DDM
Kata coaching
Added Value
At DDM Kata Coaching, we don’t believe continuous improvement should depend on consultants, workshops, or one-off initiatives.We’ve been inside organizations where improvement looked good on paper—but never stuck in daily work. Teams lost motivation. Leaders felt pressure to bring in external experts. And continuous improvement slowly became an Operational Excellence target instead of a way of thinking.We were there ourselves too.Everything changed when we discovered Toyota Kata and began practicing it daily. Through trial, failure, coaching, and reflection, we learned that sustainable improvement doesn’t come from knowing the solution—it comes from learning how to move forward step by step, every day.That insight became our mission.Today, we help leaders and teams who feel stuck, misaligned, or unsure where to start build strong problem-solving habits, align around a clear direction, and create a culture where learning and improvement happen naturally as part of daily work.We don’t add another tool.
We help people change the way they think, act, and lead.
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Beyond Lean
Building Improvement Habits
Many organizations start their Lean journey; attending workshops, launching initiatives, defining strategic goals… But they struggle to make improvement sustainable.
The vision is written but not truly clarified, the current situation is assumed rather than deeply understood, and teams jump to solutions instead of learning step by step.As a result, improvement becomes episodic, habits do not form, and real cultural change never takes root.We now offer a routine where we help you:
1. Clarify your written vision
2. Solidly understand your current situation
3. Learn your way forward, step by stepThis will help you move beyond Lean as a set of tools and start building lasting improvement habits — strengthening your culture, aligning your teams, and turning vision into daily practice.
Mastering Toyota Kata
This is for you if you:
- Have started practicing Toyota Kata or want to start.
- Want to build the routine but struggle bringing it to reality.Examples: you don't understand all the sections of the storyboard, the challenge is vague, practice is not consistent, learning does not happen every day or the coach does not really coach the learner.We offer 30-minute session where:
1. You can ask us any question or obstacle you are encountering in your real Toyota Kata practice
2. Identify where you are in the Kata process and answer those questions with real life examples
3. We recommend you what to do to have a successful practiceThis will help you to overcome any current barrier to build the routing, level-up your improvement and coaching, and get ready to unlock the power of Toyota Kata.
TEAM
Ronald Darling
Based in Michigan, USA
English
David Dominguez
Based in Germany
Spanish and English
Why us?
We make it about you and your learning.
You build the coaching habit in the field, with your actual and current challenges.
We do not tell you and leave, but rather accompany you throughout the entire process.
We have a track record of over 6.000 Coaching Cycles & 6 years combined experience.
30+ years experienced engineers in manufacturing automotive factories.
