Skip to content
Scan a barcode
Scan
Added to your cart
Paperback Practicing Lean: Learning How to Learn How to Get Better... Better Book

ISBN: 1520202679

ISBN13: 9781520202679

Practicing Lean: Learning How to Learn How to Get Better... Better

Select Format

Select Condition ThriftBooks Help Icon

Recommended

Format: Paperback

Condition: Like New

$14.59
Save $0.40!
List Price $14.99
Almost Gone, Only 1 Left!

You Might Also Enjoy

Lean Hospitals: Improving Quality, Patient Safety, and Employee Satisfaction
Lean Hospitals: Improving Quality, Patient Safety, and Employee Satisfaction
Mark Graban

from: $5.99

Transforming Health Care: Virginia Mason Medical Center's Pursuit of the Perfect Patient Experience
Transforming Health Care: Virginia Mason Medical Center's Pursuit of the Perfect Patient Experience
Charles Kenney

from: $5.59

Measures of Success: React Less, Lead Better, Improve More
Measures of Success: React Less, Lead Better, Improve More
Mark Graban

from: $27.70

Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century
Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century
Committee on Quality of Health Care in America, Institute of Medicine

from: $5.29

Real Estate Riches: How to Become Rich Using Your Banker's Money
Real Estate Riches: How to Become Rich Using Your Banker's Money
Dolf de Roos

from: $4.99

Understanding Variation: The Key to Managing Chaos
Understanding Variation: The Key to Managing Chaos
Donald J. Wheeler

from: $7.69

Toyota Culture: The Heart and Soul of the Toyota Way
Toyota Culture: The Heart and Soul of the Toyota Way
Michael Hoseus, Jeffrey K. Liker

from: $9.19

Toyota Kata: Managing People for Improvement, Adaptiveness and Superior Results
Toyota Kata: Managing People for Improvement, Adaptiveness and Superior Results
Mike Rother

from: $5.69

Influencer
Influencer
Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan

from: $5.19

Continuous Quality Improvement in Health Care: Theory, Implementations, and Applications: Theory, Implementations, and Applications
Continuous Quality Improvement in Health Care: Theory, Implementations, and Applications: Theory, Implementations, and Applications
Curtis P. McLaughlin, Arnold D. Kaluzny

from: $5.19

HBR's 10 Must Reads On Emotional Intelligence
HBR's 10 Must Reads On Emotional Intelligence
Harvard Business Review

from: $4.99

Understanding Patient Safety
Understanding Patient Safety
Robert M. Wachter

from: $5.19

Lean Thinking: Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation
Lean Thinking: Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation
James P. Womack, Daniel T. Jones

from: $4.79

Humble Inquiry: The Gentle Art of Asking Instead of Telling
Humble Inquiry: The Gentle Art of Asking Instead of Telling
Edgar H. Schein, Peter A. Schein

from: $4.79

The Innovator's Prescription: A Disruptive Solution for Health Care
The Innovator's Prescription: A Disruptive Solution for Health Care
Jerome H. Grossman, Clayton M. Christensen, Jason Hwang, Jerome H. Grossman, MD, Jerome H. Grossman Clayton M. Christensen

from: $5.09

Lean Six Sigma for Service : How to Use Lean Speed and Six Sigma Quality to Improve Services and Transactions
Lean Six Sigma for Service : How to Use Lean Speed and Six Sigma Quality to Improve Services and Transactions
Michael L. George, Dinesh Rajan, Dan Blackwell

from: $5.99

The Four Pillars of Investing : Lessons for Building a Winning  Portfolio
The Four Pillars of Investing : Lessons for Building a Winning Portfolio
William J. Bernstein

from: $6.09

Primal Leadership: Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence
Primal Leadership: Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence
Daniel Goleman, Richard E. Boyatzis, Annie McKee

