This document is an introduction to a series of exercises aimed at developing "Kaizen Eyes" - the ability to see opportunities for improvement and lean applications in one's surroundings. It contains 42 photos with brief explanations from the author of how each photo illustrates a lean concept like visual management, standard work, mistake proofing, etc. The introduction explains that analyzing the photos is meant to strengthen the reader's ability to identify such applications in their own environment and think of ways to apply similar improvements.

1. “Kaizen Eyes”
Practice Exercises
What do you see? volume 1

2. Created by Tom Curtis 2011 all pictures taken by author
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3. Introduction
AS WE SEE BETTER WE CAN MAKE BETTER CHOICES, MAKE
IMPROVEMENTS, AND MAKE PROGRESS. “KAIZEN EYES” SEE
OPPORTUNITIES AND APPLICATIONS IN THE WORLD AROUND THEM.
WHAT FOLLOWS IS 42 PICTURES I TOOK WITH A LEAN CONCEPT OR
APPLICATION IN MIND. MY GOAL IN SELECTING THESE PICTURES
WAS TO BUILD A DECK THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO WORK ON
DEVELOPING OUR “KAIZEN EYES”. REVIEW THE SLIDE OF 6
PICTURES AND NOTE WHAT CONCEPT OR APPLICATION YOU SEE,
THEN COMPARE WITH WHAT I SEE IN THE OBJECT OR SCENE ON THE
NEXT SLIDE. FINALLY, THINK OF A PLACE YOU COULD APPLY
SOMETHING SIMILAR. I HOPE YOU FIND THIS A USEFUL WAY TO
STRENGTHEN YOUR “KAIZEN EYES”. --TOM CURTIS 2011

4. 1 2 3
4 5 6
WHAT DO YOU SEE?
HOW CAN YOU APPLY?

5. What I see
1. Visual Standard Work
2. Visual Management & Mistake Proofing
3. 2 Visual Management examples
4. Point of Use Storage/Placement
5. Mistake Proofing
6. Visual Management & Mistake Proofing

6. 7 8 9
10 11 12
WHAT DO YOU SEE?
HOW CAN YOU APPLY?

7. What I see
7. Visual Management
8. SMED & Mistake Proofing
9. Color coding & Visual Management
10.SMED, Visual Management & Point of Use Storage
11.Visual Management & Standardization
12.Visual Management & Mistake Proofing

8. 13 14 15
16 17 18
WHAT DO YOU SEE?
HOW CAN YOU APPLY?

9. What I see
13.Mistake Proofing & Visual Management
14.Nudging & Waste Elimination
15.Visual Standard Work
16.Nudging
17.Visual Management & Late Differentiation
18.Nudging & Visual Management

10. 19 20 21
22 23 24
WHAT DO YOU SEE?
HOW CAN YOU APPLY?

11. What I see
19.Visual Management
20.Color Coding & Visual Management
21.Visual Management & Mistake Proofing
22.SMED
23.Kanban & Point of Use Storage
24.Mistake Proofing & Visual Management

12. 25 26 27
28 29 30
WHAT DO YOU SEE?
HOW CAN YOU APPLY?

13. What I see
25.Mistake Proofing & Security
26.Mistake Proofing & Visual Management
27.Late Model Differentiation & Standardization
28.Mistake Proofing
29.Mistake Proofing & Visual Control
30.Nudging

14. 31 32 33
34 35 36
WHAT DO YOU SEE?
HOW CAN YOU APPLY?

15. What I see
31.Mistake Proofing & Waste Reduction
32.Mistake Proofing
33.Visual Management & Point of Use Storage
34.Mistake Proofing
35.Visual Control
36.Visual Standard Work

16. 37 38 39
40 41 42
WHAT DO YOU SEE?
HOW CAN YOU APPLY?

17. What I see
37.Visual Management & Standardization
38.Mistake Proofing & Waste Elimination
39.Nudging, Visual Management, & Waste Elimination
40.Mistake Proofing
41.Visual Management
42.Visual Standard Work