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If
you don't keep getting better,
you keep getting worse.
If
you stop
learning,
you stop creating history and
become history. |
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How
How do you need to improve to
realize your purpose?
The purpose and the vision of
the desired future state align
your continuous-improvement
actions in that direction.
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Kaizen is human-centric continuous
improvement journey.
The
6Ws are Why, Who, What, How, Where, and
When. |
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Why
Why do you want to
improve continuously?
Be passionate about what you do and your target audience and
strive to create increasingly higher value for your beloved ones
whoever they are – family, friends, community, customers, partners,
peers, sponsors, investors. |
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Everything can and should be
improved
‒ look for opportunities! |
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How
How do you need to improve to
realize your purpose?
The purpose and the vision of
the desired future state align
your continuous-improvement
actions in that direction.
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When
When should you implement the
intended changes to achieve the
greatest positive impact? Having
identified the right place,
identify the right time for your
intervention. “Right place,
right time” is a well-known
formula for success. Perfect
timing is
the difference that makes the
difference.
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"Kaizen"
means quite
different things in
Japan and
the West.
In Japan, "kaizen" is a
journey
that focuses on people – it calls to start any improvement with
yourself and then improve everything around you.
In the West, "kaizen" is narrowly
focused on improving processes. |
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