Kaizen

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KAI-zen'KAI-zen'2 syllables
πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅Japanese
Ambitious

MEANING

Continuous improvement

ORIGIN

Japanese

ETYMOLOGY

Derived from 'kai' meaning 'change' and 'zen' meaning 'good'.

CULTURAL NOTES

Kaizen is a business philosophy of continuous improvement of working practices.

HISTORICAL CONTEXT

Widely adopted in Japanese business practices post-World War II, especially in Toyota Production System.

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