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Mike Rother TOYOTA KATA 1 This document and its contents are Copyright 2013 by Mike Rother, all rights reserved
1217 Baldwin Avenue / Ann Arbor, MI 48104 USA / tel: (734) 665-5411 / [email protected]
Improvement Kata MindsetGet better at achieving goals and meeting
challenges by teaching the creative process
by Mike Rother2013
24.2NextTarget ConditionTarget
Condition
CurrentCondition
Illustration by Dr. Lutz Engel
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I want to propose that this is something middle managers should spend more time on
WHAT ID LIKE TO FOCUS ON TODAY
Lean solutions (tools, techniques and principles) to improve quality, cost, delivery
A systematic, scientific routine of thinking & acting
Middle managers asteachers of that routine
Visible
LessVisible
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Learner(Mentee)
Responsible for the process
Coach(Mentor)
Supervisoror manager
Process
Applies the Improvement Kata
Teachesthe IK
BEFORE WE GET STARTED - Quick Overview
The Improvement Kata models the scientific creative process and makes it operationalizable and teachable in any organization
The Coaching Kata is a routine for teaching the
Improvement Kata. It relies heavily on the Five Questions (Coach) and the PDCA Cycles
Record (Learner)
The Improvement Kata + the Coaching Kata are a management system. Its not a problem solving approach to be implemented, but a process of scientific-skill development and mindset change.
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A FAMILIAR ILLUSION
Part 1 The Power of Habits
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HERES ANOTHER FAMILIAR ILLUSION
We may know how a kanban system works
But we dont know what will make your kanban system work
VisibleAspect
LessVisibleAspect
Once we assume we know, we stop experimenting!Which of these aspects is the Lean community teaching?What mindset is the Lean community creating?
Important and necessary, but...
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WE LIKE TO BE CERTAIN IN OUR VIEWThats the way our brain is wired
Declarations of high confidence mainly tell you that an individual has constructed a coherent story in his mind, not necessarily that the story is true.
~ Daniel KahnemanThinking Fast and Slow
But once we think we know, we set a course and go, rather than testing, learning and adapting. Thats where trouble begins.
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WHAT IS METACOGNITION?
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METACOGNITION =Thinking about how you think
i.e., analyzing your own cognitive processes
Unlike most animals,humans have the abilityto be aware of their thinking and can influence it.
Lets try it!
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A QUICK EXPERIMENTTake a moment... please cross your arms.
Then re-cross them the other way.
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QUICK EXPERIMENTPlease clasp your hands.
Then clasp them the other way.
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In each case, how did it feel the second time compared to the first?
For most of us the other way feels odd.You have to consciously think about it and be more deliberate.
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UnconsciousThinking
DeliberateThinking
Habits are behaviors that have been repeated regularly and occur unconsciously. The repeated behavior develops neural pathways in the brain, making the behavior easier to complete. Why do this? The brain weighs only 3 pounds but uses 20% of the bodys energy!Unconscious thinking enables you to get through the day by taking care of routine decisions with minimum fuss. Unconscious thinking is fast and instinctive, while deliberate thinking is slow and intentional.
OUR UNCONSCIOUS HABITS ARE FAST & POWERFULOur brain creates habits for efficiency; to free up capacity
for when deliberate decision making is necessary
The subconscious is powerful because it can processbillions of bits of information per second, while ourdeliberate mind can only process a few thousand per second.
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Much of what happens in an organization is a consequence of the habits that people in the organization have learned through practice, whether deliberately or by happenstance.
MUCH OF WHAT WE DO IS HABITUALLike crossing our arms, performed almost without thinking
However, a pitfall of many habits is that the past experiences that created them do not necessarily represent future situations
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What would happen if you practicedfolding your arms the other way every day?
It would become normal; something you can do without thinking about it.
