Lean Leadership PP Part 2

Lean Leader Skill #3

C i
Continuous Improvement
I Kata*
K *
True North Leader/Coach

True North

Gap

Target /Conditions
ｷSpeed
ｷLead Time
ｷOutput/hr
ｷQuality Level
ｷI
ｷInventory
t Level
L l
Current Conditions
in the Process

Leader/Coach Local Conditions of

and Team True North Vision

Mike Rother, Toyota Kata

 What Will Western Managers Do Facing the
Unknown?

Old Answers
Path of Least Resistance
or Hide Problem
Current Condition Challenging Target
Unknown

Quick Fix or Please the Boss

Ego Defense
Delay, Avoid, Blame Others

S Wh
So What?
t?
 Lean Leader Skill #7

In over 90% of the cases of lean

implementation success, there is a
manager who understands lean and
knows how to lead.
Jeffrey Liker
The Toyota Way

What is Toyota Way Leadership?

 Leaders continually
y improve
p process
p
conditions and coach people.

“The first dayy a machine starts in our

plant is the ‘worst’ it will ever be.”
Zen Leaders Go Right Into the Unknown to Fully
Experience Reality

“When
When you are really stuck,
stuck it is
quality that tells you where you ought
to go.
go ”

Robert M. Pirsig
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
 A Zen of Kaizen Leader

Non-duality is staying present to experience “what

p or fear….
is” without concept
… by realizing the Buddha’s Metaphysics …..

ｷ Impermanence –constant change, “it’s all new”

ｷ Interdependence – conditions interact and create
new forms
ｷ Vulnerability of Self – there is no fixed identity or
way to defend of one’s self-esteem

Metaphysics is defined as “The subtle theoretical philosophy of being and reality.”

The Most Essential Lean Leadershipp Skill is

“The state of mind which enables a man to do

work of this kind is akin to that of a religious
worshipper or the lover; the daily effort comes
from no deliberate program, but straight from
the heart.”
Albert Einstein
How do we develop Zen of Kaizen leaders?

Why, you have them already!

They re just confused by concepts

They’re concepts, lack of
role models and don’t yet realize the truth!
 Eight ways to have kaizen leaders

1. Vulcan mind-meld new one (Mr. Spock)

2. Hire a charismatic leader (Capt. Kirk)
3. Traction in trenches - lean/kaizen blitz
4
4. B t
Boot-camp I
Immersion
i in i the
th day
d to t day
d workk
(Toyota Way)
5. Trainingg simulations ((toy
y blocks))
6. Work long-term with a Sensei as Coach
7. BEING PRESENT NOW
8. Life-threatening experiences
 We only have time for #1 and #7

First can anyone here do the “Vulcan

mind meld”?

Well then………
 #7 Zen of Kaizen Leader Satori Quiz
True of False?

1. In my last full day at work, little or nothing was

trulyy new
2. There can be an accurate future-state vision
3. There can be a lastingg path
p to a future state
4. I want to lead change, but I can't because.....of
other requirements
q
5. Leading is……defined as…
“You
You can’t
can t step in the same river twice
twice”
Heraculitus 500 B.C.

There are no fixed ideas that can

describe things in motion.
motion
 What Is This?

There is no firm future image or vision

“Battle
Battle Plans don
don’tt survive first contact with
the enemy.”

There is no set path.

Move and Reconnoiter
Th is
There i no way out
So What Do You Call Something
g With……

No Fixed Ideas
N Vi
No Vision
i
No Path
No Way Out
 For the New Orleans
Zen of Kaizen Leadership Prize

Define what would be “true” leading

change
g right
g now?

Your response should be a crystal

clear,
l undeniable
d i bl Zen
Z off leadership.
l d hi
 What is Real?

Will you realize Zen of Kaizen and follow

the Path?

…or return to a comfy life of illusion?

It’ss up to you
It you.

Dan Prock Ph.D.

Zen of Kaizen.com
 Hansei
Fill in your Consolation Dilbert Diploma
1. If you thought of it and didn’t act what
inside held you back?
2. If you didn’t think of it, what habitual
mindset blocked y your insight,
g self-
realization?
3. If you didn
didn’tt care enough to try, how can
you ever lead?
 References

•The Toyota Way, Jeffrey Liker, McGraw Hill, 2004.

•Toyota Kata, Mike Rother, McGraw Hill, 2010.
•Lean Thinking, James Womack and Daniel T. Jones, Simon and
Schuster,, 2003.
•Einstein in His Own Words, Anne Rooney, Gramercy Books, 2006.
•The Matrix, Warner Brothers, 1999.
•Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance,
Maintenance Robert M.
M Pirsig,
Pirsig
Harper Collins, 1974.
•Dilbert is a cartoon by Scott Adams.

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