TOYOTA KATA

3.

Kata Creates

Culture

5.

The TK

Starter Kata

Kata_Creates_Culture.html
The_TK_Starter_Kata.html

Value Stream Mapping

Supporting Materials

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Extras

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1.

Improvement Kata

The_Improvement_Kata.html

Challenge

Challenge.html

2.

Coaching

Kata

The_Coaching_Kata.html
VSM.html

4.

Getting

Started

Getting_Started.html

TOYOTA

KATA

The

Improvement

Kata Exercise

The_IK_Exercise.html

A way to practice and develop scientific thinking in everyday work

 

My name is Mike Rother. We studied Toyota’s management system and here’s what we

found: They practice and teach a pattern of scientific thinking every day, with managers and supervisors as the coaches. Toyota Kata shows you how anyone can do that with their team.


Take advantage of the many resources on this website. If you’re a manager, supervisor or

team leader, get the Toyota Kata Practice Guide. If you’re a K-12 educator, check out

Kata in the Classroom. If you’re a professor, visit Toyota Kata at University.

Run a KPD

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Videos

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University

For K-12

Educators

TK at

School

You’ll also find many Toyota Kata resources around the web. A few examples:

For

Professors

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https://www.amazon.com/Toyota-Kata-Managing-Improvement-Adaptiveness/dp/0071635238
https://www.amazon.com/Toyota-Kata-Practice-Guide-Results/dp/1259861023
https://www.amazon.com/Toyota-Kata-Culture-Organizational-Capability/dp/9352607228

Toyota Kata is a skill-building process that shifts you and your team from a natural tendency to

jump to conclusions ... to thinking, working and reacting more scientifically. Best of all, you only

need to practice 20 minutes a day, under the guidance of your coach.

Toyota Kata is a way for managers and educators to initiate and

coach practice of practical scientific-thinking skills in their teams,

to develop and mobilize creative capability. Competitive conditions

favor teams and organizations that know how to adapt. It’s not as

difficult as you might think, because you can begin by practicing a

set of simple “Starter Kata.”


Toyota Kata is about starter practice routines for developing scientific

thinking. From there each individual & team can develop their own way.