CEO Blog

DECEMBER 24, 2012

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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Kaizen Competitive Advantage Long-term Goal 100

Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

We got our black belts in six-sigma; words or acronyms like Kaizen, PDCA, TQM, QC and ISO became everyday parts of our work language. ” Welcome to the era of growth through innovation. When I first met then Southeast Airlines CEO, Herb Kelleher, we were both working the booth at the 1997 BookExpo at Chicago’s McCormick Center.

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Six Sigma TQM Airlines Wilde 150

The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Edwards Deming and encapsulated by Japanese car giant Toyota, whose quality circles, kaizen, and takt time quickly spread throughout the manufacturing sector. The first-generation of the learning organization reached its nadir with the continuous improvement movement launched by W.

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Osborne Development Tacit Knowledge Kaizen 96

Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 2, 2009

Another well known blogger said that if a CEO did this, it showed he was clueless. Tough times are an opportunity to drive change and innovation. I’m not talking about panic-driven change, rather well though out process improvements and innovation. Think task forces, committees, action learning, and Kaizen workshops.

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Kaizen Leadership Committee Short-term 120

Deming Institute

JANUARY 16, 2017

Speaking of continuous improvement, my GM plant also had a very traditional “suggestion system,” not a Kaizen-style approach to improvement. The Livonia Philosophy (as written, not practiced) also sounds like Lean in the goal of utilizing of all people’s skill and creativity, as we practice in the Kaizen model.

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Kaizen Deming Lean Manufacturing Handbook 28

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2016

After yet another painful discussion about what to do, the late Andy Grove, then Intel’s president, turned to CEO Gordon Moore and asked , “If we got kicked out and the board brought in a new CEO, what do you think he would do?” ” Moore answered without hesitation: “He would get us out of memories.”

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2015

.” When I see just how difficult and challenging it is for so many smart and talented organizations to innovate and adapt under pressure, I see people who are overeducated and undertrained. A kaizen—continuous improvement—ethos is one thing. That scares me. Incorporate New Ideas from the Ground.

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