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Toyota Kata Podcast

Toyota Kata Podcast

By Mark Graban

This podcast brings you audio about "Toyota Kata" from online videos and webinars, reformatted to make it easy to listen while driving, walking, or traveling. Content is used with the permission of Mike Rother and others who originally created the content. The podcast is produced by Mark Graban.
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Rother: Starter Kata in 4 Minutes

Toyota Kata PodcastApr 10, 2019

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Mike Rother's Keynote from KataCon5

Mike Rother's Keynote from KataCon5

Hi, this is Mark Graban. In this episode of the Kata Cast, I’m sharing audio that Mike Rother asked me to post here. It’s the audio of his opening keynote from the recent KataCon5 event.

Thanks to my friends at Gemba Academy, sponsors of KataCon5, for recording and releasing a new video series from the KataCon. Please listen and share with your team as a lead-up to KataCon6, February 20-21, 2020 in Austin, TX. You won't want to miss what is shaping up to be a great gathering of learning and networking around the subject of scientific thinking. Go to www.katasummit.com to learn more. To check out the full video series, to go www.gembaacademy.com and you can sign up for a free trial if your organization is not already a subscriber.

You can also watch video of the keynote here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1l68cFskC7Y 

Sep 03, 201941:18
Rother: Starter Kata in 4 Minutes
Apr 10, 201904:45
Habits for Continuous Learning and Improvement

Habits for Continuous Learning and Improvement

Presentation by Hakan Forss at European Lean Educator Conference (ELEC) on 09/18/2014 at Stuttgart (edited from 34 minutes to 13 by Mike Rother).
Jan 02, 201613:40
Coaching Kata Mistakes, Michael Lombard

Coaching Kata Mistakes, Michael Lombard

This presentation is from March 2014, by Michael Lombard. "These are the mistakes I've made as a Toyota Kata-style coach that have produced the best lessons learned for me. Hopefully you can build upon my mistakes and lessons learned to expedite your own Kata learning journey."
Dec 29, 201522:06
Mike Rother, Toyota Kata Research

Mike Rother, Toyota Kata Research

To see the video, visit this forwarding URL: http://www.leanblog.orgkata5 This presentation gives a useful summary of the Toyota Kata research and explains what the Improvement Kata and Coaching Kata are about. This presentation was made by Mike Rother at the HEC Montréal Business School on November 3, 2015. RESOURCES: - For a more detailed description of the Toyota Kata Research go to: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mrothe... - The "Five Question Card," the "IK/CK Practice Guide" and a set of IK/CK Powerpoint Slides can be downloaded at: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mrothe... - The BJ Fogg video can also be viewed on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfAQ8...
Nov 29, 201539:36
Kata: Cookshack Case Study

Kata: Cookshack Case Study

Hi welcome to episode 4 of KataCast. This episode is a case study that was presented by Stuart Powell from Cookshack, a talk given in October 2015 at the 2015 Oklahoma Conference on Manufacturing. This audio comes from a video posted on Mike Rother's YouTube channel (his channel ID is 734mike) and you can find the video by using the forwarding URL www.leanblog.org/kata4. The Improvement Kata and Coaching Kata (IK/CK) are practice routines ("Starter Kata") that help turn anyone into an experimenter striving for a strategic purpose. Stuart Powell and his team at Cookshack in Ponca City, Oklahoma strive to differentiate Cookshack from competitors by strategically applying the Improvement Kata and Coaching Kata routines and practicing them daily.
Nov 15, 201513:51
Kata: Mike Rother, "The Challenge of Developing Lean...
Nov 10, 201527:20
Kata: Mike Rother, "The Challenge of Developing Lean...

Kata: Mike Rother, "The Challenge of Developing Lean...

Released Nov 10, 2015

View the entire presentation via
www.leanblog.org/kata2. The second part of Mike's presentation on "deliberate practice" will be coming soon in Episode #3.
Nov 09, 201522:30
Intro to the Podcast

Intro to the Podcast

This is the intro to the "Toyota Kata Podcast" series that brings content from Mike Rother and others in the Toyota Kata community.
Nov 05, 201503:06