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UnconsciousThinking
DeliberatePractice
develops
We may think that all skill is innate -- that you are either born with it or not -- but thats not 100% correct.You can rewire your thinking and habits by deliberately (consciously) practicing a targeted behavior pattern.Once the pattern youre practicing enters your unconscious it gets smoother and faster and becomes the normal, habitual way you operate.
SO... WE CAN CHANGE OUR AUTOPILOTHumans have the ability to deliberately develop new habits!
Thats what the Improvement Kata & Coaching Kata are about.
You can change the culture of an organization,and even an entire society, this way.
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Through practicing, the pattern of a katabecomes second nature - done with littleconscious attention - and readily available.Examples include riding a bicycle, driving acar, typing. Once youve learned to drive you dont think much about using the cars controls and can focus your attention on the situational aspects of navigating the road.
WHAT IS A KATA?A kata is a routine you practice deliberately so its pattern becomes a habit
Part 2 The Improvement Kata
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YOUR ORGANIZATIONS CULTURE PERPETUATES ITSELF EVERY DAY
Team or Organizational
CultureRoutines
HabitsRitualsNorms
Mindsetand
behavior
Teaches
This is automatic,unconscious
daily practicing
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KATA CREATES NEW CULTURE
Team or Organizational
CultureRoutines
HabitsRitualsNorms
Mindsetand
behavior
Teaches
This is automatic,unconscious
daily practicing
Practicingspecific
newbehaviors
Affects
This is deliberate,conscious
daily practicing
KATAIs Used
Here
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HERES THE COOL THINGWe now have kata -- a repeatable routine -- for teaching
and coaching this part
Lean solutions (tools, techniques and principles) to improve quality, cost, delivery
A systematic, scientific routine of thinking & acting
Managers as teachersof that routine
Visible
LessVisible
IK
CK
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A DEFINITION OF MANAGEMENT
The systematic pursuit of desired conditionsby utilizing human capabilities
in a concerted way
We want to be here
nextWe are
here
Currentcondition
Desired condition
TargetconditionChallenge
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LEADERS & MANAGERS ARE TEACHERS, ANDTHEIR ACTIONS DETERMINE COMPANY CAPABILITY
Whether consciously or not, with their everyday words and actions all leaders and managers are teaching their people a mindset and approach.
So it makes sense to ask: What patterns of behavior and thought do we want our managers to be teaching in our organization?
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Here the manager automaticallyteaches the prevailing culture
Here the manageris a coach who deliberately teachesa new way
DELIBERATE versus AUTOMATIC TEACHING
Mindsetand
behavior
TeachesAffectsPracticingspecific
newbehaviors
Team or Organizational
CultureRoutines
HabitsRitualsNorms
KATAIs Used
Here
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Practice Pattern 1: THE IMPROVEMENT KATAThis is the fundamental pattern.
The Improvement Kata is about striving toward a goalin a systematic, scientific way.
Practicing the Improvement Kata develops mastery of improvement, adaptiveness and innovation
Establish the Next Target Condition
TargetCondition
PDCA Toward the Target Condition
The 5 Questions
GoandSee
PLAN
CHECK DO
ACT
C C
T C
Grasp the Current
ConditionUnderstand
theDirection
321 4Where do you want to go?
Then iterateto get there
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1 In consideration of a vision and challenge...2 Grasp the current condition.3 Define the next target condition.4 Move toward that target condition with PDCA, which
uncovers obstacles that need to be worked on.
Visionand
ChallengeCurrent
Condition TargetCondition
NextObstacles
ANOTHER WAY TO LOOK ATTHE IMPROVEMENT KATA
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Practice Pattern 2: THE COACHING KATAThis is a pattern for teaching the Improvement Kata
The Coaching Kata is a set of coaching routines to practice in order to develop effective coaching habits. It's a coaching pattern to help you teach the Improvement Kata thinking pattern.The Coaching Kata gives managers and supervisors a standardized approach to facilitate Improvement Kata skill development in daily work.
The manager / coach needs to know boththe Improvement Kata and the Coaching Kata!
