{"id":7910,"date":"2020-03-19T11:42:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T15:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=7910"},"modified":"2022-04-13T23:09:29","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T03:09:29","slug":"genchi-genbutsu-go-and-see","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/genchi-genbutsu-go-and-see\/","title":{"rendered":"What Does Genchi Genbutsu Mean? How to Go &#038; See"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In lean management, what does <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/genchi-genbutsu-toyota\/\">Genchi Genbutsu<\/a> mean? Why is it so important for your business? Learn the principles of &#8220;go and see&#8221; to better meet your customers&#8217; needs and build a winning product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Literally, Genchi Genbutsu means &#8220;go and see&#8221; in Japanese. It came from the  famous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/lean-management-system\/\">Toyota Production System<\/a> to figure out the reality of what&#8217;s happening. But how does it work in general, outside of manufacturing, and what does it mean for Lean Startup?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why Genchi Genbutsu?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Once again, here are key questions to answer through Genchi Genbutsu:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Do people <em>actually<\/em> have the problem you believe they have?<\/li><li>Do they actually want what you\u2019re offering?<\/li><li>Are they willing to pay for it?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In the last chapter, we discussed how to <em>robustly<\/em> answer these questions \u2013 build a minimal prototype and study real customer behavior using the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/build-measure-learn-loop-lean-startup\/\">Build-Measure-Learn<\/a> loop. We know that real customer actions are the best form of data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But when you\u2019re starting out, it\u2019s often worthwhile to<strong> do a sanity check by spending time with potential customers<\/strong>. In Japanese manufacturing, they call this \u201c<strong>genchi gembutsu<\/strong>\u201d \u2013 \u201cgo and see for yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s really easy to see yourself as the next Steve Jobs and assume everyone\u2019s going to love what you\u2019re building. This is wishful thinking. <strong>You need to do a reality check. Go out of the building and talk to real people.<\/strong> This is Genchi Genbutsu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the worst case, you find out you were exactly on the right track, and you can build with renewed confidence. In the best case, you discover you were totally wrong about what your target customer wanted and switch to a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/product-vision-and-strategy\/\">product strategy<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Genchi Genbutsu Anecdote: Toyota Sienna<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Toyota Sienna minivan\u2019s biggest market is North America. The chief engineer in charge of the 2004 Sienna, Yuji Yokoya, knew woefully little about American habits and problems. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response, he proposed a national road trip spanning 53,000 miles, covering all fifty US states, all thirteen provinces of Canada, and all states of Mexico. He drove a Sienna and talked to real Toyota customers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through this Genchi Genbutsu trip, Yokoya found that making kids happy was vital. Even though parents pay for the car, the kids are the most critical customers, particularly on long road trips. As a result, Yokoya revamped the car interior, raising its comfort and convenience levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If Yokoya can make a trans-Atlantic, 53,000 mile trip to learn more about his customers, you can pick up the phone and set up coffee meetings for Genchi Genbutsu. What\u2019s the worst that can happen? In the worst case, your hypotheses turn out to be spot on, and you can march forward confidently.<strong> In the best case, you find customers actually don\u2019t have the problem you thought they did.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s my personal advice on how to get the most out of these interviews:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Focus on finding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/early-adopters-model\/\">early adopters<\/a> for your first phase of Genchi Genbutsu. These are the people who face the biggest pain, who are most likely to use your product first, and who will love you most when you solve their problems. If you interview a later adopter who just doesn\u2019t have the burning problem, you may receive too much discouraging negative feedback.<\/li><li><strong>Focus on clarifying their problem, not testing your solution. <\/strong>There are two reasons. 1) People often articulate their problems better than they can envision the solutions. They know what\u2019s painful, but they aren\u2019t sure exactly how to fix it. 2) You need to be open to the possibility that you misunderstand the customer problem. Almost certainly there will be nuances to the problem you hadn\u2019t previously appreciated. If you focus on gauging whether your solution is acceptable, you\u2019ll be too tempted to fit a square peg in a round hole and ignore the underlying lack of fit.<\/li><li><strong>Don\u2019t adjust your procedure after every interview.<\/strong> The key to statistics is collecting enough data points to make good inferences. 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