consulting: strategic planning: hoshin kanri
Hoshin Kanri comes from Japan. It was created by Dr. Yogi Akao after Deming, Juran and others talked to the Japanese about leadership and control. You'll also hear it called Policy Deployment, especially when Hoshin Kanri is used for individual departments. Hoshins, in Hoshin Kanri, are typically the breakthrough ideas that create needed change toward continuous improvement. They can be stretch goals or what the organization must do to survive. Sometimes they are breakthroughs and sometimes they are not. |