If you are going to do kaizen continuouslyyou've got to assume that things are a mess. Too many people just assume that things are all right the way they are. Aren't you guys convinced that the way you're doing things is the right way? That's no way to get anything done. Kaizen is about changing the way things are. If you assume that things are all right the way they are, you can't do kaizen. So change something!
Where there is no Standard there can be no Kaizen
The most dangerous kind of waste is the waste we do not recognize.
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.
Never stop investing. Never stop improving. Never stop doing something new. Make it your goal to be better each and every day, in some small way. Remember the Japanese concept of Kaizen. Small daily improvements eventually result in huge advantages.
The Kaizen Philosophy assumes that our way of life - be it our working life, our social life, or our home life - deserves to be constantly improved.
Kaizen means ongoing improvement involving everybody, without spending much money.
You can't do kaizen just once or twice and expect immediate results. You have to be in it for the long haul.
Never stop investing. Never stop improving. Never stop doing something new.
A reputation for a thousand years may depend upon the conduct of a single moment.
In absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia.
Sometimes the best kaizen is no kaizen at all.
