When you really think about what it takes to be successful in business or successful in life for that matter, it all comes down to a few basic tenants. Hard work, honoring an ethos or way of doing business, and filling a niche which need be filled are all key concepts in the business success […]
What is a Kata Skill Week? | Continuous Coaching Commitment
Organizational development is a laudable but frequently elusive goal; the best companies do not leave this success factor up to chance. Continuous Coaching Commitment’s Kata skill week is a tailor-made experience that is delivered on-site at our client companies. It can be held over the course of anywhere from three to five days and offers employees the […]
How KATA Can Drastically Improve Your Work Ethic | Brandon Brown
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 […]
How KATA is Transforming the Healthcare Industry | Coaching KATA
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 […]
Everyone Communicates, Few Connect | 1 Day Course | 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 […]
5 Ways to Implement the Learn By Doing Technique | 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 […]
The Deployment of Toyota Kata | Continuous Coaching
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. […]
Following Lean is Not Enough in Healthcare and Manufacturing
-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 […]
Baptist DeSoto KATA Teams Exceed Challenge Goals in Big Ways
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 […]
Baptist Prepares to Open Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
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 […]
