Kaizen

Japanese concept of continuous improvement.

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Key Insights & Principles

Business

1. Continuous small improvements lead to large improvements in quality, productivity, and efficiency over time.
2. Kaizen begins from top management and the culture of trying new ideas and small changes to improve each day.
3. Kaizen is the opposite of grand restructuring and changes.

1. Encourage everyone to seek out and implement small improvements each day.
2. Successful improvements should be shared so that improvements can scale.
3. Reward successful innovation.

Personal Growth

1. There are always small ways we can improve.
2. Mastery is the product of small improvements over a long time scale.
3. Everyone has the ability to be excellent at something through the long process of small improvements over time.

1. Continuously look for ways to improve and raise the bar.

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