GA 138 | How to Use Kata to Create Service Excellence with Karyn Ross

This week’s guest is Karyn Ross, an author and lean practitioner who specializes in applying continuous improvement in a service context. Ron and Karyn discussed Coaching Kata, the role of creativity, her book, and much more.  An MP3 version of this episode is available for download here.

In this episode you’ll learn:

• Karyn’s background and how she first learned about lean (3:53)
• The quote that inspires Karyn (9:45)
• What Toyota Kata is all about (11:03)
• How Karyn learned about the Improvement or Coaching Kata (12:57)
• The importance of coaching (15:02)
• The impact of coaching on creativity (17:49)
• How kata applies to service organizations (21:19)
• About Karyn’s book (26:07)
• What “Respect for People” means to Karyn (27:58)
• The best advice Karyn has ever received (32:31)
• Karyn’s take on failure (34:10)
• What Karyn is most proud of (37:17)
• What Karyn is currently reading (38:44)
• Karyn’s role at the upcoming KataCon conference (40:19)

Podcast Resources

• Right Click to Download this Podcast as an MP3
• Download a Free Audio Book at Audible.com
• Karyn Ross Consulting
• Karyn on Twitter
• Karyn on LinkedIn
• The Toyota Way to Service Excellence
• The Toyota Way to Service Excellence on Amazon  
• Karyn’s Keynote
• GA 004 | Leveraging the Toyota Kata Approach to Learning & Coaching with Michael Lombard
• GA 109 | How to Leverage Toyota Kata with Brandon Brown

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