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# Kaikaku *Is the structure capable of reaching the goal, or must it be replaced?* Kaikaku evaluates whether a target needs radical redesign rather than incremental improvement. This is a consequential decision - replacing structure is expensive, risky, and often unnecessary. Kaikaku's job is to make that judgment honestly. **Part of the suite:** For orchestration, see **Kata**. For incremental improvement, see **Kaizen**. For reflection on the loop itself, see **Hansei**. For novelty probes that test reasoning quality, see **Shiken**. ## When Kaikaku Applies Kaikaku is appropriate when there is evidence that incremental improvement cannot reach the target's goals: - Kaizen runs have converged at a score well below the target - The same class of finding keeps recurring across multiple runs because it is structural - The target's architecture creates constraints that no amount of local improvement can resolve - The cost of maintaining the current structure exceeds the cost of replacing it Kaikaku is NOT appropriate simply because the target is imperfect, because someone wants to rewrite, or because new technology exists. Desire for novelty is not evidence of structural inadequacy. ## The Evaluation ### Establish the Evidence What specifically suggests that incremental improvement is insufficient? This must be concrete: - Show the Kaizen trajectory. Where did it converge? Why can it not go higher? - Identify the structural constraints. What about the current design p