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LearnersStoryboard
Process
Learner(Mentee)
Team
Manager(Coach or Mentor)
CoachingKata
ImprovementKata
THE TWO PRIMARY ROLESIN PRACTICING & TEACHING
The coachs focus is giving procedural guidance to develop learners Improvement Kata skill
The learners focus is applying the Improvement Kata to an objective
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DEVELOPING A META HABIT THROUGH PRACTICEWHAT youre working on: The focus process provides the content.
HOW youre working: The Improvement Kata provides the form.
. . ... .. . . .
. ..CurrentCondition
TargetCondition
Unclear Territory
Obstacles
Coaching Cycles
with the 5 Questions
5Q 5Q 5Q 5Q 5Q5Q5Q 5Q 5Q 5Q5Q 5Q 5Q
The pattern of thinking and acting (the kata) stays the same and repeats.This is the habit, the HOW, the Coach is teaching.Coach
Learner
The content and obstacles the Learner works on are situational and will vary.
The Coach is teaching the Learner a scientific way of thinking by using the same pattern of enquiry every coaching cycle
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THE COACHS TASK: FOCUS ON THE HOWThe task is to determine whether or not the learner is practicing within the corridor of thinking and acting specified by the Improvement Kata, and to introduce procedural course corrections as necessary.When the learner gets outside the Improvement Kata corridor the potential for learning (for increasing the learners IK skill) is great. In this case you can either provide a procedural input now, or allow a small failure to occur and then provide the input.
Or here?
Is the learner
practicinghere?
Corridor ofImprovement Kata
way of thinking & acting
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CORRECT PRACTICE MAKES PERFECTThe learner will naturally default back to his or her existing ways of thinking and acting.The coach introduces corrections to ensure that the learner practices the right pattern the right way.
Or here?
Photos from The Karate Kid, 1984
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THE INTENTION IS NOTAUDIT AND COMPLIANCE
Its this... ...not this
Teaching the learner how to playthe sytematic and scientific
continuous improvement game
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SEE - Try to understand how the learner is thinking(Coach is in an observing / questioning mode)COMPARE - Compare this to the desired pattern -- the corridor -- specified by the Improvement Kata(Coach is in a judging mode)INSTRUCT - Introduce a course adjustment if necessary(Coach is in an instructing or guiding mode)
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ITS A SEE-COMPARE-INSTRUCTPATTERN OF TEACHING
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FIVE KEY POINTS SO FAR1. We operate on habits.
2. We can change our habits through deliberate practice.
3. There is a pattern we can practice to get better at meeting challenging goals. We call it the Improvement Kata, which has four steps.
4. The Improvement Kata is a way of managing ourselves.
5. Middle managers are the coaches / teachers for that pattern.
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...copied at a U.S. companyA solution at Toyota...
HOW HAVE WE BEEN MANAGING?Leaders and managers have tended to focus on outcomes and solutions
Focusing on outcomes is a kind of implementation orientation, which assumes the path to the desired condition is relatively clear. With that thinking, managements task is:
Establish targets Maybe describe some solutions or tools Provide incentives to get it done Periodically check for results
Management by Results
Part 3 A Different Way of Managing
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Incentive: Group B is told they will receive a cash bonus if they solve the problem faster than the average of persons in Group A.
BUT HOW WELLDOES FOCUSING ON OUTCOMES WORK?
The Candle ProblemFind a way to attach the candle to the wall so wax will not drip on the floor
Solution
Experiments by psychologists Kark Dunker and Sam Glucksberg
Box of tacks
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Result? The members of Group B (the group with the incentive) take three and a half minutes longer on average to solve the problem.
THE SOLUTION AND THE RESULT
Find a way to attach the candle to the wall so wax will not drip on the floor
SolutionProblem as presented
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ROUND TWO
Result? When the candle problem is presented this simpler way, the members of Group B (the group with the incentive) do complete the task faster than the average in Group A.
