Lean Misconceptions

Name: Lean Misconceptions
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Why Many Lean Initiatives Fail and How You Can Avoid the Mistakes

By: Cordell Hensley

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Hardcover | 11 September 2017 | Edition Number 1

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176 Pages

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It has been reported that about 70% of initiatives fail to achieve desired results. The cause is an unrealistic expectation regarding effort and results and a focus on short-term improvements over long-term capability building. Too many consultants and organisations focus on the tools and the results they can achieve without considering the long-term implications. Success relies on focusing both short-term gains and long-term culture change - using the tools as the mechanism for change versus the objective of the change. Section 1 is about continuous improvement -- why companies do it, the various methods and where they came from, and why they are all too focused on production performance versus organizational capability. Section 2 is about the tools and how they support the underlying principles necessary to achieve long-term capability change/building. The final section is a summary of what readers should do with the new knowledge gained from reading the book - not a checklist or a recipe for success but a call to action to challenge their thinking on Lean, on performance/continuous improvement and to challenge each other, their peers, seniors, subordinates to focus on what matters.

Industry Reviews

"Many, many companies either fail with their Lean effort, or at least fail to achieve their desires. Yet the really good exponents continue to thrive, and the more others try to copy them, the bigger the gap seems to get. Many authors have covered this, but many seem to 'miss the mark" as they still focus on tools, often offering new 'silver bullets'. Others focus on avoiding tools, focusing instead on Principles / Systems Thinking, etc. Cordell weaves a thread between these two camps, not seeking to elevate or undermine either, but instead highlighting the importance of an organisation's willingness to 'learn' as the real issue.

He tells us that we should call problems, problems (contrary to fashionable thinking) and use the solving of these problems to actually learn something valuable. He tells us that business leaders need to become 'coaches' to help their people do this, and to share and build on this learning continually. And he provides some sounds advice on how to go about doing this. Cordell makes a compelling and powerful case about how we should all remember our role as 'learners' in life. Business leaders who want to succeed in improving their business, irrespective of whether or not they have a 'Lean programme' would be well advised to read this book!"

- Nigel Waring, Owner, TPS Coaching

"Many, many companies either fail with their Lean effort, or at least fail to achieve their desires. Yet the really good exponents continue to thrive, and the more others try to copy them, the bigger the gap seems to get. Many authors have covered this, but many seem to 'miss the mark' as they still focus on tools, often offering new 'silver bullets'. Others focus on avoiding tools, focusing instead on Principles / Systems Thinking, etc. Cordell weaves a thread between these two camps, not seeking to elevate or undermine either, but instead highlighting the importance of an organisation's willingness to 'learn' as the real issue.

He tells us that we should call problems, problems (contrary to fashionable thinking) and use the solving of these problems to actually learn something valuable. He tells us that business leaders need to become 'coaches' to help their people do this, and to share and build on this learning continually. And he provides some sound advice on how to go about doing this. Cordell makes a compelling and powerful case about how we should all remember our role as 'learners' in life. Business leaders who want to succeed in improving their business, irrespective of whether or not they have a 'Lean programme' would be well advised to read this book!"

- Nigel Waring, Owner, TPS Coaching

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