has been practicing for over twenty years. He is also the Chief Executive Officer at KaiNexus. He received his medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine.

Host Mark Graban asks questions that were submitted for two doctors to answer -- Dr. Greg Jacobson (emergency medicine) and Dr. Mason Mileur (internal medicine). Read questions and their summary answers here:  https://blog.kainexus.com/your-questions-answered-for-our-ask-docs-anything-about-covid-19-webinar You can get more resources about Covid-19 here:   https://blog.kainexus.com/a-list-of-covid-19-resources-to-help-clear-things-up We know these are uncertain times, and everyone has questions about how to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus (COVID-19). It's hard to know what information to trust with opinions floating all over the internet.  We're lucky here at KaiNexus because our CEO is an Emergency Medicine Physician, and he's been working hard to keep us all safe and informed.  We're extending that same advantage to you by offering this Ask Us Anything webinar, in which we'll have a panel of three physicians ready to answer your questions.   Meet The Panelists: &nb

Register here: https://info.kainexus.com/continuous-improvement/coaching-strategies-for-leaders/webinar/signup Coaching Strategies for Leaders April 8 from 1:00 - 2:00 ET Presented by Steve Kane, Director of Coaching and Certification for Gemba Academy Part of a leader's job is to help people develop or improve capabilities. Coaching is quickly becoming a highly demanded skill set for leaders at all organizational levels to not only to help people get things done, but also improve their skills so that they can work more independently. There are important differences between coaching and teaching, mentoring, advising, or consulting. In this webinar, you will learn: the role of a coach and the person being coached in a business environment recognizing opportunities to coach and covert coaching coaching models coaching as a leadership technique where to find learning resources About the Presenter: Steve is responsible for Gemba Academy's lean coaching and certifications. Prior to Gemba Academy, Steve h

In this episode, we take advantage of the opportunity to get the perspectives of Greg Jacobson, MD on our questions about coronavirus.  We also take one viewer question on the challenges of trying to do continuous improvement work when we're in a work from home mode.

Presented by Mark Jaben, M.D., author of the book "Free the Brain" Maybe you had expected more. Maybe it went ok, but you’d like it to go smoother. Maybe its gone well and you want to understand about how that happened for next time. Maybe you’d like change to be less of a hassle. If so, this webinar is for you. As a result of this webinar, you will understand: Change is a verb, not a noun The fundamental unit of change Why your belief about what’s going on is not the result of what you think. Why conflict is what you should expect and what you actually need for successful change The choice to resist or engage is not an analytical one, so why approach it that way. We are not wired to resist; we are wired to succeed. An ideal change must work AND be workable; judging each uses different functions in the brain.

Register for the webinar here: https://info.kainexus.com/continuous-improvement/a-great-idea-isnt-enough-for-change/webinar/signup Host Mark Graban is joined by Mark Jaben, MD for the preview of this webinar: A Great Idea Isn't Enough for Successful Change March 3 from 1:00 - 2:00 ET Presented by Mark Jaben, M.D., author of the book "Free the Brain" About Mark:  Mark is a residency trained, board certified Emergency Physician with over 35 years of clinical experience. After 20 years in a single hospital group, he spent the next 13 years as an independent emergency physician practicing in a wide range of settings, including hospitals, Indian Health Service facilities, office practices, and EMS services. His initial immersion into Lean came in 2008 while living and working in Taupo, New Zealand, where he had the opportunity to test Lean methodology while leading implementation efforts at the hospital there. After returning to the US, he continued to apply these concepts in emergency departments, hospitals,

Join us for episode 27 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.  Topics and Questions Today Are:  Why is Greg bouncing up and down?  How do you convince management that implementing Lean is a long-term methodology?  Whist CI has been around for a long time, with many different tools of CI, what are the most recent new tools or systems of CI that are gathering momentum in the manufacturing industry primarily?  "How do you currently measure success with customers? For example:  Voice of the Customer (VOC) metric? Not ""Voice of the Business"", i.e. account sales, etc.

