The continuous improvement process in business should involve action when problems arise, not solved later by others. The concept is often not applied properly.
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Innovation and Kaizen are related, and one goes with the other. Innovation deals with large changes while Kaizen carries out small daily continuous improvements
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1. Visual management. At first, finding problems to solve is relatively easy, but some have existed for so long that workarounds seem like standard practice. Rooting them out can be one of the greater challenges in later phases of the Continuous Improvement journey. The key is for people to be able to see problems when [...]
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There is an old Buddhist allegory about the relativity of ‘good’ and ‘bad’ luck: A wise farmer had worked his crops for many years. One day his horse ran away. Upon hearing this news, his neighbors came to visit him. “Such bad luck,” they said sympathetically. “Maybe,” the farmer replied. The next morning the horse [...]
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An ongoing debate is that innovation is better than problem solving. But in reality you cant have one without the other. Innovation is usually large scope change, kaizen is the small continuous change demanded daily. Innovation – that is large scale is scary – the smaller low key circumvents the fear mechanisms. It’s the frog [...]
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