The Toyota Kata Practice Guide: Practicing Scientific Thinking Skills for Superior Results in 20 Minutes a Day https://www.mheducation.com/cover-images/Jpeg_400-high/1259861023.jpeg 1 9781259861024 Take the Kata path to scientific thinking and superior results! In this long-awaited companion to the groundbreaking book Toyota Kata, Mike Rother takes you to the next level of developing business mindset and capability for the 21st Century. Much more than a list of management concepts, The Toyota Kata Practice Guide walks you through the process of making improvement, adaptation, and even innovation routine behavior. Designed to help a coach (the manager) and a learner work together for developing new skillsets, The Toyota Kata Practice Guide delivers the information, insight, and frameworks you need to: * Form habits that help you solve problems and achieve challenging goals * Modify the thought patterns that drive your behavior * Develop an organizational mindset that drives superior results The Improvement Kata gives learners the means to experiment their way through obstacles and achieve tough goals; the Coaching Kata gives managers the means to accelerate and cement their people's learning. In the new age of business, increasing efficiency and decreasing costs is no longer the end game. A manager’s job today is to develop patterns of thinking and acting in their people that lead to success with any challenge. Consistent, mindful practice is the best way to do it—and The Toyota Kata Practice Guide is the best way to get there.
The Toyota Kata Practice Guide: Practicing Scientific Thinking Skills for Superior Results in 20 Minutes a Day

The Toyota Kata Practice Guide: Practicing Scientific Thinking Skills for Superior Results in 20 Minutes a Day

1st Edition
By Mike Rother
ISBN10: 1259861023
ISBN13: 9781259861024
Copyright: 2018
09781259861024

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Acknowledgments

Excerpt from Toyota Kata

Introduction: A Way to Learn and Teach Scientific Thinking

Part I: Bringing Together Scientific Thinking and Practice

Chapter 1: Scientific Thinking for Everyone

Chapter 2: Guidelines for Good Practice

Chapter 3: Roles and Structure for Daily Practice

Chapter 4: Get Ready to Practice

Part II: Practice Routines for the Learner (The Improvement Kata)

Chapter 5: Understand the Direction or Challenge (Step 1)

Chapter 6: Grasp the Current Condition (Step 2)

Chapter 7: Establish the Next Target Condition (Step 3)

Chapter 8: Experiment Toward the Target Condition (Step 4)

Chapter 9: The Summary Reflection

Part III: Practice Routines for the Coach (The Coaching Kata)

Chapter 10: Introduction to the Coaching Kata

Chapter 11: Coaching Cycles: Concept Overview

Chapter 12: How to Do a Coaching Cycle: Practice Routines

Conclusion

Appendix: Forms and Templates

Index

About the Author

Mike Rother