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Kaizen Institute Canada

We help leaders change for the better and achieve breakthrough results.

KAIZEN™ meaning is change for the better

To implement a Continuous Improvement culture, you must master the three KAIZEN™ Skills

• Daily management with problem solving
• Value stream improvement with KAIZEN™ Events 
• Breakthrough innovation with hoshin development

The best systems and tools

Our solutions provide the best content for the practice of the three skills.

Select your industry and see how we can help to solve your challenges. 

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Our clients are incorporating new paradigms based on KAIZEN™ Principles and industry benchmark practices

View cases of Pure Improvement in all industry sectors:

Breakthrough Management in Process Industry
Improvement Cycles in Discrete Assembly
Value Stream Analysis in Packaging Industry
VOC Cycles in B2C

From Lean to Profitable Growth with KAIZEN™


Industry Standard:


• Lean operations are at the core of creating resource and flow efficiency

• Lean transformation is necessary in order to develop leadership skills and improvement routines

• More often than not, Lean and company strategy are treated as two separate entities

From Lean to Profitable Growth with KAIZEN

Best-in-Class:


• Lean can be extended across additional areas, such as marketing, sales, innovation, development, energy and environment

• Strategy development drives engagement and breakthrough improvement

• KAIZEN™ is used as a competitive weapon to drive sustainable profitable growth

The KAIZEN™ method for turning Strategy into Action

Learn more about Strat to Action

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Strat to Action is based on the day-to-day life of a CEO. Setting the scene at the development of a Hoshin planning, the book documents the three-year journey of a CEO in the process of implementing KAIZEN™.
Reading this book will allow you to gain better insight into the potential of KAIZEN™ in organizational transformation and growth year-after-year.



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Upcoming Training Courses

The KAIZEN™ Green Belt Online curriculum expands on the fundamental theories of the Lean methodology learned in our KAIZEN™ Foundations or Yellow Belt Certification and introduces new concepts and tools that will propel an organization further. Students learn how more advanced tools and Lean methodologies can be used to foster a waste-free, customer-centric workplace. Upon completing this course, students will have the capability to lead and independently drive Lean improvement teams. The KAIZEN™ Green Belt Online Certification is typically achieved by someone who is actively participating in their employer's Lean journey; this person usually desires to lead and manage Continuous Improvement events. The program will be delivered online with a live facilitator in a series of twice weekly modules. Please check specific start dates for scheduling. Please contact us if you wish to participate in the program, but the date or time does not work for you!

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The KAIZEN™ Foundations Certification Program is an introductory program designed to familiarize those with limited or no exposure to KAIZEN™/Lean methodologies to practices that reduce waste, identifies savings opportunities, and engages others to new and better ways of doing work. It exposes the student to a KAIZEN™/Lean Operating philosophy and provides them with the means to support it on a day-to-day basis. Students learn how introductory Lean tools foster a waste-free, customer-centric work environment. For those familiar with KAIZEN™ training, this covers the same course material as our Yellow Belt Training, but in an Online format. The program is delivered online with a live facilitator in a series of weekly modules. If you wish to participate in the program please fill out the registration. The dates will be confirmed when at least 8 students are registered!

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An introduction to Continuous Improvement and Lean Culture. KAIZEN™ Yellow Belt Certification is a 3.5-day program that provides participants with basic Lean training to begin building a Continuous Improvement culture.

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Develop Professional Level Skills in Lean and KAIZEN™ Methodology and Technique. KAIZEN™ Green Belt Certification is a 4-day program that will focus on Intermediate Lean processes, covering a variety of Lean methodology that will empower you to recognize opportunities for Continuous Improvement of quality, cost efficiency and delivery/flow efficiency.

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Are you interested in Kaizen Institute's consulting services?

We assist your teams in achieving great results by putting breakthrough paradigms into action.

Are you interested in Kaizen Institute's training courses?

Kaizen Institute's distinctive training programs includes learning the theory, putting it into practice and visiting benchmark Gemba.

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