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Lean Book of the Month 

ELSE Inc.'s staff read many books every year, we have decided to start recommending some of the books we liked, and feel could be of value to you our friends and customers.

Robert Drescher has gotten things started, though we have to get him to actually write the reviews. He promises he will get around to it as soon as his schedule permits. He assures us that each of the below books are a worthwhile read for you our friends and fellow Lean Travellers. 

I have added two books which are not directly related to Lean, but their importance to business is so vital, that I feel any true Lean Leader needs to read them both. The Loyalty Effect and Blue Ocean Strategy.

Robert's Picks

June 2010
 

This book challenges us to understand that loyal customers are in fact a result of an organization for which loyalty truly means something.

We see that the Loyalty Effect in fact encompasses Ownership, All Levels of an Organization, and its Clients or Customers. If any one part fails the whole fails.

To often we ignore the value and importance of ownership type to a business organization, but the book clearly points out that to earn loyal customers you first need loyal ownership and employees. And without loyal ownership, you never breed loyalty among your employees.		 May 2010


Fredde and Michael use the approach of the novel to teach us to think beyond tools and learn to manage people. The true market of a manager is not how smart he is or even how well he can implement new methods, it is in fact how much he can draw from those he leads.

This book is another important reminder that people are the key. 		April 2010
 

This book wakes up the reader to the fact that there are often opportunities right in front of us if we stop thinkng inside boxes.

The book looks at several examples of businesses that have managed to carve themselves out their own little niche of success.

Start tapping into all the ideas in your organization and you may just find yourself facing your owned private boom. 		March 2010


David Mann brings to light the importance of the Human side of Lean. Often the highly technical people that lead change forget that without the people the whole process can grind to a halt or worse.
February 2010


Mark Garban couples both practiacl knowledge and the ability to write, this is a must have for the medical world, and if you have common sense you can apply it to other places as well. 		January 2010


To many people keep trying to complicate to many things. dennis reminds us of the value of Simplicity. We should all try using the KISS method first.

 

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