Japanese Incremental Innovation: Why Japan Makes the Best, Not the First
The philosophy that made Japan masters of incremental accumulated development — building on first inventions to produce the best through hundreds of systematic small iterations.
Overview
Program Objectives
- Understand the philosophy and competitive logic of incremental innovation.
- Apply QFD to translate customer needs into product improvement priorities.
- Design an incremental innovation process for an existing product or service.
- Build a 12-month IP-led improvement roadmap for an existing product.
Requirements
- R&D directors, product managers, innovation leaders, technology strategy teams, and IP professionals. Familiarity with product development processes is recommended.
Why This Program?
Japan Didn Invent the Car, Camera, or Transistor. It Perfected Them. Learn How.
Five days applying QFD, kaizen, and patent strategy to build a 12-month product improvement roadmap.
Innovation is not always about being first. Japan built global dominance by making existing inventions better through disciplined incremental improvement. This programme gives you the tools to apply the same logic to your products.
Japan has the longest track record of systematic incremental innovation, with documented methodologies, institutional knowledge, and company cases spanning decades.
Five days in Tokyo: QFD workshops, kaizen innovation methods, patent strategy sessions, and a 12-month roadmap presentation.
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