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Practical Kaizen Training
Practical kaizen training (PKT) is an intense weeklong activity whose objec-
tive is
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◾ Team member and supervisor training
◾ Improvement of a specific process
As with KCA, the trigger for a PKT is usually a manager with a problem.
NOBLE GOALS
People want to be involved in something bigger than themselves. “No
man is an island,” said the poet John Donne. People will die for a noble
idea, a just cause. Great leaders are storytellers who frame the challenge
in a compelling narrative. Team members thereby feel they are “building
a cathedral,” and not simply “cutting stone” (