I had the pleasure recently of listening to the wonderful Tracy Defoe as she delivered a learning event of the kata storyboard. The Kata storyboard may look very familiar....but don't be fooled. The way this storyboard is created and connected is just magical. The sequence, the logical links and the visual nature of this board allow for the following: The storyboard will show the story of the process and the progress toward the challenge The storyboard shows the learners lear

Kata is a practice methodology. It promotes both deliberate practice of daily continuous improvement and deliberate reflection on learning. It allows people to derive confidence and skill from ongoing patterns of work which in time become second nature through positive habit and behavior. The two main elements of Toyota Kata are the Improvement Kata and the Coaching Kata Improvement Kata The improvement Kata helps develop fundamental skills of working whereby a learner itera