Join us for episode 26 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. Topics and Questions Today Are: Can you provide guidance on how to determine performance indicators? I am in the business of certification exams and most of my work is focused on coaching working groups to reduce process waste and creating solutions to challenges that resulted in errors. I'm struggling to apply the manufacturing indicators to my core business but totally see the relationship and its applicability. Help? Do you have any culture change improvement activities you like the most or believe to be effective? What are improvement or problem solving methods that are more efficient for the beginning of the improvement journey? Lean, Six Sigma, DMAIC, Design thinking, TRIZ, or what else? How can we defeat silos an in organisation with interrelated departmental functions to attain synchronicity in t

A webinar presented by Mark Graban, hosted by KaiNexus. See the slides: https://info.kainexus.com/continuous-improvement/continuous-improvement-leadership/alignment-and-intrinsic-motivation/webinar/signup In this webinar, you will learn: - The real meaning of "the carrot and the stick - The difference between motivating people and not demotivating them - The role of "recognition and rewards" in continuous improvement - The leadership behaviors that drive participation and alignment related to improvement

Online: https://info.kainexus.com/continuous-improvement/continuous-improvement-leadership/guide-change/webinar/signup Presented by Ritu Ward In this webinar, you will learn: Leadership elements of change management Designing a system to navigate leadership behaviors Reflections of “A Journey” using elements discussed Ritu Ward is the Regional Vice President for Mercy Labs in the West Region. She is an accomplished and talented executive leader in healthcare operations and system designs. Ward has held multiple leadership positions in large healthcare systems. Her expertise includes developing and maintaining client relations, strategy development, regulatory compliance and process improvements through technology tools and developing future leaders. She has spoken at both local and national conferences about service as the key driver for delivering healthcare. Over the past 15 years she has informally mentored young adults entering into the profession and mid level leaders advancing their careers in heal

Register at https://info.kainexus.com/continuous-improvement/continuous-improvement-leadership/guide-change/webinar/signup Leadership Behaviors to Guide Effective Change Today's podcast is a quick preview of the upcoming webinar, presented by Ritu Ward and hosted by Jeff Roussel. November 19 from 1:00 - 2:00 ET In this webinar, you will learn: Leadership elements of change management Designing a system to navigate leadership behaviors Reflections of “A Journey” using elements discussed About the Presenter: Ritu Ward is the Regional Vice President for Mercy Labs in the West Region. She is an accomplished and talented executive leader in healthcare operations and system designs. Ward has held multiple leadership positions in large healthcare systems. Her expertise includes developing and maintaining client relations, strategy development, regulatory compliance and process improvements through technology tools and developing future leaders. She has spoken at both local and national conferences about servic

For the latest in our series, our guest is Kade Jansson, an onboarding manager who is part of the KaiNexus customer experience team. Today, we talk about why Kade joined the company three years ago, as he found an opportunity to combine interests in technology and business -- a hybrid of those two interests -- in a way that solves problems for customers. We also talk about disc golf and chat more about Kade's backyard chickens... and you won't be surprised that he's going through successful PDCA cycles of continuous improvement that's driven measurable results (with and for the chickens). Learn more about the KaiNexus team: https://www.kainexus.com/continuous-improvement/kainexus-team

For the latest in our series, we're joined by Adam Darnell, the training and enablement manager at KaiNexus. In this episode, Adam talks about the three factors that were pillars of his recent search for a new opportunity: 1) company culture 2) mentoring and leadership and 3) personal and professional growth opportunities. Adam shares advice for others about how they can learn more about a company's culture before joining. We also chat about two of his passions outside of work -- composing music for commercials, films, and apps -- and also traveling the world when he can. Learn more about the KaiNexus team: https://www.kainexus.com/continuous-improvement/kainexus-team Listen to  samples of Adam's music and sounds here: https://audiojungle.net/user/sinesphere/portfolio