This document proposes applying the principles of continuous improvement used at the process level to choosing target conditions for organizational challenges. It suggests:
1) Creating a pattern of questions for conversations between a coach and second coach when selecting themes for new target conditions, to help keep the overall challenge in mind.
2) Maintaining a record of past target condition themes and results, similar to a PDCA cycle record, to inform selection of future themes based on learnings.
3) Having the coach define new target conditions with measurable details after accepting a learner's proposed condition, then reviewing progress with a second coach prior to the next coaching cycle.
Toyota Kata Presentation for ITSM.fi TOP 10 ConferenceTeemu Toivonen
A presentation about Toyota Kata for the ITSM.fi TOP 10 Conference. The presentation covers:
* What is a learning organization
* Introduction to Toyota Kata and mapping it to the learning organization model.
* Introduction and example of Improvement Kata
* Introduction to Coaching Kata
* Introduction to A3 - templates
Toyota Kata presentation for the Agile Finland communityTeemu Toivonen
Teemu Toivonen introduced Toyota Kata, which uses two behavioral routines - the Improvement Kata and Coaching Kata - to continually improve work through small experiments. The Improvement Kata involves understanding the current condition, setting a target condition 1-3 months away, and using PDCA experiments to navigate toward the target. The Coaching Kata teaches the Improvement Kata using real problems, with the mentor asking questions rather than providing answers to guide the mentee. Experience shows that practicing the Kata helps processes but developing coaching skills is key to scaling improvements in an organization.
The document outlines the steps of the Improvement Kata process:
1. Plan where you want to go by understanding the challenge you are striving for in the next 6 months to 3 years.
2. Grasp the current condition by analyzing the facts and data about where you currently are.
3. Establish the next target condition and achieve-by date, describing where you want to be next on the way to the longer term challenge.
4. Iterate toward the target condition by conducting rapid, frequent experiments to move from the current to the target condition.
This document proposes applying the principles of continuous improvement used at the process level to choosing target conditions for organizational challenges. It suggests:
1) Creating a pattern of questions for conversations between a coach and second coach when selecting themes for new target conditions, to help keep the overall challenge in mind.
2) Maintaining a record of past target condition themes and results, similar to a PDCA cycle record, to inform selection of future themes based on learnings.
3) Having the coach define new target conditions with measurable details after accepting a learner's proposed condition, then reviewing progress with a second coach prior to the next coaching cycle.
Toyota Kata Presentation for ITSM.fi TOP 10 ConferenceTeemu Toivonen
A presentation about Toyota Kata for the ITSM.fi TOP 10 Conference. The presentation covers:
* What is a learning organization
* Introduction to Toyota Kata and mapping it to the learning organization model.
* Introduction and example of Improvement Kata
* Introduction to Coaching Kata
* Introduction to A3 - templates
Toyota Kata presentation for the Agile Finland communityTeemu Toivonen
Teemu Toivonen introduced Toyota Kata, which uses two behavioral routines - the Improvement Kata and Coaching Kata - to continually improve work through small experiments. The Improvement Kata involves understanding the current condition, setting a target condition 1-3 months away, and using PDCA experiments to navigate toward the target. The Coaching Kata teaches the Improvement Kata using real problems, with the mentor asking questions rather than providing answers to guide the mentee. Experience shows that practicing the Kata helps processes but developing coaching skills is key to scaling improvements in an organization.
The document outlines the steps of the Improvement Kata process:
1. Plan where you want to go by understanding the challenge you are striving for in the next 6 months to 3 years.
2. Grasp the current condition by analyzing the facts and data about where you currently are.
3. Establish the next target condition and achieve-by date, describing where you want to be next on the way to the longer term challenge.
4. Iterate toward the target condition by conducting rapid, frequent experiments to move from the current to the target condition.
This document outlines 5 key factors for successful deployment of Toyota Kata by Advance Groups: 1) ensuring activities are relevant, 2) having the right people in the right roles of learner, coach, and second coach, 3) using close-in target conditions, 4) implementing frequent and rapid PDCA cycles, and 5) engaging in purposeful coaching cycles. Maintaining these factors will help Advance Groups achieve their goal of reaching a "tipping point" where kata activities become embedded in the daily work of continuously improving processes and developing people.
This document describes the Improvement Kata model, which uses a funnel as a visual representation. The wide top of the funnel represents the long-term vision, while the narrow bottom represents daily PDCA cycles. The routines of the Improvement Kata - challenge, focus, target condition, obstacle, and PDCA - help translate the vision into concrete daily learning steps. Coaches should ensure learners are working within this iterative process and funnel model to make incremental innovations aligned with the vision and challenge.
