Kaizen Heart and Mind is a collection of insightful essays on Lean leadership. As the first researcher to focus exclusively on Lean leadership, Bob offers us critical insights based on years of actual Lean practice. In this e-book, readers will learn the mindset and daily practice required to successfully lead a Lean organization. Any leadership team interested in Lean management, or those actually leading a Lean transformation, will benefit from reading this volume regardless of the type of business or industry served. While some aspects of Lean management are easy to comprehend, it has proven to be quite difficult to do. This e-book will help leaders avoid the numerous major and minor errors that slow down or destroy Lean transformations.
Reviews of Kaizen Heart and Mind:
"Bob is the most prolific author on the topic of Lean leadership. He has produced numerous printed books in which he critically examines Lean leadership from many directions, and, as always, provides useful comparisons to conventional leadership. His insights are breathtaking. Whereas other authors skim the surface, Emiliani dives into the details in creative, engaging, and easy-to-comprehend ways. Every book has a practical focus and provides a wealth of new and useful information. In his first e-book, Bob extends this valuable tradition. In Kaizen Heart and Mind, Bob shows the many dimensions of Lean leadership. He goes far beyond others in the scope and depth of presentation, and does it clearly and succinctly. Nobody else writes as he does. I am looking forward to the future volumes that follow this one." - Anon., Vice President, Aerospace Industry
"Bob Emiliani is an important voice in the world of Lean management. Anyone who aspires to be a Lean leader in their organization would benefit from Bob's insightful and inspiring focus on the respect for people and Lean as a non-zero-sum management system. Kaizen Heart and Mind will help readers understand these two critically impoprtant aspects of Lean leadership." - Mark Graban, www.LeanBlog.org
This e-book is a compilation of 2011 “Lean Leadership News” articles, plus additional bonus material. Look for Volume 2 of Kaizen Heart and Mind in early 2013, and future volumes thereafter.
Kaizen Heart and Mind: A Collection of Insightful Essays on Lean Leadership (Volume 1)
by Bob Emiliani
The CLBM, LLC Wethersfield, Conn., USA
Volume 1 / First Edition / 167 pages / ISBN 978-0-9845400-2-0 / December 2011 / e-Book / Retail Price $3.99.
Table of Contents
1. Preface
2. Homework Never Ends
3. Start With REAL Lean
4. Off To a Bad Start with Lean Tools
5. Do Not Forget the “Respect for People” Principle
6. Fake Lean vs. Fun Lean
7. History of Progressive Lean Management
8. Happy Anniversary: Toyota Way 2001
9. Leaders and Information Flow
10. Faulty Thinking and Decision-Making
11. Antidote for Dysfunction
12. Kaizen, Not Kaizen Event
13. Bad Practice Theory
14. Improving Gemba Walks
15. The Importance of Daily Practice
16. Bunga-Bunga Management
17. Getting a University Boss on Board
18. Ultimate Solutions
19. Teaching “Respect for People”
20. Virginia Mason Visits Wiremold
21. Becoming a Lean Leader
22. Fair Business is Moral Business
23. Atomized Kaizen
24. The Policy
25. Same Questions, Never Any Answers
26. Bonus! Lean Management Failure at ________
27. Bonus! Business.xxx
28. Bonus! Great Lean Leaders
29. Closing Remarks
30. About the Author
