Continuous Improvement : Basic principles

1. Challenge : Having a long term vision of the challenges one needs to face in order to realize one's ambition (what we need to learn rather than what we want to do‹and then having the spirit to face that challenge). To do so, we have to challenge ourselves every day to see if we are achieving our goals.
2. Kaizen : Good enough never is, no process can ever be thought perfect, so operations must be improved continuously, striving for innovation and evolution.
3. Genchi Genbutsu : Going to the source to see the facts for oneself and make the right decisions, create consensus, and make sure goals are attained at the best possible speed.
4. Respect Taking every stakeholders' problems seriously, and making every effort to build mutual trust. Taking responsibility for other people reaching their objectives. Thought provoking, I find. As a manager, I must take responsibility for my subordinates reaching the target I set for them.
5. Teamwork : This is about developing individuals through team problem-solving. The idea is to develop and engage people through their contribution to team performance.