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The Spirit of Kaizen

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I read a book - the Spirit of Kaizen - Creating Lasting Excellence One Small Step at a Time by Robert Maurer. The title says what kaizen is - the process of continually creating excellence or continually getting just a bit better. The same is true of Kaizen. For me, most kaizen revolves around those.

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Toyota Under Fire

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Instead of firing employees like many other large firms were doing at the time, Toyota embraced its mantra of kaizen (Toyota’s firm philosophy of change/improvement for the better) and held company-wide training seminars (most impressively in factories it had stopped production in).

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The Network is Your Customer

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Now more than ever, Kaizen applies. Of course reach out digitally to your customers and prospect. 5 - Collaborate. Respond to what the network is saying and work with them to constantly improve. Interesting and thought provoking book. Social media can be an endless task and create guilt if not approached well.

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