Thirst for Lean knowledge……
The Basics collection for practioners
These four books form the foundation for any Lean / Sigma practitioner at any level the first two are aimed at the application of technical skills covering everything from basic affinity diagrams, VSM's to correlation analysis and so on. The other two books focus more on stakeholder engagement and team working, which are a must if you are leading the change.
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Books to Understand the Basics….
To fully understand Lean and the methodology you need to understand it from the people that played a role in its creation. These four books give you the knowledge on how Lean has become what it is today and what it's true value is. These Books help you gain great insight into the individuals, their situations and the thinking behind the methodology.
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Books for Lean Managers
I tend to give these books to business leaders who are about to, or are going through Lean transformations. They really help business leaders understand what the end goal looks like and why you are pulling on them to support you during difficult and changing times.
Other notable books that have helped me
John Seddon's books really open your eyes to how parts of current business management, thinking and practices really prevent transformational change and help you understand ways around these issues. He focuses on an approach called systems thinking which is a follow on from W.E Demings work. The goal is a great book to give to associate level individuals its a transformational change written as a story, very good read.
The final book is a great and really helps practitioners and leaders understand how to implement rapid change in their organisation. I have worked with Alan and learnt so much from him. He really knows his stuff when it comes to the application of change.
