Kaizen: The Ultimate Guide to Mastering Continuous Improvement and Transforming Your Life with Self Discipline
"Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible."
~Saint Francis of Assisi
Kaizen is the Sino-Japanese word for 'improvement'. In business, kaizen refers to activities that continuously improve all functions and involve all employees from the CEO to the assembly line workers. It also applies to processes, such as purchasing and logistics, that cross organizational boundaries into the supply chain. It has been applied in healthcare, psychotherapy, life-coaching, government, and banking.
Kaizen focuses on continuous improvement and transforming your life to have the self-discipline to accomplish all the goals that are set. The use of Kaizen in business has proven to have very high results. This audiobook explores the history of Kaizen, how to incorporate it into any business world, and how to have to self-discipline to stay with the program.
Kaizen is a daily process, the purpose of which goes beyond simple productivity improvement. It is also a process that, when done correctly, humanizes the workplace, eliminates overly hard work, and teaches people how to perform experiments on their work using the scientific method and how to learn to spot and eliminate waste in business processes.
Kaizen into their workplace achieves positive results. In the business world it is essential that this method be explored to reap the benefits that it provides. The use of this age old technique will shape any business into shape.