Realizing the Power of Constant Never Ending Improvement
Monday, August 13th, 2007
I was originally thinking of some clever title along the lines of how you can change your life by visiting a Toyota factory or something to that tune. I couldn’t get it right without it sounding cheesy, so I’m bringing it up now.
It’s been recently well popularized that the secret to creating great companies and products is to constantly improve quality all the time. Japanese companies pioneered this idea after General McArthur brought Dr. Deming over because he couldn’t find a single working phone in war torn Japan. Deming’s idea was simply that you will succeed and reap profits by setting up a system that makes sure that there are constant never ending improvements in manufacturing the product. This idea resulted in a revolution in quality products witnessed by the success of Japanese brands in America.
If constantly improving quality brings companies success, can this same philosophy help us achieve personal success?
The answer is a resounding (more…)
