📈 Kaizen Lane — How to Pitch & Promote Ideas
📈 Kaizen Lane — How to Pitch & Promote Ideas§
(Pin this card in your 🟢 Kaizen list. It never moves—duplicate it for every new idea.)
1 What belongs here 🤔§
| ✅ Pitch it | ❌ Skip it |
|---|---|
| Tiny process tweak that saves ≥ 5 min/week | Personal preference with no measurable win |
| Automation / Butler rule that removes clicks | One-off fix you can do immediately |
| Doc wording that confused you during study | Ideas needing client approval (raise with manager first) |
| Focus / security friction you hit daily | Anything outside Solo-Team OS scope |
2 The 60-Second Pitch Template 📝§
Copy the checklist below into the duplicates you create. Move your idea-card into Q2 🟦 Kaizen (To Do) and attach any proof (screens, links).
- Problem (1 sentence): “Uploading PNGs takes 6 clicks each time.”
- Micro-Fix (≤ 150 chars): “Add Butler rule: attach latest Insightful PNG to Daily Hygiene card.”
- Pay-off (metric): “-2 min/day/operator → ~1 h saved/month.”
- Deps / Risks: “Needs Butler permission; no security impact.”
- Acceptance Test: “PNG auto-appears on tomorrow’s Hygiene card.”
- ETA & Owner: “2 h – I can implement Friday.”
(Use inline check-boxes so reviewers can tick as they vet the idea.)
3 Promotion Flow 🚦§
- Draft the card using the template above → label it
🔵 Tracked. - Link the idea in this week’s Mini-Retro card (RI-SOP-2 Step 4).
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Manager review happens every Monday inside Weekly Packet:
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✅ = card moves to Q2 Doing or Backlog (adds priority label).
- ❌ = comment why & archive the card.
- When you implement the Kaizen, treat it like client work → timers, proof, PR.
- After merge / rule live, attach evidence, tick all boxes, move to Kaizen Done ⭐.
4 Scoring Guide 🎯 (managers use this—be brief but helpful)§
| ⭐ Criteria | ❌ Miss | ✅ Meets | 💎 Exceeds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarity | Vague problem | Single-sentence prob & fix | GIF demo attached |
| Leverage | Saves < 2 min/wk | ≥ 5 min/wk or bug removed | Cross-team time saver |
| Risk | Unclear impact | No data/security risk | Adds guard-rails |
| Test | None | Clear acceptance step | Auto-test scripted |
5 Useful links 🔗§
- RI-SOP-2 Mini-Retro & Kaizen Promotion
- GF-SOP-2 Weekly Kaizen Review (pipeline rules)
- WGLL Gallery → Kaizen exemplars
REMEMBER: One Kaizen card per Friday is the KPI. Small, safe, ⬤ mergeable in < 15 min beats big “someday” projects every time.
(Edit this reference card only if the Kaizen process itself changes; otherwise duplicate it for each idea.)