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id: kaizen-retrospective
title: Kaizen Retrospective
description: >-
A continuous improvement meeting pattern from Japanese manufacturing
practice, used by teams to surface small changes that improve the work.
Originating in the Toyota Production System kaizen tradition.
source: Toyota Production System / Lean Enterprise Institute
source_url: https://www.lean.org/
tags: [kaizen, retrospective, lean, teams]
forked_from: null
image: null
steps:
- headline: Define the standard
description: >-
The team reviews the current standard work — what the process is
supposed to be — so everyone shares the baseline.
- headline: Find the gap
description: >-
Each member names one place where the actual work differs from the
standard, focusing on the work, not the worker.
- headline: Ask five whys
description: >-
For one chosen gap, the group asks "why?" repeatedly until they reach
a root cause, not just a symptom.
- headline: Propose a small change
description: >-
The team proposes the smallest possible change that addresses the root
cause, with an owner and a trial period.
- headline: Update the standard
description: >-
After the trial, the team decides whether to adopt the change and
updates the written standard work.
outcome: >-
A specific, tested improvement is adopted and the standard work is updated;
the team builds a habit of continuous small improvements.
practice: >-
Resist big redesigns. Kaizen favours many small changes over grand
overhauls. Keep the five whys honest — stop at the first answer the team
can act on.