Lean Thinking Books

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Gemba Walks Gemba Walks (Nook)
by (shelved 3 times as lean-thinking)
avg rating 3.87 — 241 ratings — published 2011
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Lean Thinking: Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation Lean Thinking: Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as lean-thinking)
avg rating 3.92 — 6,008 ratings — published 1996
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Learning to See: Value Stream Mapping to Add Value and Eliminate MUDA Learning to See: Value Stream Mapping to Add Value and Eliminate MUDA (Spiral-bound)
by (shelved 2 times as lean-thinking)
avg rating 4.14 — 772 ratings — published 1999
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Toyota Kata: Managing People for Improvement, Adaptiveness and Superior Results Toyota Kata: Managing People for Improvement, Adaptiveness and Superior Results (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as lean-thinking)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,916 ratings — published 2009
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The Work of Management: A Daily Path to Sustainable Improvement The Work of Management: A Daily Path to Sustainable Improvement (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.14 — 106 ratings — published
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Beyond Heroes: A Lean Management System for Healthcare Beyond Heroes: A Lean Management System for Healthcare (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as lean-thinking)
avg rating 3.78 — 103 ratings — published 2014
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Gemba Kaizen (Spanish Edition) Gemba Kaizen (Spanish Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as lean-thinking)
avg rating 3.74 — 38 ratings — published
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The Lean Six Sigma Pocket Toolbook: A Quick Reference Guide to 100 Tools for Improving Quality and Speed The Lean Six Sigma Pocket Toolbook: A Quick Reference Guide to 100 Tools for Improving Quality and Speed (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as lean-thinking)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,159 ratings — published 2004
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Value Stream Mapping for the Process Industries: Creating a Roadmap for Lean Transformation Value Stream Mapping for the Process Industries: Creating a Roadmap for Lean Transformation (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as lean-thinking)
avg rating 4.43 — 7 ratings — published 2015
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Taiichi Ohno's Workplace Management Taiichi Ohno's Workplace Management (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as lean-thinking)
avg rating 4.37 — 302 ratings — published 1988
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EVOLUTION OF TOYOTA PRODUCTION SYSTEM EVOLUTION OF TOYOTA PRODUCTION SYSTEM (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as lean-thinking)
avg rating 4.57 — 21 ratings — published
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Real Numbers: Management Accounting in a Lean Organization Real Numbers: Management Accounting in a Lean Organization (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as lean-thinking)
avg rating 3.77 — 109 ratings — published 2003
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Just-In-Time for Today and Tomorrow Just-In-Time for Today and Tomorrow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as lean-thinking)
avg rating 4.50 — 22 ratings — published 1988
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Toyota Production System: Beyond large-scale production Toyota Production System: Beyond large-scale production (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.11 — 2,082 ratings — published 1978
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5S for Operators Learning Package (The Shopfloor Series) 5S for Operators Learning Package (The Shopfloor Series)
by (shelved 1 time as lean-thinking)
avg rating 4.17 — 18 ratings — published 1996
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Gemba Kaizen: A Commonsense, Low-Cost Approach to Management Gemba Kaizen: A Commonsense, Low-Cost Approach to Management (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as lean-thinking)
avg rating 4.11 — 632 ratings — published 1997
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Lean Solutions: How Companies and Customers Can Create Value and Wealth Together Lean Solutions: How Companies and Customers Can Create Value and Wealth Together (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.88 — 312 ratings — published 2005
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The Lean Turnaround: How Business Leaders Use Lean Principles to Create Value and Transform Their Company The Lean Turnaround: How Business Leaders Use Lean Principles to Create Value and Transform Their Company (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as lean-thinking)
avg rating 4.01 — 312 ratings — published 2012
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The Machine That Changed the World : The Story of Lean Production The Machine That Changed the World : The Story of Lean Production (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as lean-thinking)
avg rating 4.03 — 2,558 ratings — published 1990
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Seeing the Whole: Mapping the Extended Value Stream Seeing the Whole: Mapping the Extended Value Stream (Spiral-bound)
by (shelved 1 time as lean-thinking)
avg rating 4.09 — 75 ratings — published 2002
