The Kata Approach

General Objective

You will learn to identify the key steps in the improvement kata and the coaching kata. More specifically, you will be able to apply the process to everyday situations, both on the shop floor and at the management committee level.

Who is this training course intended for?

This training is intended for team leaders, supervisors, executives, managers, change agents, Lean agents, and quality and continuous improvement leaders or specialists.

Benefits

• Knowing how to identify the current state and the target state
• Learn how to apply the PDCA cycle of continuous improvement in your daily work
• Mastering Katas for Improvement and Coaching
• Implementing the kata approach into the day-to-day management system
• Clarify the roles of each level of the organization within a kata framework

Course Details

Understanding the Origins

Kata as a Means of Survival (The Example of Traditional Japanese Karate), excerpted from an article by Jeffrey Liker and Mike Rother, “The Toyota Way and TPS: At the Heart of Everyday Life at Toyota.”

• What is a kata?
• Why Lean Implementations Aren't Always Successful
• The Origins of Daily Kata Management

Learning the Improvement Kata

Based on Mike Rother’s *Toyota Kata*. Team-based learning exercises on the improvement kata, which are then shared with the group. The facilitator uses concepts from the coaching kata to engage with the participants.

• The Current Situation
• The target condition
• The PDCA Cycle of Continuous Improvement
• The Five Questions

Practicing the Coaching Kata

When we focus more on the process than on the end result. A manager who supports learning. Example of a standard agenda.

• A Mentor Manager
• Three-Level Visual Daily Management

A Systematic Implementation

Development of a dashboard and documentation system to support deployment and retention.