Have you tried solving problems without being told by your boss? If you’re an ordinary manager, I suspect you will not lift a finger until the problem threatens the size of your merit increase, bonus, ...

ADMITTEDLY, that's a redundant question because kaizen problem-solving requires giving only low-cost, common-sense solutions. If you'll spend money for the solution, then that's not kaizen. Here's one ...

WE heard it before from Peter Drucker — "If you can't measure it, you can't manage it." Some managers who understood kaizen problem-solving for the first time told me they were confident in producing ...

One day, a blue bird flies through an open window of your room. Out of confusion, the bird is trapped. There must be something special about this lost bird. So, you kept the bird in a sturdy shoe box ...