Diary of a Kaizen Warrior

Reflections on Lean, Kaizen, productivity and improvement from more than 30 years in the field.

Postcard from Japan

Well I couldn’t resist sharing this great example of Visual Management!

We were on the road, and stopped of at a motorway service area for a break.

This is an electronic control board showing which toilet was available or engaged!

I’m not sure what problem they were trying to solve here but I guess in peak traffic this allows precision in selection of where to go, literally!

Only in Japan!

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About me

Hi, I’m Richard Steel — an experienced practitioner in productivity, process improvement and continuous improvement.

I was fortunate to complete my initial Lean experiences from 1994 – 1997 with Professor Dan Jones, Toyota, Nissan and Shin-jujitsu consulting.

Over the past 30 years I’ve worked across a wide range of organisations, helping improve performance, develop capability and embed practical improvements that last.

For my current work in productivity, process improvement and capability development, visit RichardSteel.co.nz

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