Masaaki Imai was born in Tokyo in 1930. In 1955, he received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Tokyo, where he also did graduate work in international relations. In 1962, he founded Cambridge Corp., an international management and executive recruiting firm. As a consultant, he assisted more than 200 foreign and joint-venture companies in Japan in fields including recruiting, executive development, personnel management and organizational studies. From 1976 to 1986, Imai served as president of the Japan Federation of Recruiting and Employment Agency Associations.
In 1986, Imai established the Kaizen Institute to help Western companies introduce kaizen concepts, systems and tools. That same year, he published his book on Japanese management, Kaizen: The Key to Japan’s Competitive Success. This best-selling book has since been translated into 14 languages.
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