A presentation based on Mike Rother's Toyota Kata and Steven Spears High Velocity Edge. I use Etsy, 2003 Columbia Shuttle, and Alcoa as good Kata and Bad Kata examples...

1. KATA

2. @botchagalupe
• a.k.a. John Willis
• 35 Years in IT Operations
• Exxon, Canonical, Chef,
Enstratius, Socketplane
• Devopsdays Core Organizer
• This is my 32th Devopsdays
• Devopscafe on iTunes
• Organizer of DOES

4. I have no idea
how to answer
that question. It
would literally
never occur to me
not to do it!

5. We are what we repeatedly do.
Excellence, then, is not an act,
but a habit.
!
Aristotle

8. Toyota is not a story about
techniques. It’s an organization
defined primarily by the unique
behavior routines it continually
teaches to all it’s members.
!
Mike Rother (Page 262-263)

9. Invented the
automatic power
loom in which he
implemented the
principle of Jidoka

11. When asked about stolen design
plans.
!
“We improve our process
everyday. By the time the thieves
produce the machine we will
have advanced well beyond that
point”

12. When asked about
American companies
copying his process.
!
“They can copy our
process but not our
culture”

13. Culture
Behavior
Habit
Autonomic
!
( Invisible )
KATA

14. !
Scientific Method
Depersonalized
Non-Blameful
Non Deterministic
!
( Visible )
KATA

15. “Dude … It all
starts with
Deming”
!
Ben Rockwood

16. Deming’s Influence

17. Toyota Kata

20. Coaching Kata

24. Four Conditions
•Capability 1: Seeing problems as they occur!
•Complex work is managed so that problems in design are revealed
•They see problems as they occur, through relentless testing of assumptions
• Capability 2: Swarming and solving problems as they are seen to build new knowledge!
•Problems that are seen are solved so that new knowledge is built quickly
•Improvement of daily work is prioritized above daily work
•Capability 3: Spreading new knowledge throughout the organization!
•The new discovery of local knowledge and improvements are turned into global improvements, shared throughout the
organization
•Learning is fed back to prevent future failures
•Capability 4: Leading by developing!
•The job of leaders is not the command and control, but to create other capable leaders who can perpetuate this
system of work

26. "I intend to make
Alcoa the safest
company in
America. I intend
to go for zero
injuries."
!
Paul O’Neill
(1987)

28. John Willis
@botchagalue
References and Credits:
https://dzone.com/articles/code-kata
https://vimeo.com/77206751
http://hacknjill.com/blog/hacksgiving-is-the-best-giving/
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mrother/Homepage.html
https://en.wikipedia.org
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Deming_PDCA_cycle.PNG
http://www.slideshare.net/optimaltransformation/collection-of-quotes-46951559
http://techranchaustin.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/kata.png
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