Core answer
What is Kaizen?
Kaizen means continuous improvement. In Lean, it is the capability of teams to see abnormalities, understand causes and develop better ways of working step by step.
Practical view
Kaizen in practice
Is Kaizen always a workshop?
No. A Kaizen workshop can be useful, but real Kaizen also lives in daily small improvements, standard follow-up and short learning loops.
What makes Kaizen sustainable?
Kaizen stays alive when improvements are linked to clear problems, ownership, visual management and follow-up by leaders.
What is the link between Kaizen and PDCA?
PDCA gives Kaizen structure: plan a hypothesis, test it in the process, check the effect and update the standard when it works.
Deepening
Common mistakes
Why does Kaizen sometimes fade away?
Often because teams collect ideas without priority, cause analysis, time to improve or leaders who support the new behaviour.
How do you start with Kaizen?
Start with a visible problem close to the process, make the current standard clear and improve in small, measurable steps.