Toyota Kata and Training within Industry (TWI)
Practicing the Improvement Kata pulls the need for the three “J” skills of TWI.
A “pull system” describes a situation where what’s happening is only happening when the downstream “operation” needs it to be happening. Experimentation in step 4 of the Improvement Kata pulls in tools and skills. From time to time these skills will be Job Relations (JR), Job Instruction (JI) and Job Methods (JM). Further, as a whole, JR skills are synergistic with the Toyota Kata habits.
Agile and Toyota Kata
Did you know that ‘Agile’ began outside of IT? Further, Agile shouldn’t really be viewed as a methodology; it is a mindset, a set of behaviours. With this in mind it is not surprising that a kata will be the best way to develop such behaviours. For good reason, the Toyota Kata patterns fit hand in glove with Agile. Watch this 45 minute presentation Oscar Roche did for the International Institute of Learning and learn more …
Real questions answered by Oscar Roche
Following watching the video clip a group of International Institute For Learning clients (mostly Project Managers) from the San Diego region participated in a live Q&A session (about 20 minutes) with Oscar. The convenor is Sander Boeije (IIL New York). Click here to listen please. (Sander’s first question is missing from their recording. It was ‘How popular is Toyota Kata in your region?)
Toyota Kata and TWI Simulation: ‘Manufacturing’ or ‘Service’
A PARTICIPATORY SIMULATION that helps you identify what capabilities your company needs to practice and develop.
It is much easier to communicate what to expect via experience and illustration as opposed to just ‘telling’. Our simulations fit well with the saying ‘a picture paints a thousand words’. You will better understand through what you see, say and do.
What is scientific thinking?
Scientific thinking is different to the ‘scientific method’.
The four steps of the Improvement Kata parallel a scientific approach. Further, at step 4 of the Improvement Kata – Experiment toward the Target Condition – the learner needs to be thinking scientifically. The Coaching Kata is a way of helping a person develop a ‘scientific thinking approach’ to improvement through small ‘obstacle addressing steps’ connected to what has just been learnt.
Unleashing Scientific Thinking Through the Meta-Pattern of the Improvement Kata
Scientific thinking can be a powerful driver of progress, a powerful driver of Lean; many applications exist including the Improvement Kata. The Improvement Kata/Coaching Kata approach is a meta-pattern that gets us to use the reps we need to unleash any application of scientific thinking.
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KataCon7 Summit | Jekyll Island, Georgia, USA | March 11 - 12, 2021 | $1995USD |