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Toyota Kata

Introduces improvement kata and coaching kata as repeatable routines for working through uncertainty.

Key takeaways

  1. Scientific thinking can become habitual
  2. A target condition guides experiments
  3. Obstacles are learned through action

How to apply it in your business

  1. Define a target condition two weeks ahead
  2. Run daily PDCA experiments on the current obstacle
  3. Coach using the kata questions at a fixed cadence

About the author

Mike Rother researches learning routines and coaching patterns for continuous improvement.

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