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The Lean Strategy: Using Lean to Create Competitive Advantage, Unleash Innovation, and Deliver Sustainable Growth
A groundbreaking and revolutionary book that will transform how lean is understood, practiced, and used within organizations A lean strategy is about gaining a competitive edge by offering better quality products at competitive prices and making a sustainable profit by eliminating waste through engaging employees in discovering deeper ways to think about their own jobs and smarter ways of working together. In its current form, lean has been radically effective, but its true powers have yet to be harnessed. Lean Strategy harnesses that power and delivers a new way of creating value from lean. Leading lean experts address popular misconceptions about the basics of lean/TPS, showing the true purpose of tools, methods, and attitudes that leverage the intelligence of every employee doing the work. You’ll learn how to think―and then act―differently, tapping the power of every person in your organization in a disciplined manner that generates unparalleled, sustainable success that is responsive to today’s most pressing challenges
304 pages, Hardcover
Published June 23, 2017
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June 8, 2022
Lean Strategy is the modern-day successor to books such as The Machine That Changed the World and Lean Thinking.
Co-authored by two longtime lean researchers and two C-Suite lean practitioners, Lean Strategy offers the best insight from both the academic and practical application world.
Lean Strategy is another lean leadership book intended for Senior Management. It starts by outlining much of the lean principles covered in past books with new updated stories of success and failure but quickly turns to how lean can be used to gain competitive market advantage. One thing that this book does not do, that many lean leadership books have relied on, is Lean Strategy does not focus entirely on what Toyota did or does. It does briefly acknowledge Toyota's role in the development of the system of lean, but the stories and studies come from companies other than Toyota, which I found refreshing.
The second half of this book moves from the tactical to the strategical benefits of embracing lean. Using lean to gain market share, and ultimately losing market share, and employees, when a new regime abandons lean. There's a good deal of discussion how one of the author's worked for a company that sustained more than a decade of growth using lean as a strategic plan, however, when it was sold the company lost much of its advantage and talent as the new management decided to take it decisively non-lean approach.
This was a good book, but it's another book authored directly to senior level management. I understand that to be truly successful in a lean transformation senior management needs deep involvement, but a lean environment is not only senior managers.
From an audio standpoint, Lean Strategy was well-read; however, I would recommend turning up the playback speed by 25%. The narrator did well. he's just somewhat monotone. Perhaps he was reading to takt!
Co-authored by two longtime lean researchers and two C-Suite lean practitioners, Lean Strategy offers the best insight from both the academic and practical application world.
Lean Strategy is another lean leadership book intended for Senior Management. It starts by outlining much of the lean principles covered in past books with new updated stories of success and failure but quickly turns to how lean can be used to gain competitive market advantage. One thing that this book does not do, that many lean leadership books have relied on, is Lean Strategy does not focus entirely on what Toyota did or does. It does briefly acknowledge Toyota's role in the development of the system of lean, but the stories and studies come from companies other than Toyota, which I found refreshing.
The second half of this book moves from the tactical to the strategical benefits of embracing lean. Using lean to gain market share, and ultimately losing market share, and employees, when a new regime abandons lean. There's a good deal of discussion how one of the author's worked for a company that sustained more than a decade of growth using lean as a strategic plan, however, when it was sold the company lost much of its advantage and talent as the new management decided to take it decisively non-lean approach.
This was a good book, but it's another book authored directly to senior level management. I understand that to be truly successful in a lean transformation senior management needs deep involvement, but a lean environment is not only senior managers.
From an audio standpoint, Lean Strategy was well-read; however, I would recommend turning up the playback speed by 25%. The narrator did well. he's just somewhat monotone. Perhaps he was reading to takt!
July 17, 2022
This book talks about the “lean thinking”, not introduction or application of specific tools. Authors aknowledge Toyota in “lean journey”, however, focus is on thinking patterns and it’s affects.
One of many take-aways from this book: there isn’t magic bullet to embrace lean culture, but core are respect of people, pushing them out of comfort zone and helping them to grow, hard work and attention of senior management. When “lean thinking” disappears from leadership, sadly, the culture is very likely to fade away together.
One of many take-aways from this book: there isn’t magic bullet to embrace lean culture, but core are respect of people, pushing them out of comfort zone and helping them to grow, hard work and attention of senior management. When “lean thinking” disappears from leadership, sadly, the culture is very likely to fade away together.
March 24, 2019
At a time, where every IT process is either agile or lean or both (even when it's the opposite like SAFe), this book offers an impressive deep dive into Lean Thinking, especially by the prism of the Toyota Production System.
The book doesn't get into the details of the tools like Kaizen or 5s but clearly explains the philosophy of Lean and why it's so powerful as a learning system to continuously improve an organization.
The book also shows why Lean Thinking offers a new way to see your organization with manager that lead from the ground up , with continuous improvement and innovation and with a people centric system offering autonomy to employee and great quality to customers.
The book doesn't get into the details of the tools like Kaizen or 5s but clearly explains the philosophy of Lean and why it's so powerful as a learning system to continuously improve an organization.
The book also shows why Lean Thinking offers a new way to see your organization with manager that lead from the ground up , with continuous improvement and innovation and with a people centric system offering autonomy to employee and great quality to customers.
February 16, 2024
A Comprehensive Guide to Leveraging Lean Thinking for Sustainable Growth
The Lean Strategy" is a must-read for anyone aspiring to create a competitive advantage, foster innovation, and achieve sustainable growth in today's dynamic business environment. The wealth of knowledge presented in this book, combined with its practical approach, positions it as an indispensable guide for those ready to embark on a transformative Lean Journey.
The Lean Strategy" is a must-read for anyone aspiring to create a competitive advantage, foster innovation, and achieve sustainable growth in today's dynamic business environment. The wealth of knowledge presented in this book, combined with its practical approach, positions it as an indispensable guide for those ready to embark on a transformative Lean Journey.
May 19, 2020
Good read, nothing that did not really know, so some parts was a bit dry but aside from that nice reminder.
March 20, 2022
Ok book
Concepts made sense, but the language used to describe their implementation was confusing and often more than required to explain the point being made.
Concepts made sense, but the language used to describe their implementation was confusing and often more than required to explain the point being made.
September 14, 2024
The best book ever about how to apply Lean methodology that I've read.
October 31, 2021
This is really about how Toyota and few other companies implement the "lean strategy" and what improvements that has done for their overall company - from the actual manufacturing of parts to the people working there.
This is not a guide to the lean strategy, and even when Toyota/other companies use this strategy they get a sensei to guide them. That said, it was still very interesting. I did pick up the basics principles (more-or-less) that they follow. I can see how it works very well for large companies but as an individual freelance I still learned enough I can apply to the things I do.
The audio is 9.5 hours long. It's well presented even if it's a little slow going at times.
This is not a guide to the lean strategy, and even when Toyota/other companies use this strategy they get a sensei to guide them. That said, it was still very interesting. I did pick up the basics principles (more-or-less) that they follow. I can see how it works very well for large companies but as an individual freelance I still learned enough I can apply to the things I do.
The audio is 9.5 hours long. It's well presented even if it's a little slow going at times.
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