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Why and How Kaizen Fails

Impediments to a Successful Kaizen Culture

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General pitfalls and impediments for a Kaizen culture, including the top ten reasons why Kaizen fails. How to manage change: why change fails and how to make change happen. The ten commandments of the Kaizen Agent. A framework for Agile Kaizen—events, people, process, and product.

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    Usually metaphorically speaking. Usually.

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    http://www.change-management.com/tutorial-adkar-overview.htm

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    http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20327225.700-triumph-of-the-commons-helping-the-world-to-share.html

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    http://www.slideshare.net/jurgenappelo/how-to-change-the-world-9444890

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    A good way of doing so is using Management3.0 Delegation Boards. Learn more at http://www.management30.com/workout/delegation-boards/

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    http://www.fearlesschangepatterns.com

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Medinilla, Á. (2014). Why and How Kaizen Fails. In: Agile Kaizen. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54991-5_2

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