Hoshin Kanri Training
Create a strategy that lasts beyond this fiscal year
Many organizations struggle to stay focused beyond the next year. In this course, you’ll explore how Hoshin Kanri can help bring more long-term stability to your strategy. Rather than reacting to short-term shifts, you’ll learn how to connect high-level goals to operational efforts in a way that supports continuity—even when business priorities evolve.
What is your (long-term) true north?
Align goals through dialogue, not top-down directives
When goals are handed down like a to-do list, teams often feel disconnected. Hoshin Kanri uses the “catchball” method, an approach to goal alignment that encourages collaboration across functions and levels. You’ll explore how to derive meaningful, connected targets—from company objectives down to team-level priorities—and make sure they actually make sense together.
Always recognize who turns your company’s goals into real results.
Use proven frameworks without getting stuck in theory
Balanced Scorecard, MBO, OKRs, Kata… there’s no shortage of frameworks. In this course, we’ll explain these tools and show where they fit into Hoshin planning. You’ll also learn why Toyota’s PDCA loop is one of the most powerful tools for learning and adjusting your strategy in real-time.
Let us guide you through the maze of planning tools.
Don’t let tools overtake thinking: Why simpler beats smarter-looking
Ever tried using the X-matrix to deploy multi-hierarchy strategies, only to end up more confused than aligned? You’re not alone. We’ll explore the pros and cons of tools like the X-matrix, and show you practical alternatives that promote clarity over complexity. You’ll learn how to connect goals, actions, and metrics without drowning in templates.
The X-Matrix… we feel that this is a bit too complex.
You will Learn:
- Understanding Hoshin Kanri
- Implement Policy Deployment
- How to derive long-term connected goals
- Use the Catchball Method
- PDCA in Strategy Deployment
- Pros & Cons of the X-Matrix
- Other Strategy Planning Methods like OKR, MBO, Balanced Scorecard, Kata
Requirements:
No specific lean manufacturing prerequisites required.
Target Audience:
This course is ideal for managers, team leaders and continuous improvement professionals involved in strategic planning, who want to align long-term strategy with daily operations in a practical, collaborative way.
Price: €790.- (excl. VAT)
Duration: 1 Day (8 Hours Total)