The Kaizen Way: ONE SMALL STEP CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE

Kaizen is a Japanese word meaning “change for the better” or “continuous improvement.”  It can be used in business as well as your personal life.  Kaizen is continuous improvement and what you apply it to is up to you.  If you want one place for lots of continuous improvement information this is a good place to start:  Need Continuous Improvement Training? Try these resources.

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Kaizen Quotes

• “There are no big problems – there are just a lot of little problems.” ~Henry Ford
• “Progress cannot be generated when we are satisfied with existing situations.” ~Taiichi Ohno
• “The most dangerous kind of waste is the waste we do not recognize.” ~Shigeo Shingo
• “There’s no good idea that can’t be improved on.”  ~Michael Eisner
• “Something is wrong if workers do not look around each day, find things that are tedious or boring, and then rewrite the procedures. Even last month’s manual should be out of date.” ~Taiichi Ohno
• “Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.”  ~Robert Collier
• “Progress is impossible without change; and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” ~George Bernard Shaw
• “The message of the Kaizen strategy is that not a day should go by without some kind of improvement being made somewhere in the company.” ~Masaaki Imai
• “The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.”  ~Albert Einstein
• “The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and starting on the first one.” ~Mark Twain