Author Archive | continuousc3

How KATA Can Drastically Improve Your Work Ethic | Brandon Brown

By continuousc3 on May 8, 2018 in KATA

Work ethic is something that you can indeed learn over time. So many think that work ethic is something you need to be born with. If you do not have a work ethic that is of high quality, you are never going to have it. How wrong is this statement! Work ethic can be learned, and one of the best […]

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How KATA is Transforming the Healthcare Industry | Coaching KATA

By continuousc3 on May 1, 2018 in Lean Healthcare

Kata denotes a well-structured routine or pattern anyone can follow during an early practice on their path to proficiency in sports, work, or art. For instance, professional software programmers have practiced a form of Kata, which helps them improve the creativity and coding speed they can apply to specific projects. The practice of coaching Kata […]

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Everyone Communicates, Few Connect | 1 Day Course | KATA

By continuousc3 on April 24, 2018 in KATA

The majority of companies in the US are increasingly relying on a wide range of continuous improvement methodologies, which include the Lean principles to remain competitive and sustainable. However, most of them have been unsuccessful due to various reasons, with communication being at the top of the list. If your conventional Lean deployment systems are […]

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5 Ways to Implement the Learn By Doing Technique | Toyota KATA

By continuousc3 on April 17, 2018 in Toyota Kata

If you are seeking positive improvements in your organization, or motivation of your team for resolving problems that come up during the course of work, then you should consider Toyota Kata. Toyota Kata is a structured learning toolset to create a culture of progressive learning and improvements in any given level of the organization and is […]

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The Deployment of Toyota Kata | Continuous Coaching

By continuousc3 on April 10, 2018 in Toyota Kata

The Toyota Kata is a proven way for organizations to reach their goals even when the path to these goals is unclear. By instilling an iterative, incremental approach to work, the strategy teaches us to make our own decisions, learn from past experiences and maneuver even the most challenging situations until we attain our goals. […]

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Following Lean is Not Enough in Healthcare and Manufacturing

By continuousc3 on March 8, 2018 in Lean Healthcare

-Over the past few decades, there have been failures of lean manufacturing implementations in both healthcare and manufacturing. Why do you think, though, that the failures have occurred? What has led them to not reach the level of success one would expect? Is it the concept of lean manufacturing tools themselves? Could it be Six […]

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Baptist DeSoto KATA Teams Exceed Challenge Goals in Big Ways

By continuousc3 on November 6, 2017 in Healthcare, Lean Healthcare

Achieving big results with KATA boards starts with thinking small—that is, breaking down a process into small bites and tackling each step until you uncover a better way. Take Baptist DeSoto’s OR and outpatient surgery KATA team and the pre-op KATA team. Both teams tackled what seemed to be a huge challenge, and both achieved […]

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Baptist Prepares to Open Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

By continuousc3 on December 14, 2016 in Healthcare, Lean Healthcare

By Andy Meek Baptist Memorial Health Care is opening a 12-bed pediatric intensive care unit next week at the Spence and Becky Wilson Baptist Children’s Hospital, the latest addition to Baptist’s growing suite of pediatric services. Baptist Children’s Hospital opened its 10-bed emergency department in January and has been caring for a steadily increasing stream […]

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BMS changes mindsets, way of thinking at Baptist DeSoto

By continuousc3 on August 29, 2016 in Toyota Kata

When the Baptist Management System arrived at Baptist DeSoto in December 2015, team members reacted predictably: It’s just another “training” or initiative that will fade with time. When asked to zero in on a problem, most team members admit they confidently “knew” what needed to be fixed—and how to do it. Fast forward to the […]

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Toyota Kata Delivers Improvements at La-Z-Boy

By continuousc3 on April 13, 2016 in Toyota Kata

Furniture maker introduces Toyota Kata after reaching a Lean plateau along with Kata coach Brandon Brown of the W3 Group, discussed their experiences with Toyota Kata during the 2015 IndustryWeek Best Plants conference, frequently referencing the work of Mike Rother, author of the 2009 book, Toyota Kata: Managing People for Improvement, Adaptiveness and Superior Results. Brown described Kata as the “less […]

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