Archive for May, 2008
Database Crash
Oh the irony. Just after my last post, my database that runs this blog crashed!
Many posts, and all the pages, including the popular download page, have been lost. I’ve worked a lot to get it back up and running and will work on getting the free kaizen pdf downloads back as soon as possible.
That [...]
Kaizen Approach to Failure
How do we feel about failure? Do we have a culture that celebrates failing?
This may sound a strange thing to ask, especially when so much emphasis and pressure is placed on succeeding. After all, who in their right minds would celebrate failure. Winning? Sure let’s open the champagne… but failure?
Many of the tools used [...]
Improvment Through Time Management
Where does all the time go? A question we have all considered. Sometimes it seems there’s never enough hours in the day to complete what we need to do. However is this seeming shortness of time a result of our workload or because of our own time management practises?
I was asking myself this question [...]
Kaizen and the road to perfection
People always ask, “When will I be finished.” I answer simply “Never.”
Kaizen is about ongoing continuous improvement, not about keeping up with the latest fads, doing something once or twice and moving onto the next “big thing,” the next elixir that promises instant success. kaizen is about the slow and steady pursuit of [...]
