The Richer Way: How to Get the Best Out of People (Julian Richer, 2017)
Golden rules of Kaizen
- Kaizen starts with the three “Actual” Rule.
- Go to the actual place where the process is performed.
- Talk to the actual people involved in the process and get the real facts.
- Observe and chart the actual process.
- (Improvement is not made from a conference room.)
- Ask why (5 times) to get to the root cause.
- Base decisions on data not opinions.
- Try-storming
- Don’t spend too much time talking about a solution, try it!!
- It’s okay to fail early on as long as you learn from your mistakes.
- Value of the team.
- Listen to the operators, your team, and your customers.
- Don’t seek perfection. This will be obtained in one step at a time.
- Think of a new method that works. Throw out all your old fixed ideas on how to do things.
- Creativity before capital. Don’t substitute money for thinking.
- Think safety during the Kaizen, both for employee and process.
- Assure a quality product will be consistently produced through standardization and process controls.