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Where there is no Standard there can be no Kaizen -- Taiichi Ohno
Kaizen means ongoing improvement involving everybody, without spending much money. -- Masaaki Imai
All of management's efforts for Kaizen boil down to two words: customer satisfaction. -- Masaaki Imai
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. -- Masaaki Imai
Kaizen is like a hotbed that nurtures small and ongoing changes, while innovation is like magma that appears in abrupt eruptions from time to time -- Masaaki Imai
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. -- Masaaki Imai
Kaizen and innovation are the two major strategies people use to create change. Where innovation demands shocking and radical reform, all kaizen asks is that you take small, comfortable steps toward improvement. -- Robert D. Maurer
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. -- Bob Parsons
Sometimes the best kaizen is no kaizen at all. -- Jon Miller
You can't do kaizen just once or twice and expect immediate results. You have to be in it for the long haul. -- Masaaki Imai
As you experience success in applying kaizen to clear goals like weight loss or career advancement, remember to hold onto its essence: an optimistic belief in our potential for continuous improvement. -- Robert D. Maurer
All changes, even positive ones, are scary. Attempts to reach goals through radical or revolutionary means often fail because they heighten fear. But the small steps of kaizen disarm the brain's fear response, stimulating rational thought and creative play. -- Robert D. Maurer
Small actions are at the heart of kaizen. By taking steps so tiny that they seem trivial or even laughable, you'll sail calmly past obstacles that have defeated you before. Slowly - but painlessly! - you'll cultivate an appetite for continued success and lay down a permanent new route to change. -- Robert D. Maurer
To make the quickest progress, you don't have to take huge leaps. You just have to take baby steps-and keep on taking them. In Japan, they call this approach kaizen, which literally translates as 'continual improvement.' Using kaizen, great and lasting success is achieved through small, consistent steps. It turns out that slow and steady is the best way to overcome your resistance to change. -- Marci Shimoff

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