Improvement Toyota KATA workshop promo - Janaury 2017

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W3 Group Canada Inc., 60 Eden Valley Dr., Toronto, ON, Canada M9A 4Z8

Tel: 416-235-2631 eMail: [email protected]

Improvement Toyota KATA 1-Day Workshop

Quality Test Lab Simulation

Hands-on Improvement KATA workshop for Leaders & Practitioners. Learn two fundamental behavior

patterns at the core of Toyota KATA:

The Improvement KATA and the Coaching KATA driven by

the 5-Question Coaching Dialogue and Rapid PDA cycles.

Improvement KATA Workshop

Improvement KATA workshop – Quality Test Lab Simulation is a fun and instructive way of introducing

participants to a simple, yet well-structured methodology of continuous improvement, solving problems,

improving process and achieving results.

Improvement Kata is an innovative management system that provides the means to achieve two equally

important objectives:

Rapid PDCA Cycles - a methodology to achieve challenging objectives that are currently beyond a

team's ability to reach, and…

The 5-Question Coaching Dialog is about developing managers and leaders as coaches for creating a

culture of continuous improvement, adaption, and innovation. This is done through simple, easy-to-

teach, time-efficient, daily routines.

Improvement KATA workshop is based on Mike Rother's book “Toyota Kata - Managing people for

improvement, adaptiveness and superior results”.




This 1-Day workshop provides a unique mix of theory and hands-on practical activities to teach participants

four steps of Improvement KATA:

1. Understand the Direction

2. Grasp a current Situation

3. Establish next Target Condition

4. PDCA towards the Target Condition

The four steps of the Improvement Kata are a model of scientific thinking and acting that is similar to other

models of the human creative process. What is different is that each step includes structured practice

routines, which make the pattern actionable and teachable.

The Improvement Kata process methodology will encourage teams to generate improvement ideas, build

rapport, and incorporate prototyping and experimentation to solve problems and challenges. Each round of

Quality Test Lab Simulation will reveal a true nature of collaboration. It will illustrate how each member of

the Team innovates and emphasizes the importance of diverse perspective.

The Improvement Kata is for the Learner and the Coaching Kata is for the Coach. To make the scientific

Improvement Kata pattern a habit in an organization, managers coach their people in the Improvement Kata

routines a little bit every day. The Coaching Kata is a protocol for how to do that. The practice routines of

the Improvement Kata and the Coaching Kata are a regimen for developing practical scientific skill and

mindset that any manager can use.

Workshop Objectives

Upon completion, this workshop will:

Understand principle behavior patterns at the core of the Improvement Kata methodology

Provide participants with the knowledge of fundamental routines, mindset, and behavioral routine

practices of Improvement KATA

Enable participants to experience the behavioral routines of Toyota KATA including the Improvement

KATA and the Coaching KATA through interactive, hands-on experience




Equip attendees to explain how Toyota KATA is different from other management systems

It will help participants to develop a sustaining culture of Continuous Improvement in their

organization

It will demonstrate how leaders and managers can create a lasting culture of Continuous

Improvement through simple, easy-to-use, and time-efficient daily routines

Develop familiarity and confidence in applying two essential Toyota KATA methods:

Rapid PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Act) Cycles tools

the 5-Question Coaching Dialogue

Who Should Attend

Office and Shop floor managers, supervisors, Lean Transformation change leaders, TPS specialists,

individuals responsible for training and Organizational Development from all types industries and businesses

who wish to lead more efficiently and are interested in creating a sustainable culture of Continuous

Improvement through the use of management methodology of Toyota KATA.

Workshop Format

The work is a based on a Quality Test Lab Simulation. This is a Team Based activity, with eight participants

per team. Each team will select their Manager (KATA Coach) and Team Leader (Learner). Each Team will go

through at least five rounds of simulating activities of a Quality Test Lab performing Hardness and Thickness

testing on metal samples.