Now four separate items
Find a way to attach the candle to the wall so wax will not drip on the floor
Problem as presented Solution
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Solution difficult to seeSolution easy to see
Behavioral scientists have shown repeatedly that extrinsic motivators work for tasks where the path is clear, but not for challenging problems that require creativity and adaptiveness (ingenuity) to solve.
FOCUSING ON OUTCOMES WORKSWHEN THE PATH IS CLEAR
Challenges where the path is unclearare increasingly common
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We need tomake plans...
KEY POINTThe implementation-oriented management approach
is not well suited to meeting challenges
TargetCondition
Predictable Zone
Plan & ROI calculationsare made hereOperating based on what we see and think today
Learning Zone
...but we cant know in advance what all the steps will be that will get us to a challenging target condition.
When you take steps forward you discover things that were not apparent back when we were calculating and planning
CurrentKnowledgeThreshold
Obstacles
Unclear
Territory
? ?
?We want to
be here next
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EXAMPLE OF IMPLEMENTATION ORIENTATIONAction-Item Lists
Such lists and plans= deciding in advancehow we will get there.Yet the situation changesas we move forward!So we are not experimenting and learning.
This is not an effective way of tapping our ingenuity!
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Management by Means
A DIFFERENT WAY OF MANAGINGThere may be only 3 things we canand need to know with certainty!
(1) Where we are(2) Where we want to be next(3) By what means we should navigate the unclear
territory between here and there. The manager focuses on development of skill / behavior patterns.
We want to behere
We are here
Unclear Territory
This is a grey zone!
planis
Obstacles
madehere
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THE IK & CK ARE ABOUT TAPPING, MOBILIZING& CHANNELING INGENUITY IN AN ORGANIZATION
Ingenuity= Creating a way of doing something that we want but cannot yet do.
The challenge can be anything, big or small: An assembly operator and team leader want to
find a way to drive screws without cross-threading We want to operate an assembly cell with four
instead of six operators (at the same output) We want to injection mold parts in lot sizes that
are 50% smaller We want to develop an electric car that goes
250 miles on a single charge
The approach is the same in each case.The feelings of mastery that come from overcoming obstacles are also the same.This means everyone in an organization can participate, which is critical for innovation.
KEYPOINT!
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MORE KEY POINTS
1. The path forward cant be 100% predicted.
2. We tend to manage by pre-defining the path to a goal.
3. Navigating the grey zone takes a different way of managing.
4. With the IK and CK the manager focuses on how a team is working.
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ProcessesProductsServices
PeoplesMINDSET
BUSINESS OUTCOMES
PeoplesBEHAVIOR PATTERNSor skill
WHERE DO AN ORGANIZATIONSSOLUTIONS COME FROM?
Part 4 The Role of Mindset
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WHAT IS MINDSET?
MindsetA subconscious, habitual way of thinking and feeling, learned via successes and failuresA lens through whichwe view the world
Determines how we interpret and respond to situations
Two Points: Mindset is the basis of organizational culture
If you want to change your organizationsculture youll have to change mindsets
BehaviorPatterns
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LETS LOOK AT TWO MINDSETS
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Mindset 1: A FIXED MINDSET *We derive a lot of our sense of security and confidence from certainty, and tend to seek it.The way the adult brain functions, we naturally strive to operate in what I call a Zone of Apparent Certainty, where things are as expected, rational, calculable, logical, familiar, risk free & certain.With this mindset: We expect that things will go as planned
We feel we have control and can predict
Comfortarea
ApparentCertainty
Mystery
UncertaintyInside your current knowledge threshold
*Terminology by Carol Dweck, Mindset (Random House, 2006)
And many things should be as certain as possible!Like the beam holding up the roof, or serving the customer.
ImplementationLike the candle problem with the tacks outside the box
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WE NATURALLY AND AUTOMATICALLY DO IT, BUT TRYING TO MAKE EVERYTHING
CERTAIN IS DANGEROUS
Here are three reasons...
