Whenever we are working on something or it is going smooth, it’s consistency does not mean that it will forever remain same.
Kaizen is the Japanese method to transform the habits. Kaizen is the must read book written by Sarah Harvey, this book was written by her after she noticed herself stressed in London. After a span of time her distress led her to Japan where she discovered this Japanese art named Kaizen and then also wrote a book on it
Key Teachings of the Book Kaizen
“I am the story teller, charged with the secrets of this world and beyond. I am the calm in the storm, the quiet in the quake and the stillness in the dark. I am the old lady with the pot of water when you are dying of thirst. I am the sapling after the forest fire and the child who survives after pestilence. For those who will listen, hear you the first secret. Love is the sea in which all of nature exists and the greatest love of all is that which is spilled for another.”
Explanation: The core idea of the whole passage is that in every destructive situation, when the person is suffering and drowning the only thing that saves them is love. One must have the feeling of love, compassion and kindness.
“It is generally not possible simply to maintain a level of process performance. A process will tend to erode no matter what, even if a standard is defined, explained to everyone, and posted. […] Any organized process naturally tends to decline to a chaotic state if we leave it alone. […] A process is either slipping back or being improved.”
Explanation: Whenever we are working on something or it is going smooth, it’s consistency does not mean that it will forever remain same. To maintain it, we need to ensure that wee keep checking it and improvise it time to time.
“Kaizen should be done when times are good or when the company is profitable, since your efforts to streamline and make improvements when the company is poor are limited to reduction in staff. Even if you try to go lean and cut out the fat to improve business performance, when your business is in a very difficult position financially there is no fat to be cut. If you are cutting out muscle, which you need, then you cannot say that your efforts to become lean are succeeding.The most important thing about doing kaizen is to do kaizen when times are good, the economy is strong, and the company is profitable”
Explanation: The above mentioned passage suggest that Kaizen should be practiced in the good times, it helps improvise the company and make it profitable. Kaizen is all about working for the betterment of the company’s systems.
