This presentation is the slides from the KaiNexus webinar “The Kaizen/Kata Nexus: How a Free Idea Can Be Priceless.”

You can watch the webinar here.

• All ideas are not created equal

• Kaizen & Kata play well together

• Hospital example: BMV compliance

• Hospital example: Patient boards

• Kata — powered by KaiNexus

• Connecting the Lean dots

Intensity of People Development

Overall

Impact

Impact =

Just Process

Improvement

Impact =

PI + Staff

Engagement

Impact = PI

+ SE + New

Mindsets

• Engage everybody

• A little better, every day

• Start with a problem or opportunity – PDSA

• Don’t repeat suggestion box system mistakes

• Leadership is key

• Scientific method, but with direction

• Scientific method, but deliberately practiced to change mindsets

• Not just another process improvement technique

Image courtesy of Mike Rother

Image courtesy of Mike Rother

Image courtesy of Mike Rother

Kata Reinforces Kaizen

• More scientific thinkers, developed more methodically

• More effective coaches, developed more methodically

• Gives improvement efforts direction & alignment

Kaizen Enables Kata

• Cultures conducive to experimentation & learning

• Both based on scientific method, making it easy for Kata to “plug & play” with Kaizen framework

Target Condition

Current Condition

Iteration

Lean Component Plays well w/ Kaizen? Plays well w/ Kata?

A3 Problem-Solving

Strategy Deployment

Daily Management System

Kaizen Events

Value Stream Management

KaiNexus/Employee Idea System

Old-Fashioned Project Management

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