In today's information driven world, we get a plethora of information about everything. There are fantastic sources like libraries, magazines, newspapers, etc. and the largest of all being the internet. With a few clicks here and there on the net we can access information about everything ranging from nappy to nuclear bomb, from cart to aircraft, everything. It has become cliché to quote that we use less than 10% of our brains. Our brain is just like a processing house where a lot of techniques are applied to improve the production efficiency and minimize the wastage.
Information enters into our brain with an ultimate objective of further processing but stays there without any further dispensation. We are using our brain as a store house rather than a processing house. Processed information is knowledge. Any information above the EOQ (Economic Order Quantity) results in various unnecessary costs or problems. Major among them are carrying and storage costs. Former one is in terms of keeping oneself updated and regular brushing up to avoid your knowledge from being stale and redundant. Storage cost is in terms of the cost of space it occupies in your mind or rather the opportunity cost of not utilizing the brain space for something more important. The diversion of the processing power of brain in the storage of information results in operational bottlenecks.
Since the area of concern is the operation of our brain and efficient utilization of its capacity, the solution lies in applying some operation management techniques like Just-in time (JIT) , Kanban and Kaizen.
Just-in-time (JIT) in case of functioning of the brain can be an information management strategy implemented to improve the return on gathering information by reducing in-process inventory and its associated carrying costs. In order to achieve JIT the process must have signals of what is going on elsewhere within the process. These signals are called Kanban. In simple words we should search for more information when we are sure that we will need it and at a point of time when we can process it. Storing a lot of information in brain is as wasteful as storing a lot of inventory to overcome the fear of running out of any stock.
Kaizen (Japanese word for "improvement") is a Japanese philosophy that focuses on continuous improvement throughout all aspects of life. By improving standardized activities and processes, Kaizen aims to eliminate waste. In functioning of human brain elimination of redundant information, application of mind tools like mind mapping, lateral thinking, Yoga, Pranayam and Preksha Dhyan, Vedic mathematics, memory techniques, etc. can do away with various wastages of alternatively usable brain power, hence increasing overall efficiency. Constant and Never-Ending Improvement of Kaizen can go a long way to enable the human brain achieve the desired level of efficiency and higher utilization of the mental capacity.
Kaizen principle is based on asking small and simple rather than creative questions. For human application, this means introspection with simple questions. like, “What could I do to free up five minutes for my meditation practice?” or “What small change could I make if I wanted to improve my relationships today?” Small questions tend to dispell the fear and intimidation that come with frontally facing the whole issue. Small questions, along with small, comfortable changes is the first important principle of kaizen. Second step is making the process continuous
Human brain can be a highly effective production house of life changing ideas. So let us restructure our thought process and enter into a mind resource planning (MRP) implementation phase. This phase is long and tedious and involves lot of efforts, willingness and commitment from the person. But the outcome is equally exciting. It can change the way you look at the world and the world looks at you.
The process of self improvement is like a continuous process and the earlier we start the better it is. As Lao Tzu rightly remarked “A journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step.”
Information enters into our brain with an ultimate objective of further processing but stays there without any further dispensation. We are using our brain as a store house rather than a processing house. Processed information is knowledge. Any information above the EOQ (Economic Order Quantity) results in various unnecessary costs or problems. Major among them are carrying and storage costs. Former one is in terms of keeping oneself updated and regular brushing up to avoid your knowledge from being stale and redundant. Storage cost is in terms of the cost of space it occupies in your mind or rather the opportunity cost of not utilizing the brain space for something more important. The diversion of the processing power of brain in the storage of information results in operational bottlenecks.
Since the area of concern is the operation of our brain and efficient utilization of its capacity, the solution lies in applying some operation management techniques like Just-in time (JIT) , Kanban and Kaizen.
Just-in-time (JIT) in case of functioning of the brain can be an information management strategy implemented to improve the return on gathering information by reducing in-process inventory and its associated carrying costs. In order to achieve JIT the process must have signals of what is going on elsewhere within the process. These signals are called Kanban. In simple words we should search for more information when we are sure that we will need it and at a point of time when we can process it. Storing a lot of information in brain is as wasteful as storing a lot of inventory to overcome the fear of running out of any stock.
Kaizen (Japanese word for "improvement") is a Japanese philosophy that focuses on continuous improvement throughout all aspects of life. By improving standardized activities and processes, Kaizen aims to eliminate waste. In functioning of human brain elimination of redundant information, application of mind tools like mind mapping, lateral thinking, Yoga, Pranayam and Preksha Dhyan, Vedic mathematics, memory techniques, etc. can do away with various wastages of alternatively usable brain power, hence increasing overall efficiency. Constant and Never-Ending Improvement of Kaizen can go a long way to enable the human brain achieve the desired level of efficiency and higher utilization of the mental capacity.
Kaizen principle is based on asking small and simple rather than creative questions. For human application, this means introspection with simple questions. like, “What could I do to free up five minutes for my meditation practice?” or “What small change could I make if I wanted to improve my relationships today?” Small questions tend to dispell the fear and intimidation that come with frontally facing the whole issue. Small questions, along with small, comfortable changes is the first important principle of kaizen. Second step is making the process continuous
Human brain can be a highly effective production house of life changing ideas. So let us restructure our thought process and enter into a mind resource planning (MRP) implementation phase. This phase is long and tedious and involves lot of efforts, willingness and commitment from the person. But the outcome is equally exciting. It can change the way you look at the world and the world looks at you.
The process of self improvement is like a continuous process and the earlier we start the better it is. As Lao Tzu rightly remarked “A journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step.”
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