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Cant see allthe way there
#1: WHAT IS AHEAD OF USSIMPLY ISNT CERTAIN
We can see only part way down the path to any challenging goal
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fMRI Scans of brain activity by Dr. Gerald HtherPresented at Production Systems 2009 Conference, Munich, May 2009
#2: THE SPECIAL CAPABILITIES OF OUR BRAINGET ENGAGED WHEN WE DONT KNOW
Our human capability to learn is often latent; it has to be activated
This brain is actively engaged in wiring new circuits (which uses more energy)
fMRI brain scan of a person in aChallenging
Situation
fMRI brain scan of a person in a
Predictable Situation
This brain is coasting on memory it already has (which uses less energy)
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Prediction
Confirmed
ErrorSurprise. Potential for new knowledge, learning & discovery.
Strengthenscurrent thinking.Like re-walking apath in the snow.
Prediction confirmation keeps you in place. Prediction error leads you out of your assumptions and forces exploration.This is because prediction error reveals a knowledge threshold.
#3: UNEXPECTED RESULTS HELP YOU PROGRESSThe scientific approach: When a result is as-predicted it
confirms something you already thought. When a result isdifferent than predicted you are about to learn something new.
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A THRESHOLD OF KNOWLEDGEIS A LEARNING EDGE
To reach new levels of performance a knowledge threshold has to be there
Two points about knowledge thresholds:1) You have to acknowledge them to see them.2) You see further by experimenting, not conjecture.
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Mindset 2: AN ADAPTIVE MINDSETWith this mindset you learn to operate in two zones simultaneously:
The Zone of Apparent Certainty + the Zone of UncertaintyIn the Zone of Uncertainty:
There is a dilemma: We want to make the best possible plan,but the optimum path will only be known in hindsight
There are unanticipated obstacles You acquire/increase your knowledge as you go
Expanded comfortarea
1
2Learning ZoneIngenuity DiscoveryLike the candle problem with the tacks in the box
ApparentCertainty
Mystery
Uncertainty
Inside your current knowledge threshold
Outside your current knowledge threshold
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HOW DO YOU CHANGE OR DEVELOP MINDSET?(and the organizational culture)
Psychology and brain research: Mindset can be changed.Our thinking and skills are more transformable than we thought. The brain has plasticity.
Part 5 Changing Our Mindset
Heres
how it
works
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Dendrites (receiver)CellBody
Axon (sender)
The human brain is estimated to contain 80-100 billion neurons, and thousands of synapses per neuron. Clusters of neurons form circuits within the brain, which underlie perception and thought.For communication between neurons to take place, an electrical impulse travels down an axon to a synapse, or gap, where transmission occurs.
MINDSET = NEURAL PATHWAYS OR CIRCUITS
80,000,000,000 neurons X 10,000 synapses = 800,000,000,000,000 Connections
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TrainedSynapse
Low resistance
Both the strength of connection between neurons (ease of impulse transmission) and the number of connections increase with use. Whatever you focus on and practice - with associated emotions - weaves a habit or pattern into your thinking. (Emotion helps determine what to imprint.)
MINDSET IS PHYSIOLOGICAL!The synaptic gap is what allows plasticity. The way neurons
function equips us for learning new patterns and habits.
Neurons that fire together wire together.
- Carla Shatz
Every time you do something, you are more likely to do it again.
- Alvaro Pascual-Leone
UntrainedSynapse
High resistance
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Because untrained synapses require more energy to fire andmaintain, the brain prefers to use already-trained synapses.
YOUR BRAIN IS TRYING TO CONSERVE ENERGYThe 3-pound brain consumes 20% of the bodys energy
TrainedSynapse
Uses less energy
Implementing
GreenZone
UntrainedSynapse
Uses more energy
Innovating
YellowZone
The brain learns toprefer whatever wefocus on repeatedly.As this information grows stronger through repetition it becomes wired in the brain and solidifies thinking and behaviors.Due to these preferred pathways in the brain, youre led by your brain to use them again and again, which strengthens them even more. This is how your organization's culture perpetuates itself.
