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project kaizen

Norman Bodek Kicked the Door Open

by Hal on October 25, 2005

in lean, project kaizen

The godfather of lean says, “All you gotta do is ask.” Read on…

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Crash, but Don’t Burn

by Hal on December 1, 2004

in lean, project kaizen

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Can anyone upstage Tom Peters’ kaizen Is…Very Dangerous Stuff? How about David Drickhamer? David has a different view on kaizen, Continuous Improvement — Crash, But Don’t Burn, appearing in Industry Week.
People often cringe when I say, “Fail early [...]

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Kaizen Is…Very Dangerous Stuff

by Hal on November 29, 2004

in lean, project kaizen

Excellence has become transient…the Pursuit of Perfection gets in the way of ferreting out the Next Big Thing.
Tom Peters is doing what Tom Peters does best — promoting big ideas and himself along the way. Don’t get me wrong; I’m a very big Tom Peters fan. His in your face, not-to-be-ignored style grabs [...]

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Are Ideas Free?

by Hal on November 11, 2004

in books, project kaizen

A host of books have been published on company-wide improvement approaches. One of the first descriptions of the approach that makes Toyota and other Japanese firms successful with continuous improvement was kaizen, written by Masaaki Imai, published in 1986. Imai updated that work with gemba kaizen in 1997. Along the way there [...]

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Personal Kaizen

by Hal on June 10, 2003

in lean, project kaizen, tips

Make continuous improvement the example you set on your projects

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Letter to Joe — In pursuit of fewer projects (and bigger returns)

by Hal on September 13, 2002

in innovation, lean, project kaizen

Comparing kaizen with the usual forms of group improvement activity…

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