Kaizen is a Japanese business philosophy that encourages continuous improvement involving employees at all levels of a company. The word kaizen is often translated as "change for the better."

The concept of kaizen encompasses a wide range of ideas. Those include making the work environment more efficient by creating a team atmosphere, improving processes and procedures, ensuring employee engagement, and making jobs more fulfilling, less tiring, and safer. Today many companies around the world practice kaizen in one form or another.