Toyota Kata

Mike Rother

This revolutionary book that puts us in the back room of Toyota offers us a new perspective of the management and management practices that take place in the legendary car company and offers us a practical guide to professionally lead and develop people taking full advantage of their intelligence and capabilities

Using the six years invested in the study of Toyota's personnel management routines, this book analyzes and clarifies for the first time the company's organizational routines — called kata. In addition, Toyota Kata goes beyond Toyota's limits to explain human behavior in organizations, and provides concrete answers to questions such as:

• How can we make adaptation and improvement part of daily work in every corner of the organization?
• How can we use and develop the capacity of all members of the organization to constantly strive for new levels of performance?
• How can we provide an organization with the necessary strength to be able to handle unpredictable dynamic situations and keep its customers satisfied?

With well-defined details, abundance of practical examples and a well cohesive exposure from start to finish, Toyota Kata offers thought and behavior routines that produce the best results and an uninterrupted competitive advantage.