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# Part Seven – Improve
- URL: https://www.thesimpleleader.com/part-seven-improve/
- Published: 2021-03-05T05:35:59.000Z
- Updated: 2021-03-05T05:35:59.000Z
- Author: Kevin Meyer
- Tags: Part Seven – Improve, #km, #Migrated-1752419762403, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-07-13 15:16

*Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.*

*– Peter Drucker*

After you clarify the principles and the why?, and create a hoshin plan, it’s time to do something. To create improvement.

Key points from this section:

- Improvement activities, whether on an organization or a small process, should follow the PDSA (Plan-Do-Study-Adjust) cycle.
- Kaizen is the process of creating many improvements, by individuals or teams.
- Other improvement tools include value stream mapping, standard work, and improvement kata.
- Daily management and accountability are required to drive and sustain improvement
- A key component of improvement is a practice of individual or team reflection
- Celebrate success and learn from failure.