Strategy Driven

JANUARY 9, 2019

However, one of the most consistently successful is through the use of a Kaizen Burst. There are potential benefits for businesses of all sizes, and entrepreneurs would be wise to start looking at their own Kaizen Burst Event before their competitors do.

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Terry Starbucker

FEBRUARY 13, 2011

I call it the “middle bear&# because it resembles a “just right&# strategy more than any other, because you allow yourself the opportunity to adjust. I’ve always remembered something I read in a book many years ago about the Japanese concept of “ Kaizen &# – small improvements (hence, the little bear).

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Rich Gee Group

AUGUST 8, 2023

Then, Jennifer came across the idea of the 1% improvement strategy. However, the principle of the 1% improvement strategy is based on the concept that tiny, consistent changes can lead to significant positive outcomes over time. What is the 1% Improvement Strategy? How Can You Apply This Strategy at Work?

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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. Strategy guru Gary Hamel wrote in the Harvard Business Review: “Corporations around the world are reaching the limits of incrementalism. The benefits were significant.

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Tony Mayo

MAY 7, 2010

Get RSS Feed follow tonymayo at [link] My YouTube Channel Tony Mayo, Top Executive Coach on Facebook Emails Worth Getting Booz Allen: Strategy + Business Good Morning Silicon Valley Knowledge@Wharton New York Times Headlines Friends Blogs Belmont on Branding Did someone say, “Strategy&# ? – What Makes a Great Teacher?

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Sales Wolf Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

.  The Management Improvement Carnival naturally features posts on how improve your management skills and systems within your organization, but also has a special focus on how this can be accomplished using lean management practices such as Kaizen, Six Sigma, and even Hansei.   Ready to improve your management skills? .

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Tim Milburn

DECEMBER 14, 2010

Devising a new strategy to overcome an obstacle. The Japanese call this “kaizen&# or continuous improvement. . · Changing the timing of different elements. Preparing more intentionally. Making minor changes instead of major ones.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

In The Good Jobs Strategy , Zeynep Ton, a professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management, demonstrates how the best retail companies align their customer value proposition with their operations strategy and their approach to human capital. Higher investment in wages does not need to come at the expense of customers and shareholders.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2011

To show how different it is, we have special words to describe them such as " Master Black Belt ," " DMAIC ," " Kaizen ," " A3 ," and " SIPOC.". For example, you could use "continuous improvement" instead of "kaizen." Second: "This new approach is very different from anything you've ever seen before. Eradicate process lingo.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

An idea can change an entire industry and ideas, from kaizen to the balanced scorecard , continually transform the way we work and lead our businesses. Kim and Renée Maubourgne, the authors of Blue Ocean Strategy , have influenced companies, not-for-profits and national governments around the world. Second, management matters.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2012

Six Sigma , Kaizen , Lean , and other variations on continuous improvement can be hazardous to your organization's health. While it may be heresy to say this, recent evidence from Japan and elsewhere suggests that it's time to question these methods. Admittedly, continuous improvement once powered Japan's economy.

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QAspire

JANUARY 27, 2013

To deal with this chaos that cracks the very foundation on which business results are based, Karen suggests essential strategies in four broad areas: Clarity, Focus, Discipline and Engagement. In the very beginning, Karen emphasizes that all improvement strategies are based on “respect for people.” What I liked the most.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2011

In fact, many critics point to change management processes, Kaizen initiatives, and the like as evidence that the Hierarchy can do change. A market opportunity for tablet computers, for example, is more of a distraction than an opportunity to the hierarchy of a giant PC manufacturer focusing on this quarter's earnings targets.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2017

The Japanese employees, while already fluent with Japanese concepts such as kaizen (improvement) and omotenashi (hospitality), struggled to become proficient in English. These challenges differed depending on people’s backgrounds and location. Two groups had the steepest learning curve in particular.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2013

Kaizen, Japanese for "continuous improvement," is Toyota''s self-described business model. In a rebuke to the traditional practice of cutting a check to support a charity, Toyota offered the Food Bank for New York City some strategy consulting instead. In Lieu of Money, Toyota Donates Efficiency to New York Charity New York Times.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2016

Organizations need to move away from externalizing traditional “kaizen” and move toward innovatively internalizing how customers define and describe successful UX. Which user experiences consistently generate the best returns? Delightful user experiences are delightful.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2016

But by the 1990s it had run aground: It hadn’t properly developed systems to implement its growth strategy internally, and so that strategy broke down at dozens of points of execution on the front line—with customers, crew, staff on the shore and the company’s travel agent partners. Chaos ensued.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2012

Instead of simplistic, one-note fixes, smart managers consider broader improvement plans, such as these: Set a cohesive sales strategy that focuses sales effort on the right customer segments with a compelling value proposition. Design a high-impact sales process for communicating and delivering value to customers.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2014

Many change leaders use Six Sigma , Kaizen , and Lean for continuous improvement. He worked through the corporate strategy group to call direct meetings with then-CEO Mark Hurd. Envisioning and articulating the future — this is the part of the process that involves setting goals that build toward the larger transformation.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2011

Lean "senseis" (teachers) say strategy deployment, executives as coaches, and front-line problem-solving sustain improvement. The manufacturer has since introduced quality techniques (" kaizen " events), as well as Lean strategy deployment methods and tools.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2015

As an MBA, I had become fascinated with Kaizen and other process-improvement techniques. ” The first one was strategy. For strategy we analyzed the demand of each event and spent a lot of time trying to understand what it would take to win. Aiming for gold was too daunting. The third principle was continuous improvement.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

” Thus a customer-centric approach to innovation may lead to progressive and incremental improvements to your products and services – the sort of Kaizen-style innovation pioneered by Toyota and perfected by Amazon – but if you want ground-breaking inventions or radical innovation you are better off ignoring your customers.

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