from: $4.19

A Lean Guide to Transforming Healthcare: How to Implement Lean Principles in Hospitals, Medical Offices, Clinics, And Other Healthcare Organizations
A Lean Guide to Transforming Healthcare: How to Implement Lean Principles in Hospitals, Medical Offices, Clinics, And Other Healthcare Organizations
Tom Zidel, Thomas Zidel

from: $5.59

The Toyota Way
The Toyota Way
Jeffrey K. Liker

from: $6.89

HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations
HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations
Nancy Duarte

from: $5.09

Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits and Other Writings
Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits and Other Writings
Philip A. Fisher

from: $10.49

Error Reduction in Health Care: A Systems Approach to Improving Patient Safety
Error Reduction in Health Care: A Systems Approach to Improving Patient Safety
Patrice L. Spath

from: $12.59

The Toyota Way Fieldbook
The Toyota Way Fieldbook
David P. Meier, Jeffrey K. Liker, David Meier

from: $5.49

Book Overview

This is a book about practicing, learning, and sharing our experiences with the Lean methodology and the Toyota Production System.

Doctors don't "implement medicine," they practice medicine.

Lawyers don't "implement cases," they practice law.

Shouldn't Lean facilitators, consultants, managers, and the like, also "practice Lean?"

When most of us start with Lean, the practices and principles are new. We might struggle to make change happen. I know I did. Our initial clumsy efforts hopefully turn into proficiency and mastery over time. We shift from "doing Lean" to "being Lean" and teaching others how to be Lean.

This book is a collection of honest and unvarnished first hand stories about learning, failing, and getting better at leading Lean transformation efforts. What mistakes have been made? What are the lessons learned? How do we "Plan, Do, Study, Adjust" our way to more effective Lean transformation models?

Proceeds from the book will be donated to the non-profit Louise H. Batz Patient Safety Foundation. This project has raised $5,000 to date (as of 9/1/2020). Disclosure: Mark Graban is on the board of the Batz Foundation.

We have a diverse set of contributors who come from various industries - manufacturing, healthcare, software, startups, etc.

Authors include:

Mark Graban
Author of the books Lean Hospitals and Healthcare Kaizen, blogger at LeanBlog.org

Nick Ruhmann
Director of Operational Excellence for Aon National Flood Services, Inc.

Michael Lombard
Chief Executive Officer of Cornerstone Critical Care Specialty Hospital of Southwest Louisiana

Paul Akers
President of FastCap, author of 2-Second Lean and Lean Health

Jamie Parker
15 years' experience in operations management / leadership in retail, service, and manufacturing

Harry Kenworthy
Expert in Lean government after a long career in manufacturing

Bob Rush
Lean Manufacturing Group Leader for Tesla Motors

Samuel Selay
Continuous Improvement Manager for the Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton

David Haigh
David works at Johnson & Johnson Canada, the largest consumer healthcare company in Canada

Joe Swartz
Administrative Director, Business Transformation, Franciscan Alliance, co-author of Healthcare Kaizen

Cameron Stark
Physician and Lean improvement leader in Scotland

Harvey Leach
Principal Consultant with The Consultancy Company based near Oxford, England

Andy Sheppard
Author, The Incredible Transformation of Gregory Todd: a Novel about Leadership and Managing Change

Mike Leigh
President and Founder of OpX Solutions, LLC and former Lean leader at General Electric

Jamie Flinchbaugh
Lean advisor, speaker, and author, who has advised over 300 companies on their Lean journey

Lesa Nichols
Founder, Lesa Nichols Consulting and former Toyota leader

The book also contains relevant posts from Mark Graban's LeanBlog.org.

Customer Reviews

0 customer rating | 0 review
There are currently no reviews. Be the first to review this work.
Copyright © 2025 Thriftbooks.com Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information | Cookie Policy | Cookie Preferences | Accessibility Statement
ThriftBooks ® and the ThriftBooks ® logo are registered trademarks of Thrift Books Global, LLC
GoDaddy Verified and Secured