Description
Book SynopsisTake advantage of your organizationâs brainpower with Kata-driven continuous improvement
âœThis is the first book I have read that provides a clear picture of what it takes to develop and mobilize creative capability across an organization, to achieve challenging goals.â Jeffrey K. Liker, author of The Toyota Way (from the Foreword)
Nobody drives continuous improvement in real, tangible ways like Toyota, where everyone at every level works toward common, customer-related goals. At Toyota, continuous improvement is habitual.
In his groundbreaking book Toyota Kata, Mike Rother revealed management practices that drive Toyotaâs success in providing value to their customers. Now, Rother and coauthor Gerd Aulinger provide the routines and know-how for scaling these practices across your entire organization. It all builds on five simple foundational questions at every level:
What is the target condition
Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface: From Kata to Culture
Introduction: Let's Paint a Picture
Chapter 1: Planning: Understand the Challenge, Grasp the Current Condition, Establish the Next Target Condition
Chapter 2: Executing: Conduct Daily Experiments and Coaching Cycles
Chapter 3: Expanding Upward
Chapter 4: Expanding Sideways: Handling Obstacles at Interfaces
Conclusion: Getting Started and Developing Your Own Way
Appendix: Key Forms
Index
