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Last Issue: #31 The Journey
Twenty thousand leagues under the sea by Jules Verne (1825-1905). This book is the answer to my thoughts on travel. It certainly anticipated the saga...Read more
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Magazine -> #22 KaizenEver since it was first used in management theory, the Japanese concept, kaizen, has intrigued me. So much so that, before gladly applying it in our company, more than fifteen years ago, I went to Japan to study it “on site” at Toyota, where the term was first seriously applied. There I was able to appreciate how efficient it is and see how thi...
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Magazine -> #22 Kaizen«Waste […] will always follow the economic path of least resistance». Jim Puckett, committed environmentalist The methodology designed to cut down on processes that do not create added value for a product is based on marginalising waste. This concept is summed up by the Japanese word muda, which means rubbish. for Italian-speakers among us,...
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Magazine -> #22 KaizenTo improve one’s work by getting rid of what is unneeded through constant and repetitive exercise. This seems to be the key to a calligrapher’s success, but very often deciding what to leave is anything but easy. What has your experience as a student of calligraphy and as an artist and respectively as a writer been in this respect? Linda: As a...
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