1. KATA
Model based on the Toyota Kata book & research by Mike Rother

2. “A kata is a routine you practice to make its pattern a habit”
What is a Kata?
“A kata is a routine you practice to make its pattern a habit”

3. Scientific Thinking
“A routine of intentional coordination between what we think will happen next (theory), what actually happens (evidence), and adjusting based on what we learn from the difference.”

4. Problem Categories
Few medium
size problems
Many small
Very few big

5. Implementation

6. The Role of a Challenge Strategy Theme Execution
Ideally, a challenge is a theme that connects strategy with
process-level execution
Concrete
Hard Metrics
Principles
1 week – 3 months
1-3 years
Distant
Strategy
Theme
Execution

7. Two Fundamental Kata
Improvement Kata
Coaching Kata

8. Improvement Kata 1 2 3 4

9. Step 1: Direction & Challenge
Importance
Urgency
Tendency

10. Step 2: Current Condition
Overview of current state
Highlight key factors
Identify the real problem
Use quantitative measures
Summarize information

11. Step 3: Target Condition
Fully understand the current condition
Determine desired state
Avoid identifying solutions

12. Study by comparing actual outcome with expected outcome.
PDSA
Act/Adjust by standardizing/stabilizing what works, or begin the PDSA cycle again.
Plan by defining what you expect to do and to happen. This is the hypothesis or prediction
Plan Do
Act
Study
Go see for yourself
Study by comparing actual outcome with expected outcome.
Do by testing the hypothesis, i.e. try to run the process according to plan. Observe closely.

13. Five-Why Analysis
“By asking why five times and answering it each time, we can get the real cause of the problem.”
~ Taiichi Ohno
Threshold of Knowledge: identifying solutions without facts or data
5 Whys or 5 Experiments help us determine our current threshold of knowledge

14. Step 4: Obstacles Analyze the problem Identify recommendations
Implement countermeasure(s)
Ensure ongoing PDSA

15. Coaching Kata 1 2 3 4
The process of coaching these steps also provides continuous confirmation of alignment and intent.

17. The
“Five Questions”
Card

18. Video
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19. The
“Five Questions”
Card

20. "When you improve a little each day, eventually big things occur… Not tomorrow, not the next day, but eventually a big gain is made. Don't look for the big, quick improvement. Seek the small improvement one day at a time. That's the only way it happens — and when it happens, it lasts.” -John Wooden

21. Questions

22. References http://www- personal.umich.edu/~mrother/Homepage.ht ml
personal.umich.edu/~mrother/KATA_Files/IK _Reference_Guide.pdf
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