Kaizen: The Japanese Method for Transforming Habits, One Small Step at a Time

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If you suspect that you have an unhealthy relationship with your phone, try having a digital detox. Try deleting a social media app from your phone and only accessing it via your desktop. Or if that feels too drastic, try moving your social media apps into a separate folder hidden away on your phone, so that you don’t just automatically go to them on your home screen. Work The focused activity surrounding this solution is often referred to as a kaizen blitz, while it is the responsibility of each member to adopt the improved standardised procedure and eliminate waste from within the local environment. Part of practising self-compassion is not over-stretching yourself by doing things that you don’t want to do. Do you find that you are overwhelmed with trying to see everybody and fit everything in? Try to designate at least one or two nights per week for vegging out, doing your washing and cooking something healthy. Having more control over your own schedule and setting boundaries can feel wondrously liberating. Improve your life fearlessly with this essential guide to kaizen—the art of making great and lasting change through small, steady steps.

Nemoto, M.: Total Quality Control for Management: Strategies and Techniques from Toyota and Toyoda Gosei. Prentice Hal (1987) From the bestselling author of Linchpin, Tribes,and The Dipcomes to an elegant little book that will inspire artists, writers, and entrepreneurs to stretch and commit to putting their best work out into the world. Either way, starting small and making small progress while trying to change makes total sense to me. What I have a hard time accepting is if you have the discipline or willpower to floss one tooth a night until it becomes a habit why not just floss all your teeth?Sawada, N.: The Kaizen at Toyota production system. CHU-SAN-REN Qual. Control Course Nagoya 1(6), 1–38 (1995)

James Altucher’s show was the first podcast I ever heard. I came across his blog while procrastinating at work and probably figuring out what to do with my life. Considered as the Father of Kaizen, Masaaki Imai globally introduced kaizen as a systematic management methodology in Kaizen: The Key to Japan’s Competitive Success (1986). Today, organizations across different industries adopt kaizen as a part of their core values and practice continuous improvement on a day-to-day basis with concepts from six sigma and lean. It is also used with other analytical frameworks such as SWOT. “Kaizen is everyday improvement—every day is a challenge to find a better way of doing things. It needs tremendous self-discipline and commitment.” Oropeza-Vento, M., García-Alcaraz, J., Maldonado-Macías, A., Martínez-Loya, V.: The impact of managerial commitment and Kaizen benefits on companies. J. Manuf. Technol. Manage. 27(5), 692–712 (2016) The kaizen philosophy is not a one-time fix but a long-term approach. By making small, incremental changes, organizations can gradually improve their processes and systems, leading to significant long-term benefits. These benefits include increased efficiency, higher quality, and a more engaged and motivated workforce. The Kaizen philosophy was first introduced to the world by Masaaki Imai in 1986. Imai is a renowned expert on quality control and management and has been a driving force behind the popularization of the kaizen philosophy. He believes that the key to success is in continuous improvement and that this can only be achieved by involving everyone in the organization. Reduce Waste with KaizenJust do a little bit. Five minutes a day--anyone can carve out that much time. So I would read on the bus or the subway. And sometimes it was only 5 or 10 minutes. I did 10 minutes on the exercise bike. I worked on an unfinished project for 10 minutes.