Prior to a first round of simulations each Team will identify and clarify their vision, directions and Target

Conditions. Upon completion of each round the Team will work on identifying process improvements




necessary to achieve the next Target Condition. How do we need to operate? What pattern of operation

do we want? What obstacles (problems) do we need to overcome in order to achieve our next Target

Conditions? How does the process need to behave to achieve the desired results?

Participants, Coaches (Managers) and Learners (Team Leaders) will gain direct insight into the power of the

5-Question Coaching Dialogue and Rapid PDCA Cycles through repeated personal practice. At the heart of

the training experience is a challenge that requires a high level of ingenuity and continuous improvement,

on the spot, in real time.

A Critical Workshop to Consider - For Companies on the Journey to World Class

Toyota KATA (TK) is one of the most powerful and exciting concepts of this decade. Its power gives every

company the ability to put to work the “unseen Managerial Routines and Thinking that lie behind Toyota’s

success with Continuous Improvement and Adaptation.”

This intense workshop is delivered by experienced Toyota KATA Leaders, including Toyota practitioners, who

have “been there” and can provide the feeling and depth of understanding to begin implementing it.




Our Competitive Urgency

The ability to compete and win in the Global marketplace is being determined by how effectively

organizations acquire their right vision, and integrate their People, Processes and Technology in the most

waste-free and customer-focused manner.

This workshop provides a comprehensive perspective for executives and senior lean leaders to successfully

employ Toyota KATA to enhance a culture of sustained Continuous Improvement and competitive

advantage. It provides insight into the coaching techniques that drive operations toward a Challenging

Target Condition.

This one day provides an intense and time-efficient overview of the Toyota KATA method through thinking,

direct practice, and active learning.







About the Session Leader – Marek Piatkowski

Marek is a Management Consultant specializing in improving overall operational

efficiencies through the effective implementation of Toyota Production System (TPS) /

Lean Transformation.

Marek’s initial knowledge and expertise of TPS / Lean Transformation tools,

methodologies and practices comes from working for Toyota Motor Manufacturing in

Cambridge, Ontario. In 1987 Marek was hired as a number seven employee of Toyota

Motor Manufacturing Canada (TMMC) as an Education and Training manager.

He was a member of the Start-Up Management Team responsible for starting the operation, recruiting new

employees (Team Members), development and implementation of all training activities, development of

company policies, equipment installation and start-up of production. Following a successful start-up of the

company Marek was involved in a development and education of Toyota Suppliers, internal and external

Continuous Improvement activities (Kaizen), launching a new model vehicle and promotion of Toyota

Production System.

In 1994 Marek entered a field of consulting helping companies with a process of Lean Transformation.

Since then he has worked with numerous operations in North, Central and South America, Asia and Europe

where he has a proven track record of successful implementation of TPS/Lean Transformation. His clients

include companies in the automotive industry, aerospace, healthcare, medical devices, appliances,

furniture, consumer goods, food industry, service industry, packaging, plastics, glass, rubber, personal

computers and electronics.

In his work he has proven that Lean is not a trend or a movement. Lean is a collection of tools,

methodologies, techniques and processes, that when implemented correctly and in the right sequence, will

generate measurable results, help companies reduce costs and improve overall operational efficiency and

On-Time Deliveries.

TPS / Lean is a Management System. Any company venturing into a Lean Journey must consider not only

changes to their equipment, manufacturing and Supply Chain management practices, but also a review their

management practices and most likely modify their organizational structure. As a part of his experience in

implementing Lean Marek also emphasizes the organizational development and training process to achieve

the business objectives and benefits that are requisite of the above improvement processes.

Marek graduated from Systems Design Engineering from University of Waterloo, Ontario in 1977. Prior to

joining Toyota he worked in the electronic industry. He is a Faculty Associate of Jim Womack’s Lean

Enterprise Institute. He resides in Toronto, Canada.

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Improvement Toyota KATA workshop promo - Janaury 2017