"Lean Office" Book Recommendations?
Dear Blog Readers — I received an email from a blog reader and I’ll pass this question along to you, since I don’t have a recommendation one way or another: There are numerous books out there on “Lean Office.” Do…
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Books: Learning, Leadership, and Lean Thinking in Practice
Books shape how we think about leadership, improvement, and learning—but only if we reflect on them and apply their lessons thoughtfully. This archive includes blog posts and podcast episodes about Lean, healthcare, leadership, mistakes, psychological safety, and continuous improvement, including reflections on my own books and conversations with authors whose work has influenced how organizations build better systems and cultures.
Managing to Learn, from John Shook
Managing to Learn: Using the A3 management process to solve problems, gain agreement, mentor, & lead Published by the Lean Enterprise Institute, John Shook has a new book (available now) on the A3 problem solving process and on Lean leadership.…
Book Review: The Ice Cream Maker
The Ice Cream Maker: An Inspiring Tale About Making Quality The Key Ingredient in Everything You Do I was reading the WSJ a while back and was intrigued by a book recommendation by Chrysler’s Robert Nardelli (you can read that…
Using Lean in Car Manufacturing to Cut the CO2 Footprint
By Jason Turgeon: Edie.net, which bills itself as “Europe’s largest environmental website,” for what it’s worth, has a good article today on something it’s calling a “5-day-car.” The focus of the article is purportedly green, talking about waste reduction and…
The “Black Art” of Lean Leadership: Bob Emiliani on Real Lean
A returning guest (episodes #30 and #38), Bob Emiliani is again featured in episode #48 of the LeanBlog Podcast. Since the mid-1990s, Bob has focused on de-mystifying what he calls the “black art” of Lean leadership. In this conversation, he…
"Reflections On Lean" Book — With Video!
RichCatalog – Free online bookI’m sure many of you got the email blast from the Lean Enterprise Institute, but this is really cool. It’s a free online version of the book “Reflections on Lean.” They’ve improved upon the printed version…
"Real Lean," Volumes 1 and 2
I’ve had the opportunity to read Bob Emiliani’s two collections of essays on “Real Lean” and I’m long overdue on posting about them. I’m especially late considering since Volume Three is coming out in June. These books are particularly recommended…
Mistakes, Complexity, and Why Inspection Can’t Catch Everything: A Conversation with Martin Hinckley
Mistake-proofing expert Martin Hinckley joins the podcast to explain why traditional inspection methods can’t catch rare mistakes — and what it actually takes to eliminate them. We cover the difference between mistakes and variation, the real meaning of poka-yoke, and…
Inventor-itis, Not Inventory-itis
IndustryWeek Article about the Book | Subscribe to IndustryWeek Amazon Link: Overcoming Inventoritis: The Silent Killer of Innovation When I first read this headline, I misread it, thinking it was about the “fear of inventory” (something that seems like a…
Review: Shingo’s Kaizen and the Art of Creative Thinking
By Ralf Lippold, Leipzig Germany: Kaizen and the Art of Creative Thinking – The Scientific Thinking Mechanism How does it contribute to the lean knowledge base? Shigeo Shingo offers a scientific way to get into Kaizen from a bundle of…
Why Lean Culture Is So Hard to Copy — Jeffrey Liker on Toyota Culture (Part 2)
Jeffrey Liker explains why Lean culture is difficult to replicate and why most organizations never move beyond tools and events. Sustainable Lean requires long-term leadership commitment, stability, and deep people development–not quick fixes. Here is LeanBlog Podcast #39, once again…
Bob Emiliani on Practical Lean Leadership – LeanBlog Podcast #38
Here is LeanBlog Podcast #38, our guest today is Bob Emiliani, the author of Practical Lean Leadership: A Strategic Leadership Guide For Executives. It’s a workbook-style guide that forces you to think through your own leadership approach and your own…
