Description
This leadership course presents the next level of thinking in lean management. It will show you how to generate skills and initiative among everyone in the organization to adapt, improve, and keep moving forward.
By practicing the Improvement Kata and the Coaching Kata, many people can learn and become engaged in the process of improvement, adaptation, and innovation. This is a particularly good source of sustained competitive advantage.
Improvement and Coaching Kata provides a powerful context that allows you to better utilize familiar lean elements, tools, and systems and sustain improvement.
Training Information
Course Approach
One day classroom seminar + two days in-plant practice:
Day 1:
For those organizations searching for a better way to lead, manage, and develop people, to produce continuous improvement, adaptation, survival, and superior results.
Day 2 & 3:
Two-day practice (which immediately follows the one-day seminar), on the Improvement Kata. Two days in the field will be held at an actual host-site facility where the Improvement Kata will be applied to real processes.
Day 2 & 3:
Practice! The Improvement Kata.
The one-day classroom seminar is a prerequisite for the two-day in-plant practice.
- Practicing hands-on the Improvement Kata, and some Coaching Kata
- Through practice, developing a deeper awareness of what this new model of leadership and management involves, and what will be required to develop such routines in an organization.
How Kata Impacts Your Organization
By providing a systematic, scientific routine that can be applied to any problem or challenge, Kata impacts your organizations in the following ways:
- Standardizing how the members of an organization develop solutions.
- Migrating managers toward a role of coach and mentor, by having them practice coaching cycles.
- Framing PDCA in a way that has people taking small steps every day.
Jesus “Jesse” Cano | Trusted Business Advisor, TMAC South Texas
Jesus “Jesse” Cano joined the Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center (TMAC) at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in 2017. A Rio Grande Valley native, Jesse is passionate about strengthening organizations across South Texas by helping manufacturers, businesses, and public-sector organizations improve performance, develop their workforce, and implement practical solutions that support long-term growth.
Jesse brings nearly 20 years of experience in manufacturing, engineering, continuous improvement, and consulting across the Oil & Gas, Power Generation, Aerospace, Manufacturing, and Service sectors. Prior to joining TMAC, he held engineering and technical leadership roles with GE Aviation, GE Power, Superior Energy Services, and Baker Hughes, serving in positions including Design Engineer, Lead Manufacturing Engineer, and Lead Repair Technology Engineer.
Throughout his career, Jesse has led and supported initiatives in Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, operational excellence, productivity, quality, New Product Introduction (NPI), process improvement, facility and workflow optimization, and workforce development. Since joining TMAC, he has applied this experience across an even broader range of organizations, including municipalities, educational institutions, manufacturers, and service-based businesses. His work focuses on helping leaders and teams identify opportunities, strengthen processes, build internal capabilities, and turn improvement strategies into measurable results.
Jesse holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Texas Pan American and has completed extensive professional training and certifications in Lean, Six Sigma, Quality, Project Management, Leadership, Coaching, and Workforce Development. He is a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt and remains focused on helping organizations strengthen their people, processes, and capabilities so they can adapt, compete, and grow in an increasingly technology-driven environment.
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