Kaizen Teams without Kaizen Events

A very different take on Kaizen teams and Kaizen events are expressed in this video. The Friday Video Series continues with Dr. Michael Balle, the Gemba Coach at the Lean Enterprise Institute. This series of videos continues with a central theme of Kaizen. Dr. Balle is a multiple Shingo Prize winner as an author of Read More …

Holding Kaizen Events Part 3 0f 3

This is a transcription of the podcast that I had with Karen Martin the co-author of The Kaizen Event Planner: Achieving Rapid Improvement in Office, Service and Technical Environments. Karen shared so much new information that I had split the podcast into 2 parts. The 3rd part is the transcription of the podcast. These podcasts Read More …

Holding Successful Kaizen Events (2 of 3)

Last week the Business901 podcast, featured Karen Martin the co-author of The Kaizen Event Planner: Achieving Rapid Improvement in Office, Service and Technical Environments. Karen shared so much new information that I have split the podcast and this is part 2 of 3. The 3rd part will be the transcription of the podcast unless you Read More …

Holding successful Kaizen Events (1 of 3)

This weeks Business901 podcast, featured Karen Martin the co-author of  The Kaizen Event Planner: Achieving Rapid Improvement in Office, Service and Technical Environments. Karen shared so much new information that I have split the podcast in 3 parts of 20 minutes each. These podcasts are a wealth of information on Kaizen Events and a great Read More …

Are you running numerous Kaizen Events, should you be?

This weeks Business901 podcast, will feature Karen Martin the co-author of  The Kaizen Event Planner: Achieving Rapid Improvement in Office, Service and Technical Environments as a quick introduction to my Kaizen week I thought I would start out with one of the first questions I asked Karen in the interview: Joe:  So when you say Read More …