Yuta Mogami, Ph.D.·Nov 2Beyond Kaizen: What Must Leaders Be Willing to Question?Welcoming employees’ ideas is one thing. Allowing their questions to challenge our own assumptions is another.
InJaponica PublicationbyHana·Oct 26Japan's KAIZEN Culture: Two Improvement Ideas Every Month?!The philosophy is brilliant. The monthly quota is another story.A response icon4A response icon4
Rushikesh Kardule·Oct 20Yield Loss in Sulphation Process during Startup and StoppageWhen people talk about improving yield in a continuous plant, they usually look at the big things: reactor design, raw material quality…
Bedirhan ŞEN·Oct 20Stop Fixing Everything at OnceWhy radical life overhauls fail, and what factory floors do instead
John Lentini·Oct 16A Japanese Perspective on Sustaining EffortMembers of older generations often say they see a growing trend, even an epidemic, of laziness among younger people. But what is laziness…
Stephen Allott·Sep 29Chronicles of Craft: “Kaizen” means good change in Japanese.Today’s Chronicle: Japanese continuous improvement programmes are now more powerful than ever. Staff are more engaged and happier. Quality…
Yu Suda·Sep 29Nemawashi: The Japanese Practice of Going Around the Roots FirstThere is a word in Japanese business that gets translated as consensus-building, which makes it sound like a meeting. It is not a meeting…
Yu Suda·Sep 28Muda: Toyota’s Seven Wastes, Translated for the KitchenMuda is the Japanese word for waste, and in the Toyota system it has a precise meaning: any step that uses time or effort without adding…
Hiro | The Invisible Japan·Sep 1Kaizen Beyond Business: Why Small Changes MatterWhat Japan’s idea of continuous improvement looks like in everyday life
Thakur Manish Singh Bohra·Aug 30Kaizen in Finance: How Small Money Improvements Can Build Long-Term WealthWhen people think about becoming financially successful, they often imagine making a huge investment, earning a high salary, starting a…
