Toyota Kata a Solution-Focused Approach?

IDEO seemingly popularized the Design Thinking or the Solution-Focused type approach in businesses. It dates back much further than that to numerous people like Robert McKim, Nigel Cross and a host of others. A solution-focused approach has always been something that I have used especially in the design thinking approach when applying. EDCA (Explore-Do-Check-Act). In a Read More …

Brandon Brown: Toyota Kata (Part 2 of 2)

Brandon Brown delivers tangible and sustainable continuous improvement results as a Toyota KataCoach and Lean Instructor/Facilitator as an Associate for the W3 Group. Since 2006, Brandon has been a Professor of Operations Management at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville teaching courses in the Industrial Engineering department such as Lean Production and Leadership Principles and Practices for the Read More …

Brandon Brown: Toyota Kata (Part 1 of 2)

Brandon Brown delivers tangible and sustainable continuous improvement results as a Toyota Kata Coach and Lean Instructor/Facilitator as an Associate for the W3 Group. Since 2006, Brandon has been a Professor of Operations Management at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville teaching courses in the Industrial Engineering department such as Lean Production and Leadership Principles and Practices for Read More …

Outlining the Value Model Mapping Process

Part of The Lean Minute Collection on YouTube In the Business901 podcast, Linda Richardson discussed her new book, Changing the Sales Conversation: Connect, Collaborate, and Close. She touched upon one area that intrigued me a great deal, the Value Model. In the value mode, she discusses the importance of understanding and planning to address the Read More …

The Sales Professional Stack

This is a collection of Podcast Transcriptions, called Stacks (see below) through my Issuu channel: The Sales Professional Stack I organized this stack around the concept of the “Sales” trying to leave out personal development, social media and marketing unless it had a direct bearing on “Sales”. I ended up with 29 publication in the Read More …

The Often Overlooked Topic of the Challenge in Toyota Kata

The first step of the Improvement Kata — “Understand the Direction or Challenge” — is often overlooked, but is highly important for the three steps that follow. In this video Tyler Fife shares experiences from BiAmp Systems in Portland, Oregon to provide an excellent description of what Challenge is, how it fits in and what Read More …