The document introduces the Improvement Kata and Coaching Kata. The Improvement Kata is a set of four routines practiced to develop scientific thinking when facing challenges: understanding the challenge, grasping the current condition, establishing target conditions, and using a Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle to overcome obstacles. The Coaching Kata is a framework of questions used by a coach to provoke and reinforce effective practice of the Improvement Kata, with the most important question being "What did you learn?". Both kata are practiced through deliberate practice at the workplace to develop new capabilities and recognize when current limits of knowledge are exceeded.
Kata skill @ novice: 5 Common Themes of Novice SkillBeth Carrington
Here are 5 common themes I've seen when a Learner and a Coach have Kata Skill at Novice, this presentation shares those illustrated with a Healthcare Example.
This document discusses using the Improvement Kata process to achieve a target condition by overcoming obstacles through daily cycles of planning, doing, checking, and acting. The Improvement Kata links a leadership's vision and objectives to daily actions needed to describe a target pattern and recognize obstacles preventing the achievement of that target condition.
A portable kata storyboard.
At the end of the 2016 Kata Summit, Brad Frank, Julie Simmons and Mike Rother asked a simple question:
What are you striving to achieve and where are you now?
They encouraged each of us to write this down and take action, determine your obstacles and PDCA your way to overcoming them. Here’s a portable Storyboard and some documents that may help you get started.
Kata, kata, kata…
Beth
Toyota Kata 5 key Factors for Successful Advance GroupsBeth Carrington
This document outlines five key factors for successful deployment of Toyota Kata: 1) relevancy, 2) having the right people in the right roles, 3) close-in target conditions, 4) frequent and rapid PDCA cycles, and 5) purposeful coaching cycles. Advance groups are charged with actively monitoring and guiding the organization's kata deployment to achieve a "tipping point" where kata activities are embedded in everyone's daily work of managing processes and developing people. Keeping these five factors in play will help advance groups drive kata activities from being "something extra" to the "usual thing" that is done.
This document provides an overview of Toyota Kata and its role in lean transformation. It discusses how Toyota Kata involves routines known as "katas" that are practiced to operationalize continuous improvement. The Improvement Kata involves four routines - vision, current condition, target condition, and plan - that are used to take small steps toward a target condition. It also discusses the Coaching Kata, which is the structured coaching between a mentor and learner that is key to sustaining continuous improvement through developing adaptive behaviors and thinking. The purpose is to shift managers' thinking about how to achieve and maintain continuous improvement through daily management behaviors and routines.
The document discusses the Toyota Kata method of continuous improvement and change management. It emphasizes that Toyota Kata is a way of changing behaviors through practice and coaching, not just an implementation process. It involves setting a clear target condition rather than a list of goals, and making small, frequent changes using the PDCA cycle to learn and adapt. Coaching others through a structured question process is key to building new patterns and behaviors. The conclusion is that Toyota Kata is a management system for driving continuous improvement through leadership, coaching, and achieving challenging objectives.
Comparing Stability and Sustainability in Agile SystemsRob Healy
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In this paper we explain wat overwork is and the physical and mental health risks associated with it.
We then explore how overwork relates to system stability and inventory.
Finally there is a call to action for Team Leads / Scrum Masters / Managers to measure and monitor excess work for individual teams.
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This document outlines 5 key factors for successful deployment of Toyota Kata by Advance Groups: 1) ensuring activities are relevant, 2) having the right people in the right roles of learner, coach, and second coach, 3) using close-in target conditions, 4) implementing frequent and rapid PDCA cycles, and 5) engaging in purposeful coaching cycles. Maintaining these factors will help Advance Groups achieve their goal of reaching a "tipping point" where kata activities become embedded in the daily work of continuously improving processes and developing people.
This document describes the Improvement Kata model, which uses a funnel as a visual representation. The wide top of the funnel represents the long-term vision, while the narrow bottom represents daily PDCA cycles. The routines of the Improvement Kata - challenge, focus, target condition, obstacle, and PDCA - help translate the vision into concrete daily learning steps. Coaches should ensure learners are working within this iterative process and funnel model to make incremental innovations aligned with the vision and challenge.
The document introduces the Improvement Kata and Coaching Kata. The Improvement Kata is a set of four routines practiced to develop scientific thinking when facing challenges: understanding the challenge, grasping the current condition, establishing target conditions, and using a Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle to overcome obstacles. The Coaching Kata is a framework of questions used by a coach to provoke and reinforce effective practice of the Improvement Kata, with the most important question being "What did you learn?". Both kata are practiced through deliberate practice at the workplace to develop new capabilities and recognize when current limits of knowledge are exceeded.
