Mark Rosenthal

"Lean" Geek; Toyota Kata Geek; Coach; Consultant
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As your Toyota Kata learner shifts toward a scientific thinking structure, the coaching questions can seem moot. How do you step up your game as a coach? https://t.co/2K66GO0YJK

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#TWI #JobRelations is an excellent foundation for constructive problem solving. But I think it carries baggage from its 1940s legacy. Let's parse the words and examine if it meets our objective or could be improved. https://t.co/fRG7kQwi5Q

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Aocdcrnig to rseecrah at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mttaer in waht oderr the lterets in a wrod are, the olny irpoamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rhgit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whoutit a pboerlm.

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If you are attending the Toyota Kata Summit (and/or the TWI Summit) here are some tips for getting the most from the experience.

If you are not planning to attend... maybe you should. :) https://t.co/43AHCNYDE8

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What is a “Socio-Technical System?” https://t.co/vKzVssZGcW

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July 2022 @KataCascadia hosted a week-long learning event. We put together a short video that captures the week. Watch for details on the 2023 event.
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“95 Thesis” on Kaizen Events and TPS https://t.co/K9p1sMg0pP

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Derek Muller on how expertise (unconcious habits at an expert level) is actually developed... deliberate practice at the edge of your ability and coaching.
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If a disciplinary community cultivates invidious contrasts between its own methods and those of other fields, it will surely become inbred and insular, emptied by hubris and intolerance. - Phil Agre

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There is no way Sonny Leon, the jockey on Rich Strike, could have predicted this line as a plan. This was one obstacle at a time, assess, then take on the next. https://t.co/AL3xxMUR3D

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**Click through to read the whole article** Your leadership values are reflected in the things you say and do every day. Do those things match your press releases? https://t.co/pwaZUcJK9v

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**Click through to read the entire post** "Leading by asking questions" is a common mantra these days. It is important, though, to understand your intent when asking those questions. https://t.co/3cOLQ55zvw

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Of all the things you can "save" with continuous improvement, only time can be turned into move improvement. But only if you apply deliberate learning.

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**click through to read the whole post** A plant manager resisted the urge to be critical, and instead asks what he might be thinking results in deeper thinking from his team. https://t.co/ZogiJp68KJ

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How do you decide your next target condition, or create your next experiment?
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Important factors for controlling variables via Randall Munroe and xkcd: https://t.co/iuPTrv2S0U

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Our sense of "what we see" carries a lot of post-processing in the brain, which includes incorporating assumptions of what we think we should see. Things are not always as they appear.
https://t.co/DQkmNZ0nq1 via @YouTube

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A message that those of us in the continuous improvement world should heed. The difference between "develop people" vs. "show what you know."

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The difference between "just doing something" and actually knowing.

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“Without a common outlook, superiors cannot give subordinates freedom-of-action and maintain coherency of ongoing action.” John R. Boyd

Does your process give people a single unambiguous source of Truth, what is actually happening, so that people can at least agree on that?