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"Gemaba Kaizen" means "workplace productivity" in Japanese. Not just productivity but effective low cost no-friction productivity.
I have read a book Gemba Kaizen: A Commonsense, Low-Cost Approach to Management  by Masaaki Imai. I have no doubt it is highly relevant management book for our tough times. According to the author, Toyota Motors applies similar approach which only proves its effectiveness.
The author distills the approach into three keys: Housekeeping, Cutting Muda, and Standardization.
Key #1 – Housekeeping
According to Masaaki Imai Housekeeping is key to effective management and employee self-discipline. You can describe this …

Are you hiring manager? Want to hunt the best talent? What is the most effective and efficient technique? Is there one?
Yes, there is. The technique is called “Hiring Smart”.

by apesara
In his book 45 EFFECTIVE WAYS FOR HIRING SMART: How to Predict Winners and Losers in the Incredibly Expensive People-Reading Game Pierre Mornell outlines 45 techniques for hiring smart. My favorite is #45 – “Design Your Own System”.
For me the easiest way to design my own system is adopting working one and adapting it to my needs. So here it …

How often do you hear complaints about how life is unfair? How often do you hear excuses for work is not being done? Does not it sound like “quack, quack, quack”?
In their book “Raving Fans: A Revolutionary Approach To Customer Service” Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles mention a quote from Wayne W. Dyer  who wrote another book, “You’ll See It When You Believe It: The Way to Your Personal Transformation“:
“If you get up in the morning expecting to have a bad day, you’ll rarely disappoint yourself… Stop complaining! Differentiate yourself …