Hitchhiker’s Guide to Lean - Lessons from the Road

Description

Hitchhikers do not travel a fixed path. They intentionally wander so they can learn and grow along the way. Embarking on the lean journey is similar, there are many roads on which to wander and no single one is right for all. This book reveals the most critical lessons learned over the authors' combined 30-plus years of exploring the lean highways. One of the book's lessons from the road is you need to pay attention to where you are and where you are going, just as you do when driving a car. Lean leaders add value by changing things, moving them forward, and producing different results than the day before. To lead, you must go beyond creating a vision. You must develop the vehicle that will deliver it. Content: Front Matter • Introduction • Table of Contents 1. Think First: Five Principles of Lean 2. People Need Leadership, Not Management: Five Leadership Moves for Lean 3. Learning Can Be Expensive: Five Common Lean Pitfalls (and How to Avoid Them) 4. A Thousand-Step Journey: Five Phases of the Transformation Roadmap 5. Pulling it All Together: Five Dimensions of an Operating System 6. Relearning to Count: Five Lean Accounting Principles 7. Move it or Lose it: Five Keys to Lean Material Management 8. Service on a Silver Platter: Five Factors for Lean Service 9. The Transformation of One: Five Practices for Personal Lean 10. Conversations from the Road Index