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PART III

PRACTICE ROUTINES FOR THE COACH

(The Coaching Kata)

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Learning How to Coach the Improvement Kata

If you want to learn the Improvement Kata (IK) more deeply, teach it. You should start coaching the Improvement Kata as soon as possible after gaining some basic IK proficiency. This will accelerate your learning of scientific thinking.

Coaching an Improvement Kata learner is a skill like any other, which means your practice as a coach also begins with some Starter Kata. The foundational Starter Kata for the coach is the five Coaching Kata ...

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