What is Kaizen?
Kaizen is a Japanese word for change for the better. In practice, a Kaizen event is a short, focused workshop where the people who do the work fix one process and put the change in place before the event ends, instead of leaving with a list of actions.
Who it is for
- Team leads and supervisors
- Improvement facilitators
- Managers sponsoring improvement work
What you will cover
| Session | What is covered |
|---|---|
| What a kaizen event is and is not | A focused, time-boxed change, not a workshop about change. |
| Preparing so the week is not wasted | Data, scope and the people who must be in the room. |
| Facilitating the event | Keeping a group moving from complaint to cause to change. |
| Implementing during the event | Why changes made in the room outlast changes assigned as actions. |
| Sustaining afterwards | The follow-up that determines whether anything survives. |
What makes a Kaizen work
- Preparation. Scope, data and the right people agreed before the day.
- The people who do the work. They know where the problems are, and they will run the new process.
- Change in the room. Changes made during the event last longer than changes handed out as actions.
- Follow up. A check at 30 days, standard work for the new method and a board the team looks at every week.
What is included
- 1 day of live, instructor-led training
- Full digital courseware and exercise pack
- Agile Visa Certificate of Completion
- Post-course support from the training team
How it runs
- Private classes. Every programme runs for one company at a time, quoted per group rather than per seat, with examples from your industry.
- Live online or on site. Live online with the trainer in your working hours, wherever your team is, or at your premises for company groups. Travel for on site classes is quoted separately.
- Class size. Up to 25 people, so everyone works on a real process or project. Larger groups run as several classes.
- Language. Delivered in English.
- Malaysia. Programmes delivered by Agile Visa Sdn Bhd are HRD Corp claimable for eligible employers, subject to HRD Corp approval. See Lean Six Sigma training in Malaysia.
Where we deliver
We run Kaizen and Continuous Improvement Facilitation training live online for teams anywhere in the world, in your working hours, and on site at your premises for company groups: across the Americas, the UK and Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. See where we deliver.
Part of our Lean Six Sigma training for teams.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Kaizen and Continuous Improvement Facilitation training cost?
We run it as a private class for your company and quote per group, not per seat. Tell us the number of people, the format and where they are, and we will send a quotation. Any certification exam fee is shown on its own line.
How long is Kaizen and Continuous Improvement Facilitation?
1 day / 7 hours, live and instructor-led, online in your working hours or on site at your premises.
Who delivers the training?
Prashant Shinde, founder of Agile Visa, with 20+ years of delivery and 75,000+ professionals trained across 140+ countries. He earned the 6sigmastudy Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and Six Sigma Green Belt in 2016.
Can our company use a training levy or fund?
In Malaysia, programmes delivered by Agile Visa Sdn Bhd are HRD Corp claimable for eligible employers, subject to HRD Corp approval: see Lean Six Sigma training in Malaysia. Elsewhere, companies usually pay from their training budget, and we provide the quotation, invoice and attendance records your own approval process needs.
How is Kaizen different from Lean Six Sigma?
A Kaizen is a short burst of improvement on one process. Lean Six Sigma is a full method, with belts and DMAIC projects that can run for months. Many companies run Kaizen events inside a Lean Six Sigma programme.
Who should facilitate a Kaizen?
A team lead, supervisor or improvement facilitator trained to keep the group moving from complaint to cause to change, which is what this course teaches.
Bring Kaizen and Continuous Improvement Facilitation to your team
Tell us the number of people, where they are and when. We reply with an agenda, the certification options and a quote.
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