The Kaizen Blitz <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n The word kaizen, which rhymes with dry pen, literally means incremental or continuous improvement. \u00a0Many \u201clean thinking\u201d organizations practice something called kaizen events which essentially consist of a small group of people coming to together for 3 to 5 days as they \u201cblitz\u201d an area of their business in hopes of making it better.<\/p>\n Done right, kaizen blitzes are extremely powerful.\u00a0 I\u2019ve personally seen 80% productivity increases take hold in less than 4 days.<\/p>\n More Than An Event <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n But, I\u2019m guessing many of you work alone or in very small teams, so the kaizen event may not be as applicable to you as it would to a company of 5,000 employees. \u00a0Does this mean kaizen is an irrelevant concept for you?\u00a0 Absolutely not.<\/p>\n In fact, kaizen is much more than a rapid improvement initiative.\u00a0 Kaizen, taken in the right spirit, is a way of thinking and working that challenges the idea that we\u2019re as good as we can be \u2013 or need to be. \u00a0The kaizen mindset forces us out of our comfort zone and demands we ask a simple question, \u201cHow can we do it better?\u201d<\/p>\n 4 Kaizen Ideas for Web Video Producers <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n So how does this relate to you, the web video producer?\u00a0 How can you practice kaizen?\u00a0 Here are 4 tips I\u2019d like to propose.<\/p>\n What do you think? <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n I am always interested to learn how folks in other industries view the concept of kaizen.\u00a0 So, I\u2019m curious, do you practice a form of kaizen already?\u00a0 If so, how\u2019s it working?\u00a0 If you don\u2019t practice kaizen, do you think you could benefit from it?<\/p>\n![\"blog_kaizen2\"](\"http:\/\/webvideouniversity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/blog_kaizen2.png\" "\\"blog_kaizen2\\"")
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