Kaizen and Stoicism: Unlikely Bedfellows in the C-Suite?
I’m going to be too honest here. I’ve grown weary of the modern-day concepts on how companies operate. Meetings that could have been an email. Powerpoints that are walls of text. Way, way, WAY too many backend tools that don’t play well together and are more time killers than time savers. As I’ve evolved my practice as a fractional COO I’ve found myself researching, and often times weaving in, some age old concepts into modern ones that have produced more efficient, profitable, and happy (read: positive culture) clients. Apologies in advance for getting philosophical. The Twin Stars: Kaizen and Stoicism Kaizen, the Japanese philosophy of continuous improvement, thrives on the mantra of "change for better." Its close relatives in the modern corporate world would be Lean Management and Agile Methodology, both of which emphasize minimizing waste, continuous improvement, and delivering the most value with the least amount of resources. Stoicism, on the other hand, is an anci