Many want to dive straight into the PDCA and coaching part of the improvement kata. For that to be effective there is quite some preparation needed though. Read the statements from left to right and where you start to notice some fuzziness, there you should put your attention, there is your threshold of knowledge in applying the improvement kata.

1. WHAT'S THE THRESHOLD OF KNOWLEDGE?
Where does it get foggy?
1
2
3
Understand
the Direction
Grasp the
Current
Condition
Establish the
Next Target
Condition
4
Iterate Toward
the Target
Condition
?
?!
Target
Condition
Daily
Coaching
Cycles
Story
Board
!
TC
5Q
C
C
It is crystal
clear to me
where we
want to go.
Toyota Kata Handbook, Mike Rother
I have the facts
and data to
establish a
suitable target
condition.
I have a clear
target condition
that lies beyond
my threshold of
knowledge.
By Emiel van Est
Every day we have a
coaching-cycle dialog and
every day we experiment to
overcome obstacles toward
the target condition.