The Spirit of Kaizen, Bob Maurer
The Spirit of Kaizen, Bob Maurer
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The Spirit of Kaizen
Creating Lasting Excellence One Small Step at a Time

Author: Bob Maurer

Narrator: Bob Maurer

Unabridged: 4 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 11/06/2012


Synopsis

The easy-to-implement guide to driving organizational change by applying the proven concept of kaizen
UCLA psychologist and organizational consultant Dr. Robert Maurer provides a simple and proven effective technique for making major changes with minimal disruption. Applying the operational concept of kaizen—small, continual improvements—to common management challenges, managers can drive major improvements with a series of well-planned techniques for boosting quality, innovation, sales, and morale.

About The Author

Robert Maurer, Ph.D. is on the faculty of the UCLA and University of Washington Schools of Medicine. He is also the director of the Science of Excellence, a consulting firm that translates evidence-based psychology into practical strategies for success. Leigh Ann Hirschman, Dr. Maurer's collaborator, has written several books, including One Small Step Can Change Your Life. Her books are frequently nominated for Books for a Better Life Awards. She is a former HarperCollins editor.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Maciej on May 29, 2019

The Spirit of Kaizen talks about the continuous improvement process. Generally speaking, it’s about taking many tiny steps over an extended period of time which lead to huge results. It is more than Six Sigma where some companies may have conducted improvement projects a few months ago and now they......more

Goodreads review by Bob on January 15, 2022

I don't often give 5 stars to a book, but spirit of Kaizen definitely deserves that grade. When I purchased this audiobook I was assuming it would be another lean book that reviews the 8 waste, making dramatic changes, and other things closely associated with Toyota production system. How wrong I was!......more

Goodreads review by Kevin on January 07, 2019

While brainstorming and searching online for a better approach to achieve my goals this year, I stumbled upon the Japanese word Kaizen. It’s a simple concept that we’ve all heard before - taking many small steps over an extended period of time leads to big results. Ever since discovering this word,......more

Goodreads review by Vlad on January 13, 2021

The book is really good, it resonates with atomic habits. I already knew about the kaizen concept even started practicing it a bit, but the book really makes you understand the importance of it and inspires trust in the method. It convinces you that a lot of the times small improvements are faster a......more

Goodreads review by Kevin on November 06, 2015

I'm not a fan of big, huge, in your face, larger than life. This book affirms my bias for smaller, quieter, incremental, bite size adjustment, change, and improvement. Tremendous, earth shattering, ground breaking, mountain moving improvement is possible - the way we get there is one small step at a......more