Description
Book SynopsisTransform your companyâs critical operationsâand its destinyâthrough a powerful kaizen-focused strategy designed for 21st century efficiencyA pioneer of the operational excellence movement that continues to transform businesses across the world, Masaaki Imai takes you to the next step of continuous improvementâdeveloping an overall strategy for measuring your companyâs operational performance and improving processes in ways that boost efficiency and gain competitiveness.
In
Strategic KAIZENâ, Imai walks you through the process of shifting your focus from volume and speed to his revolutionary Flow, Synchronization, and Leveling (FSLâ) evaluationâthe most effective Lean paradigm available. At the heart of his approach is the concept of flowâensuring that each work piece flows between processes without interruption and stagnation. This game-changing guide teaches you:
- The critical importance of assessing corporate performance from both
Table of Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
PART I Introducing the Era of Continuous Learning
1 Why Are We Talking About Learning at Work?
2 What Have We Learned About Learning?
3 Building a Learning Culture Means Getting
Comfortable with Change
PART II Five Ways to Make Learning Core
to the Way We Work
4 Develop and Foster Agile Learners
5 Feedback Is Fuel for Learning Cultures
6 Think Like a Marketer to Drive Learning
and Development
7 Put Learning into the Flow of Work
8 Signal the Value of Learning
PART III Making Upskilling Imperative to Your Business
9 The Business Case for a Learning Culture
10 Care and Maintenance of Your
Learning Culture
Notes
Index
