Improvement Toyota KATA workshop promo - Janaury 2017

I m p r o v e m e n t T o y o t a K a t a W o r k s h o p - Q u a l i t y T e s t L a b S i m u l a t i o n P a g e | 1
W3 Group Canada Inc., 60 Eden Valley Dr., Toronto, ON, Canada M9A 4Z8
Tel: 416-235-2631 eMail: Marek.Piatkowski@Rogers.com
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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