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Improvement Kata

From Toyota Kata, Mike Rother

A repeating routine for improvement: understand the direction, grasp the current condition, set the next target condition, then run small experiments towards it with short daily coaching check-ins.

Meeting time 0.25 h/wkLearning curve Some practice

Helps with

recurring problemsbugs and rework

How to start

Pick one improvement goal. Describe today’s condition with data, set a target condition two weeks out, and hold a five-minute coaching check-in each day.

It’s working when

Improvements are tracked as experiments with results, not as actions on a list.

Pairs well with