On the surface, kaizen seems harmless. At least that’s what I thought before I majored in corporate power and communications and became jaded with capitalist dread. When you take a closer look you notice that the kaizen ‘continuous improvement’ philosophy is corporate brainwashing wrapped up in a pretty bow. At the end of the day, when you kaizen for a company, you’re kaizening (is that a thing?) for a bottom line — and it certainly isn’t your bottom line.