Tag: Books

LeanBlog Review: Toyota Talent

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Toyota Talent is the third, and newest, book in the "Toyota Way" series: The Toyota Way, written by Dr. Jeffrey Liker The Toyota Way Fieldbook, by...

Freakonomics and Lean

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Freakonomics: Official SiteI know this wouldn't count as "leisure reading" for many folks, but I'm reading (and very much enjoying) the book Freakonomics: A...

Not Neatness for Neatness Sake

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MSN Careers - Is a Messier Desk Better? I was going to blog about this book before and Dan Markovitz had beaten me to it....

Is There "Standard Work" for Clinical Care?

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Marketplace: Better health care through better informationThis commentator points out some shocking waste in the healthcare system:Although cancer doctors work long hours, they still...

Competition, Lean Accounting, and Baseball

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Russell Roberts on Cafe Hayek had an interesting commentary the other day about the Power of Competition, relaying a bit of the story of...

New Book, "Toyota Talent:" Out NOW

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Toyota TalentUpdate 5/6/07: The book is now shipping from AmazonI had the pleasure of reading a pre-publication version of this new book from...

"Toyota Talent" out April 29

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Amazon.com: Toyota Talent: Books: Jeffrey Liker,David MeierThis has been an exciting week for me. Monday, I met David Mann, author of Creating A...

Lean Killed Rover?

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Driving on the wrong side of the road -- the myth of Japanese efficiency in car manufacturingA new book is out attacking Lean. ...

Dwight Bowen Podcast with Pascal Dennis

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Lean Thinking Network | Competing Podcast ยป Interview with Pascal Dennis Part 1Pascal Dennis interview Part 2 - OperationsDwight Bowen, someone I consider...

Free Peeks into Lean Books

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lean - Google Book SearchA friend just tipped me off to this Google feature, the ability to view limited pages from books, including a...

My Stack of Books: Raw Material and WIP

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I love books. I'd also love to have more time to read books, or finish books. People often ask me what I'm...

Mark on the “Better Process” Podcast

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PodcasterNews - Industry Report Mark and Dwight for a Lean RoundtableI am appearing again on Ken Rayment's "Better Process" Podcast, the link is above.In...