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Toyota Kata — Practice Makes Progress

Toyota Kata Overview

In this video Ron Pereira intro­duces the course with an expla­na­tion of what Toy­ota Kata is, its his­to­ry, and how it can be used by any­one in any indus­try to change things for the bet­ter. Ron also intro­duces the course facil­i­ta­tor, Mark Rosen­thal, before explain­ing how the course can be used.

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Lean and Organizational Culture

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Leaders Are Teachers

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What Learning Looks Like

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What Does a Continuous Improvement Culture Look Like?

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The Improvement Kata: A Model for Scientific Thinking

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How People Learn & Develop New Skills

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The Backwards Bike: Learning to Unlearn

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The Coaching Kata: A Routine for Learning to Coach the Improvement Kata

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The "Five Questions" Card

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The Toyota Kata Hypothesis

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Practicing the Improvement Kata with Dominoes

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Dominos, LLC - Rounds 1 & 2

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Dominos, LLC - Round 3

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Improvement Kata Step 1: Understand the Direction and Challenge

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Improvement Kata Step 2: Grasp the Current Condition

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The 5 Steps to Grasping the Current Condition

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How to Create a Block Diagram

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How to Create a Run Chart

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How to Measure Process Times & Cycles

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Additional Tips for Creating Run Charts

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How to Determine Equipment Capacity & Number of People Required

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Improvement Kata Step 3: Establish the Next Target Condition

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Creating Your First Dominos Target Condition

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Identifying Obstacles

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Improvement Kata Step 4: Experiment Against Obstacles

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How to Use the Experiment Record

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Introducing the Coaching Cycle

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Coaching Cycle Part 1 - Storyboards

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What Did We Learn?

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Lean in 10 Words

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Running Experiments

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Reviewing the Kata Mechanism

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Coaching Cycle Part 2 - Practicing

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Going to Gemba Part 1

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Going to Gemba Part 2

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Going to Gemba Part 3

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Going to Gemba Part 4

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Going to Gemba Part 5

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Going to Gemba Part 6

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Toyota Kata Resources

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