{"id":8748,"date":"2011-06-08T05:37:04","date_gmt":"2011-06-08T10:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/?p=8748"},"modified":"2021-01-05T13:37:39","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T18:37:39","slug":"zen-wa-isoge-if-good-do-it-quickly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/zen-wa-isoge-if-good-do-it-quickly\/8748\/","title":{"rendered":"Zen Wa Isoge: If It is Good, Do it Quickly"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a296a24fa2fc69ef5487857f02f111e8\" data-index=\"9\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Single Post readerboard -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8207522353004717\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1144967431\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>We know that <a title=\"kaizen is systematic way of thinking and solving problems\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/kaizen-training-the-big-picture\/10448\/\">Lean is both a systematic method for improving an organization<\/a>, but it&#8217;s also a wordview &#8211; the lens by which we see and understand the world. I want to highlight a phrase that describes one aspect of the Lean worldview quite well: Zen Wa Isoge.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, if It&#8217;s Worth Doing, It&#8217;s Worth Doing Promptly.<\/p>\n<p>Even more, the phrase in kanji (read zen) means &#8220;good, goodness, right, virtue&#8221; and (read isoge) which is the imperative form of the verb (read isogu) meaning &#8220;to hurry, to rush, to hasten, to make something happen sooner&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, Hurry and do the good thing.<\/p>\n<p>This is not unlike <a title=\"hoshin kanri, strategic deployment\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/shining-metal-pointing-direction\/1555\/\">Hoshin Kanri<\/a>, where the organization deliberates carefully, but then executes very quickly.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, according to Japanese linguist, Zen Wa Isoge comes from the old saying, &#8220;Zen Wa Isoge, Aku Wa Nobeyo&#8221; which means, &#8220;Hurry and do the good, put off doing the bad.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The second part of this saying is usually omitted nowadays, and the first part is used to mean, &#8220;Hurry up and do what you have to do.&#8221; &#8220;Strike while the iron is hot&#8221; is another way to think of the phrase.<\/p>\n<p>From the perspective of Lean, we have a bias for action, learning, and experimentation. 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