AppendixREFLECTIONS ON KAIZEN

Inches make a champion.

VINCE LOMBARDI

We chalked up a little success and then built onthe momentum. You don’t notice a snowballgoing down a hill until it grows to become thesize of the stomach of a big, fat snowman. Withinmonths, we saw small changes thateventually snowballed into a turnaround.

DAVID ABNEY

President of UPS,describing its effort toexpand into Europe

No matter how great your vision or strategy is,you have to get out there and be able to meetyour customers’ needs, one transaction at a time.

ROBERT NIBLOCK

President of Loews Corporation

Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.

HENRY FORD

There is a clear asymmetry between the scale of the problemand the scale of the solution. ...

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