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Lean as Mindset Change through Daily Practice
Jeffrey K. LikerProfessor, IThe University of Michigan President Liker Lean Advisors
Lean Forum BreakoutOlso, NorwayOctober 24, 2014
Even educated, intelligent people can assume they understand the problem and jump to solutions
PROBLEM
SOLUTION
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Problem: Humans Prefer Fast Thinking
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Whack a Mole!
Source: Mike Rother
Source: Mike Rother
New Moles will pop up faster then we can eliminate them!
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Source: Mike Rother
IMPROVEMENT THROUGH PDCA IS HIGHLY FOCUSED
THE IMPROVEMENT KATA MODEL
Understandthe Directionor Challenge
Grasp theCurrent
Condition
Establish theNext TargetCondition
CC
TC
1 2 3 4Iterate
Toward the Target Condition
Planning Executing
It starts with planning before acting. 1. What is the next big business challenge? (1-5 years)2. Where are we today?3. What is the next target condition we will strive for? (2-6 weeks)
Source: Mike Rother
Deliberate Practice Requires Repeated Patterns
Kata are structured routines to practicedeliberately, especially at the beginning, so their pattern
becomes a habit and leaves you with new abilities
To Learn any Complex skill• Break down to component skills• Practice drills for each step• Build effective routines and
mindset in a team or organization.
“Let’s begin by practicing it this way for a while.”
Source: Mike Rother
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VIDEO - A Way the Brain Learns(2 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELpfYCZa87gAlso available on the IK/CK YouTube Channel
Strive Toward the Target Conditionthrough Iterative Learning
SMALL, RAPID EXPERIMENTSADVANCE YOUR KNOWLEDGE QUICKLY
Current Condition
Target Condition
Zone ofUncertainty
Source: Mike Rother
YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW TO GET FROM HERETO THERE!
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Forms available on theToyota Kata Website
Learner's Storyboard Mirrors Improvement Process
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mrother/Homepage.html
HP Tronic(contract electronics manufacturer in Sweden)
• 3‐year Challenge: Production volume 50% higher with the same personnel and floor space.
• 2014 started four areas: Sales, Purchasing, Engineering and Quotation Group
• Conducted 150 PDCA experiments so far• Daily activity in each area with coaching cycles
One Example Target Condition
• Quotation Process– Defined work process for better integration sales, purchasing engineering
– 85% Requests for Quote complete within standard time
Story Board In Action
MAKE VISUAL THE ITERATIONS
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Forms available on theToyota Kata Website
Learner's Storyboard
Recording Experiments
PDCA CYCLES RECORD
Visualization of Quotation Process
Results of Experiments
• Daily seven‐minute meeting in front of visual management board, a set meeting agenda
• Participants feel more control and far better communication
• Achieving standard lead time increased from 60 % to 85% (May 2014) and 90% (June 2014)
THE FIVE-QUESTION CARDUSED BY THE COACH
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Card is turned overto reflect on the last step / experiment
Back of card - Reflection Section
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What a Coaching Cycle Looks Like
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Learner
Coach
Coach and learner meet for at least one coaching cycle every day, related to Learner‘s target condition
The Learner's PDCA Cycles Record is not explained in this SlideShare
DAILY PRACTICE VERSUS EVENTS
In the EVENT-BASED Pattern Below What are we Learning?
Source: Mike Rother
Business as Usual