For instance, at least in these dim days we're not hearing constantly about how we all need to be devoted to "continuous improvement."

What a tiresome, nagging mother-in-law that jargon was.

Especially when we knew all along that human nature is long periods of complacency punctuated by sporadic improvement at the point of a knife, followed by a return to relative sloth.

But then, that's a rather clunky name for a management fad.

Hey Toyota: I got your kaizen right here.