Comments on: Kaizen http://www.adamduvander.com/simple/kaizen Adam DuVander’s thoughts on keeping things simple. Mon, 09 Jan 2012 07:03:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Beau Richards http://www.adamduvander.com/simple/kaizen/comment-page-1#comment-1939 Beau Richards Thu, 08 May 2008 00:05:47 +0000 http://www.adamduvander.com/simple/kaizen#comment-1939 The really interesting thing to me about the TPS is how influenced Taiichi Ohno and Shigeo Shingo were by Ford. Their insight into the importance of respect of employees is fantastic The really interesting thing to me about the TPS is how influenced Taiichi Ohno and Shigeo Shingo were by Ford. Their insight into the importance of respect of employees is fantastic

]]> By: Bram Pitoyo http://www.adamduvander.com/simple/kaizen/comment-page-1#comment-1938 Bram Pitoyo Thu, 24 Apr 2008 01:54:06 +0000 http://www.adamduvander.com/simple/kaizen#comment-1938 Ooh. I read a bit about Toyota’s practice of Kaizen at ChangeThis.com about 2 years ago! This article (appropriately named <a href="http://changethis.com/29.01.ElegantSolutions" rel="nofollow">“Elegant Solutions”</a>) explained the philosophy quite well, giving narratives and implementations behind the concept. Ooh. I read a bit about Toyota’s practice of Kaizen at ChangeThis.com about 2 years ago! This article (appropriately named “Elegant Solutions”) explained the philosophy quite well, giving narratives and implementations behind the concept.

]]> By: Aaron B. Hockley http://www.adamduvander.com/simple/kaizen/comment-page-1#comment-1937 Aaron B. Hockley Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:22:55 +0000 http://www.adamduvander.com/simple/kaizen#comment-1937 Baby steps. Small changes are easier to implement than big ones. Sure, there's a time for a big broad change, but often the little tweaks add up. Recently I was working with a friend who thought he wanted to do a complete redesign/retheme of his blog. Instead of an all-at-once redesign, I talked him into making small incremental improvements to his existing system. Spend 10 minutes adding OpenID. Spend 30 minutes adding some new CSS effects. Add a plugin or two. It's easy to provide relatively small, easy-to-implement changes that provide a big value for the end user. I've found that if I wait to make big sweeping changes all at once, those changes often get pushed to the back burner due to the amount of time involved. By making Kaizen-like small improvements, the work gets done faster, leading to real, tangible improvements. Baby steps. Small changes are easier to implement than big ones. Sure, there’s a time for a big broad change, but often the little tweaks add up.

Recently I was working with a friend who thought he wanted to do a complete redesign/retheme of his blog. Instead of an all-at-once redesign, I talked him into making small incremental improvements to his existing system. Spend 10 minutes adding OpenID. Spend 30 minutes adding some new CSS effects. Add a plugin or two. It’s easy to provide relatively small, easy-to-implement changes that provide a big value for the end user.

I’ve found that if I wait to make big sweeping changes all at once, those changes often get pushed to the back burner due to the amount of time involved. By making Kaizen-like small improvements, the work gets done faster, leading to real, tangible improvements.

]]> By: jaered http://www.adamduvander.com/simple/kaizen/comment-page-1#comment-1936 jaered Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:47:55 +0000 http://www.adamduvander.com/simple/kaizen#comment-1936 One of the cool things I heard about Toyota - every employee on the manufacturing line has the ability to stop everything with the push of a button if they notice something that is inefficient (and know a way to make it better). If an employee does this and figures out a way to make any part of the process better, they get a bonus, thus encouraging employees to improve on the process, no matter how small it is. One of the cool things I heard about Toyota – every employee on the manufacturing line has the ability to stop everything with the push of a button if they notice something that is inefficient (and know a way to make it better). If an employee does this and figures out a way to make any part of the process better, they get a bonus, thus encouraging employees to improve on the process, no matter how small it is.

]]> By: Simplicity Rules &#187; Designing the Obvious is my new best friend http://www.adamduvander.com/simple/kaizen/comment-page-1#comment-1935 Simplicity Rules &#187; Designing the Obvious is my new best friend Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:45:19 +0000 http://www.adamduvander.com/simple/kaizen#comment-1935 [...] Kaizen [...] [...] Kaizen [...]

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