KAIZEN has two meanings. In Sanskrit, kaizen means, renew the heart and make it good. Kaizen is also a Japanese philosophy and system of continuous improvement...Kai meaning "change", "renew", "reform" and Zen meaning "good", "virtue". A literary translation of kai-zen is "betterment" that focuses on doing more with less which we, in the West, have … [Read more...]
Conflict as Opportunity
January 8, 2014 by
It is how we see things, what we perceive, that shapes how we respond. Fundamental to shaping our perception are the beliefs, assumptions and attitudes that act as perceptual filters – filtering out what doesn’t fit in your mental paradigm. As human beings, if we learn at all, we learn through contrast. It’s in contrast that we can learn to … [Read more...]