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# Hansei *Reflect on the loop, not the artifact.* Hansei examines the improvement process itself. While Kaizen improves the target and Kaikaku evaluates whether to replace it, Hansei asks whether the improvement process is working - whether it is measuring the right things, finding the right problems, and actually making progress or just churning. **Part of the suite:** For orchestration, see **Kata**. For improving the artifact, see **Kaizen**. For structural redesign, see **Kaikaku**. For novelty probes that test reasoning quality, see **Shiken**. ## What Hansei Examines ### The Trail Read the improvement history. GENBA entries, Kiroku sessions, prior run reports, changelogs. - What has the loop been finding across runs? - Are the findings getting more specific (progress) or staying at the same level (stagnation)? - Are the same categories of finding recurring? If so, why is the loop not resolving them? ### Recurring Patterns Look for findings that keep appearing across multiple runs: - Same finding, same words: the fix did not work, or the fix was cosmetic. - Same class of finding, different instances: the root cause is structural and the loop is treating symptoms. - Finding that was marked fixed but returned: the change was reverted or the fix was incomplete. For each recurring pattern: what would it take to resolve this permanently? Is it a Kaizen problem (fix the thing) or a Kaikaku problem (the structure makes this inevitable)? ### Blind Spots What has the