Kata skill @ novice: 5 Common Themes of Novice SkillBeth Carrington
Here are 5 common themes I've seen when a Learner and a Coach have Kata Skill at Novice, this presentation shares those illustrated with a Healthcare Example.
This document discusses using the Improvement Kata process to achieve a target condition by overcoming obstacles through daily cycles of planning, doing, checking, and acting. The Improvement Kata links a leadership's vision and objectives to daily actions needed to describe a target pattern and recognize obstacles preventing the achievement of that target condition.
A portable kata storyboard.
At the end of the 2016 Kata Summit, Brad Frank, Julie Simmons and Mike Rother asked a simple question:
What are you striving to achieve and where are you now?
They encouraged each of us to write this down and take action, determine your obstacles and PDCA your way to overcoming them. Here’s a portable Storyboard and some documents that may help you get started.
Kata, kata, kata…
Beth
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This document outlines five key factors for successful deployment of Toyota Kata: 1) relevancy, 2) having the right people in the right roles, 3) close-in target conditions, 4) frequent and rapid PDCA cycles, and 5) purposeful coaching cycles. Advance groups are charged with actively monitoring and guiding the organization's kata deployment to achieve a "tipping point" where kata activities are embedded in everyone's daily work of managing processes and developing people. Keeping these five factors in play will help advance groups drive kata activities from being "something extra" to the "usual thing" that is done.
This document provides an overview of Toyota Kata and its role in lean transformation. It discusses how Toyota Kata involves routines known as "katas" that are practiced to operationalize continuous improvement. The Improvement Kata involves four routines - vision, current condition, target condition, and plan - that are used to take small steps toward a target condition. It also discusses the Coaching Kata, which is the structured coaching between a mentor and learner that is key to sustaining continuous improvement through developing adaptive behaviors and thinking. The purpose is to shift managers' thinking about how to achieve and maintain continuous improvement through daily management behaviors and routines.
The document discusses the Toyota Kata method of continuous improvement and change management. It emphasizes that Toyota Kata is a way of changing behaviors through practice and coaching, not just an implementation process. It involves setting a clear target condition rather than a list of goals, and making small, frequent changes using the PDCA cycle to learn and adapt. Coaching others through a structured question process is key to building new patterns and behaviors. The conclusion is that Toyota Kata is a management system for driving continuous improvement through leadership, coaching, and achieving challenging objectives.
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We then explore how overwork relates to system stability and inventory.
Finally there is a call to action for Team Leads / Scrum Masters / Managers to measure and monitor excess work for individual teams.
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Org Topologies™ in its essence is a two-dimensional space with 16 distinctive boxes - atomic organizational archetypes. That space helps you to plot your current operating model by positioning individuals, departments, and teams on the map. This will give a profound understanding of the performance of your value-creating organizational ecosystem.
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I am a Project and Engineering Leader with extensive experience as a Business Operations Leader, Technical Project Manager, Engineering Manager and Operations Experience for Domestic and International companies such as Electrolux, Carrier, and Deutz. I have developed new products using Stage Gate development/MS Project/JIRA, for the pro-duction of Medical Equipment, Large Commercial Refrigeration Systems, Appliances, HVAC, and Diesel engines.
My experience includes:
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Successfully developed the $15-20M yearly corporate capital strategy for manufacturing, with the Executive Team and key stakeholders. Created project scope and specifications, business case, ROI, managed project plans with key personnel for nine consumer product manufacturing and distribution sites; to support the company’s strategic sales plan.
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Experience working as a Technical Manager developing new products with chemical engineers and packaging engineers to enhance and reduce the cost of retail products. I have led the activities of multiple engineering groups with diverse backgrounds.
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User level knowledge of MRP/SAP, MS Project, Powerpoint, Visio, Mastercontrol, JIRA, Power BI and Tableau.
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2. Target Condition Expiration
§ When a Target Condition is achieved or the Target
Condition achieve by data occurs the Target Condition
expires and it is time to create a new Target Condition
§ How does a Learner and Coach go about establishing
the next Target Condition?
§ Here is a Kata or Routine to practice
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4. TCn >TCn+1 Kata
§ Coach leads Learner through reflection on the last
Target Condition
§ What did you plan as your last Target Condition?
§ What did you expect?
§ What actually happened?
§ What did we learn?
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5. Challenge and Actual Condition Now
§ Coach and Learner Reflect on the Challenge and the
Learner’s understanding of the Actual Condition Now
§ Did we make progress to the Challenge?
§ Do we need to practice Process Analysis Kata
§ Coach sets the next Target Condition date
§ Learner establishes next Target Condition
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6. Next Target Condition
§ Learn proposes new Target Condition to Coach
§ Negotiations and changes are made, if necessary
§ Coach and Learner agree on Target Condition
§ This is a must!
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