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08/15/2011 01:54 PM
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I am wondering if anyone would be interested in a "virtual book review" of Toyota Kata. If yes, any suggestions on how we can get started? I envision a dialogue on the kata concepts as descibed by Mike Rother and how it challenges our thinking on daily continuous improvment, teams, employee engagement, etc.
Please let me know your thoughts.
Steve
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08/16/2011 08:57 AM
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It is a great book. Rather than repeating it, I put up a review here:
http://theleanthinker.com/2010...f-engaged-leadership/
I have found, in practice, that simply framing a conversation or a management briefing in terms of the "coaching kata" (which is, in turn, structured around PDCA) can cause pretty significant shifts in how people seek to deliver answers.
The other major point is how the various "tools of lean," far from being dogmatic things that you implement, are far more powerful when regarded as target states - things you are striving to achieve, and using your problems as issues to work on.
And finally is the insight that management's focus for "continuous improvement" is much more about "continuously improving people's capability" than it is about continuously improving process. Process is transient, it will change tomorrow. Only people's capability remains over the long-haul. I wrote a little about this here:
http://theleanthinker.com/2011...ntinuously-improving/
I am putting up the links to generate a little conversation.
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08/18/2011 10:32 AM
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Steve
I am not sure that a "book Review" is a good objective. If it is, Mark has trumped it by supplying a very good review. His second article is more on target of something that I think would be very useful.
How about floating some questions as we read the book about various aspects covered to help get a deeper understanding. I think that another idea that was in the book was that Multi-Voting Technique is not a systematic approach but one demonstrating lack of knowledge and developing an emotional response. That one set me back and I have been thinking about it since I read it.
I also read a Tom Landry quote yesterday that had more meaning since reading the Toyota Kata. He said - "Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan."
I would be interested in people's thoughts and reactions to Mark's question/statement on continuous improvement and the multi-voting technique comment.
There is a list of others as you read the book.
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