Lean Blog Audio — Why Kaizen is an Important Differentiator for Japanese Whisky

This article caught my attention the other day, primarily because I like scotch, whisky (and whiskey and bourbon). The Japanese love scotch whisky and have long produced a product that’s a variation of scotch — Japanese whisky (the lack of a standardized spelling for whiskey is an endless debate). I’ll settle on “whisky.”The article: Japanese Whisky Got a Lot of Hype, But Can One Bottle Really Be the Best?

Now, you might not care about “the brownest of the brown liquors” (Simpsons reference), but there’s an interesting detail in the article about the Kaizen mindset of continuous improvement.

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