Tag: Books

Author Interview with Alfie Kohn, “Punished by Rewards”

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My guest for LeanBlog Podcast #57 is Alfie Kohn, an author and lecturer in the fields of education, parenting, and human behavior. His books...

Naida Grunden and Lean Healthcare

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The Pittsburgh Way to Efficient Healthcare: Improving Patient Care Using Toyota Based Methods Below is a guest post from fellow author and Lean Healthcare practitioner,...

Book Review: Everything I Know About Lean I Learned in First...

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Amazon.com: Everything I Know About Lean I Learned in First Grade: Robert O. Martichenko: BooksThis is a unique and compelling book about the Lean...

An Interesting Quote from Steve Spear on Toyota and Surprises

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I recorded an upcoming LeanBlog Podcast with Steven J. Spear yesterday. Here is that episode: https://www.leanblog.org/2009/01/leanblog-podcast-58-steven-j-spear/ He's promoting his new book Chasing the Rabbit: How Market...

"Lean Office" Book Recommendations?

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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...

Managing to Learn, from John Shook

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Managing to Learn: Using the A3 management process to solve problems, gain agreement, mentor, & leadPublished by the Lean Enterprise Institute, John Shook has...

Book Review: The Ice Cream Maker

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The Ice Cream Maker: An Inspiring Tale About Making Quality The Key Ingredient in Everything You DoI was reading the WSJ a while back...

Using Lean in Car Manufacturing to Cut the CO2 Footprint

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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...

LeanBlog Podcast #48 – Bob Emiliani on ‘Real Lean’ and the...

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A returning guest (episodes #30 and #38), Bob Emiliani is again featured in episode #48 of the LeanBlog Podcast.  He has, since 1995, focused his...

"Reflections On Lean" Book — With Video!

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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...

"Real Lean," Volumes 1 and 2

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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...

Martin Hinckley on Mistake Proofing (Poka-Yoke) [Podcast]

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This is LeanBlog Podcast episode #42 with Dr.C. Martin Hinckley, of the firm Assured Quality. He is the author of the book Make No...