Engaging Leader

APRIL 7, 2015

GamEffective strives to be the “Fitbit of work,” taking the place of traditional performance management, feedback, and even continuous improvement practices such as kaizens. Prior to that he was VP customer relations and operations at Deloitte Consulting.

Kaizen 100

Kaizen Business Intelligence CEO Trends 100

Strategy Driven

APRIL 14, 2020

There are over 28 million small businesses nationwide, and a further 22 million that are solely operated. There are several reasons for a lack of profit: poor management decisions , cash flow problems and premature scaling; all can be related back to a failure for adequate planning. Review operational procedures.

Kaizen 76

Kaizen How To Outsourcing Efficiency 76

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

There are over 28 million small businesses nationwide, and a further 22 million that are solely operated. There are several reasons for a lack of profit: poor management decisions , cash flow problems and premature scaling; all can be related back to a failure for adequate planning. Review operational procedures.

Kaizen 57

Kaizen How To Outsourcing Efficiency 57

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2011

The cause was not malfeasant individuals; it was inadequately designed and operated systems of care delivery. The only reasonable explanation for this disparity between effort and outcome is that health care leaders are not investing in the right operational changes to achieve excellence in safety, affordability, and capacity.

Health Care 15

Health Care Kaizen McKinsey Operations 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2012

Six Sigma , Kaizen , Lean , and other variations on continuous improvement can be hazardous to your organization's health. As Fujio Ando, senior managing director at Chibagin Asset Management suggests, "Japan's consumer electronics industry is facing defeat. Admittedly, continuous improvement once powered Japan's economy.

Six Sigma 17

Six Sigma Kaizen Govindarajan Telecommunications 17

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2017

What’s more, the subsidiaries operated more or less autonomously, each with separate organizational cultures and norms. The Japanese employees, while already fluent with Japanese concepts such as kaizen (improvement) and omotenashi (hospitality), struggled to become proficient in English. It consists of five key actions.

Succession 15

Succession Globalization Tacit Knowledge GDP 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2011

When they set out to turn around processes that have become woefully inefficient or ineffective, most companies choose one of four process improvement "religions": Lean , Six Sigma , Business Reengineering or Business Process Management (BPM). In some of these companies, senior managers were dubious about the claims.

Six Sigma 14

Six Sigma BPM Process Hammer 14