You have to see this to understand why we think and actthe way we do, and what it will take to make change happen
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SO ORGANIZATIONS ARE FACEDWITH A DILEMMA
(A) Our brain favors existing neural pathways (comfort area)We naturally and reflexively prefer routine, familiar activity in the apparent certainty zone. It uses existing neural circuits, which require less energy. Our brain likes to focus on familiar patterns.
(B) Meeting challenges - improving and adapting - means buildingnew neural pathways (learning area)Its impossible to remove uncertainty from the process of improvement, adaptation and creation. The way forward lies outside our current knowledge threshold, and pursuing it activates new neural circuits that initially consume more energy.
We want to behere
We are here Unclear
Territory
Obstacles
How do we get more comfortable & skillful with this uncertainty zone?!
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The trick is to develop well-worn mental circuits not for solutions,but for a means of developing solutions along uncertain paths.This is like training in sports: To prepare for contests with unpredictable solutions, the focus of the training is not solutions,but practicing how to play.
A SOLUTION TO THE DILEMMAHow can we be creative and effective in dynamic conditions
if we tend to automatically apply old solutions to new situations?
Thats exactly what the Improvement Kata is
People can handle uncertainty, work iteratively, adjust and adapt......if they have practiced and mastered a way of doing that.
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MORE KEY POINTS
1. Mindset is the basis of our behavior and an organizations culture.
2. Our mindset can be changed!
3. A task in improvement, adaptation and innovation is to develop habitual mental circuits that are effective for navigating grey zones... by practicing a scientific routine like the Improvement Kata everyday under coaching guidance.
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THE IMPROVEMENT KATA GIVES US SOMETHINGTO HANG ON TO IN THE UNCERTAINTY ZONEIts a kind of security blanket for the unpredictable zone
The Improvement Kata gives us a way of having more confidence while navigating unclear territory. Ive never done that before, but I know how to figure it out and find the way. It helps us experience uncertainty more as an opportunity.
Part 6 Conclusion
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NextTarget ConditionTarget
Condition
CurrentCondition
Illustration by Dr. Lutz Engel
The more people in an organizationwho get to higher skill levels with the Improvement Kata pattern: The more challenges the organization
can take on The bigger the challenges it can take on The more knowledge it can build The faster it can move ahead
INCREASING YOUR ORGANIZATIONS CAPABILITYPracticing the Improvement Kata = expanding peoples comfort zone
ApparentCertainty
Mystery
Uncertainty
Comfortarea
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ONE CONCLUSION IS BECOMING CLEARWere not going to be successful by copying Toyotas solutions
We should be copying how Toyota develops solutions.(Which is a universal, not Toyota-specific, science-based approach.)
The Improvement Kata and Coaching Kata are practice routines for teaching and transferring that approach.
Once you develop proficiency with the Improvement Kata and Coaching Kata you can evolve them into kata that suit your organization.
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ANOTHER CONCLUSIONIf we only periodically conduct training events or only episodically work on improvement -- and the rest of the time its business as usual -- then according to neuroscience what were actually teaching is business as usual.
If we want a Lean revolution, then we need to shift emphasis from staff-led, episodic improvement efforts, to daily efforts led by middle managers.
A slice of each day should be focused on iterating toward the next target condition by applying & coaching your improvement kata.
The Workday
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WHERE DO YOU & YOUR TEAM WANT TO BE NEXT?What challenges are you trying to meet,
and what kata for getting there are you practicing?
We want to behere
We are here
Unclear Territory
Obstacles
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SOME NEXT STEPS
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Visit theToyota Kata Website
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Website!And also visit the...
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Short introduction to TKVideosEvents & Training ProgramsMaterials: Book, Slides, IK Handbook, 5-Question Card, The Kata CodeLinks to other TK resources and International TK Websites
WHAT YOU WILL FIND THERE
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