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To take advantage of the multiple resources provided by Kata School Portugal, you just need to fill the form associated with each resource available below, and then you will get the requested file on your email.

Toyota KATA Presentation
Story Board for practicing Improvement Kata
Current Condition and Target Condition
Timing Worksheet
Experimentation Record
Coaching Kata Card

Books on Foreign Language

Some books written by the founder, Mike Rother, and some other authors, regarding the culture and spirit of Kata School:

“Toyota Kata: Managing People for Improvement, Adaptiveness and Superior Results”

Mike Rother

“Toyota Kata Culture: Building Organizational Capability and Mindset through Kata Coaching”

Mike Rother, Gerd Aulinger

“The Toyota Kata Practice Guide: Practicing Scientific Thinking Skills for Superior Results in 20 Minutes a Day”

Mike Rother

“The Lean Toolbox Revised Sixth Edition”

John Bicheno, Matthias Holweg

“Value-Stream Mapping Workshop Participant Guide”

Mike Rother, John Shook

“Understanding A3 Thinking: A Critical Component of Toyota’s PDCA Management System”

Durward K. Sobek II, Art Smalley

Copyright Information

All resources provided by KATA School Portugal are free to use. They were obtained from the official Toyota Kata website and were translated and adapted by KATA School Portugal. You may use, copy, remix, transform, add to, and redistribute the presentations and documents in any medium or format. Please mention the source (www.kata-school.pt).

The slides are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license. You are free to use, copy, remix, transform, build upon and redistribute the slides in any medium or format. The only requirement is to note the original source on each slide you use, for instance by adding “By Mike Rother” in small print somewhere on the slide.

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