Kaizen boosts productivity by promoting continuous small improvements across all staff levels. The philosophy's roots trace back to W. Edwards Deming’s post-WWII work in Japan. Employers apply Kaizen ...

Growth companies that master both continuous improvement and breakthrough innovation outpace those that only optimize.

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IBM Rational's MCIF offers a twist on Kaizen, a lean manufacturing mainstay and the process of "continuous improvement" practiced by Toyota for 50 years I was just about to write an essay on Kaizen in ...

There’s a Japanese legend that says folding 1,000 paper cranes will grant you good fortune. Businesses, unfortunately, don’t get their problems solved by origami alone — though folding HR policies ...

It's been a tough few weeks for Cristiano Ronaldo with the Portuguese attacker forced into quarantine after testing positive for Covid-19. While asymptomatic and now in the clear, the positive tests ...

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