Kaizen: The Japanese Method That Turns 1% Improvements into Career Growth

Today we're going to be exploring how to Kaizen your squiggly career. Woohoo! So the Japanese interestingly see kaizen as a noun and it means good change or improvement that really emphasizes doing things incrementally better. Companies who've implemented this, on average, the people who work there suggest 19 ways that a company could improve.

So to be more productive, to be more competitive, to be more profitable. One of the reasons it works so well, it doesn't ever trigger the fight or flight response system. So you know like fear might get in the way of people saying the hard thing or suggesting an improvement. The focus here is on small opportunities, small ways to be even better. You don't have that kind of sense of, oh, but what will Helen think about me?

Is this a career-limiting suggestion? It feels quite accessible, quite easy to make happen. We're now going to kaizen our careers, Helen. Are you ready? I like a bit of newness, so lead lead the way.

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