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In the beginning stages of implementing the Toyota Kata, an organization outlines its goals, communicates its vision and chooses its departmental challenges through value stream mapping and perhaps the Hoshin Kanri. As these steps are completed, the process moves forward by setting target conditions. Your manager or other coach will work to ensure that everyone stays on course […]

When faced with a complex situation, we usually react by repeatedly attempting to solve that problem until we find a way around it. As long as you know your target, all you have to do is try again and again until you get there. This is the foundational basis of both the improvement kata and […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]