You cannot mandate kaizen. You can only model it. The manager who asks 'what is one thing we could do slightly better this week?' and genuinely listens to the answer is practising kaizen leadership. Over time, the question becomes the team's habit — not because it was imposed, but because it was demonstrated.

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