GA 282 | Toyota Kata and Scientific Thinking with Mike Rother

This week we’re sharing a keynote by Mike Rother. Recorded at KataCon5, Mike stresses the value of scientific thinking and Toyota Kata, touching on specific tools like deliberate practice as well. A MP3 audio version of this episode is available for download here.

In this episode you’ll learn: 

• What Toyota Kata is all about (1:32)
• The research findings (4:01)
• The four basic steps (7:55)
• The power of scientific thinking (9:19)
• The cross exercise (16:45)
• Making the plan (23:06)
• Acquiring this way of thinking (24:15)
• Using deliberate practice (26:10)
• Transforming your culture from a neuroscience perspective (30:36)
• Starter kata (33:01)
• The two errors they see with kata (35:28)

Podcast Resources

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• Mike’s Keynote on Youtube
• Our New KataCon5 Course

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