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Lead With Respect: A Novel of Lean Practice Lead With Respect: A Novel of Lean Practice (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as lean-thinking)
avg rating 4.10 — 223 ratings — published 2014
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The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as lean-thinking)
avg rating 4.08 — 11,596 ratings — published 2003
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How To Implement Lean Manufacturing How To Implement Lean Manufacturing (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.97 — 77 ratings — published 2009
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The 12 Week Year Field Guide: Get More Done In 12 Weeks Than Others Do In 12 Months The 12 Week Year Field Guide: Get More Done In 12 Weeks Than Others Do In 12 Months (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as lean-thinking)
avg rating 3.88 — 1,403 ratings — published
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The Infinite Game The Infinite Game (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as lean-thinking)
avg rating 4.16 — 29,397 ratings — published 2017
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Making Work Visible: Exposing Time Theft to Optimize Work & Flow Making Work Visible: Exposing Time Theft to Optimize Work & Flow (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as lean-thinking)
avg rating 4.09 — 2,047 ratings — published 2017
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How to Do a Gemba Walk: Coaching Gemba Walkers How to Do a Gemba Walk: Coaching Gemba Walkers (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as lean-thinking)
avg rating 3.76 — 84 ratings — published 2014
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The First 90 Days: Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter The First 90 Days: Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as lean-thinking)
avg rating 3.85 — 38,452 ratings — published 2003
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Conquer Your Critical Inner Voice: A Revolutionary Program to Counter Negative Thoughts and Live Free from Imagined Limitations Conquer Your Critical Inner Voice: A Revolutionary Program to Counter Negative Thoughts and Live Free from Imagined Limitations (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as lean-thinking)
avg rating 3.74 — 196 ratings — published 2002
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Ctrl Alt Delete: Reboot Your Business. Reboot Your Life. Your Future Depends on It. Ctrl Alt Delete: Reboot Your Business. Reboot Your Life. Your Future Depends on It. (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as lean-thinking)
avg rating 3.92 — 585 ratings — published 2013
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Topgrading: How Leading Companies Win by Hiring, Coaching, and Keeping the Best People Topgrading: How Leading Companies Win by Hiring, Coaching, and Keeping the Best People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as lean-thinking)
avg rating 3.72 — 795 ratings — published 2005
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Barking Up the Wrong Tree: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Wrong Barking Up the Wrong Tree: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Wrong
by (shelved 1 time as lean-thinking)
avg rating 4.11 — 17,222 ratings — published 2017
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Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as lean-thinking)
avg rating 4.00 — 9,189 ratings — published 2019
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Company Of One: Why Staying Small Is the Next Big Thing for Business Company Of One: Why Staying Small Is the Next Big Thing for Business (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as lean-thinking)
avg rating 3.91 — 6,117 ratings — published 2019
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High Output Management High Output Management (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.30 — 21,712 ratings — published 1983
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Built to Sell: Creating a Business That Can Thrive Without You Built to Sell: Creating a Business That Can Thrive Without You (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as lean-thinking)
avg rating 4.24 — 7,588 ratings — published 2010
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But What If We're Wrong? Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past But What If We're Wrong? Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as lean-thinking)
avg rating 3.66 — 18,869 ratings — published 2016
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Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as lean-thinking)
avg rating 3.96 — 18,443 ratings — published 2013
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The Big Nine: How the Tech Titans and Their Thinking Machines Could Warp Humanity The Big Nine: How the Tech Titans and Their Thinking Machines Could Warp Humanity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as lean-thinking)
avg rating 3.75 — 2,020 ratings — published 2019
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Humanoffon: ¿Está internet cambiándonos como seres humanos? Humanoffon: ¿Está internet cambiándonos como seres humanos? (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as lean-thinking)
avg rating 3.86 — 28 ratings — published
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What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as lean-thinking)
avg rating 4.14 — 198,328 ratings — published 2014
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Run Studio Run Run Studio Run (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as lean-thinking)
avg rating 4.43 — 224 ratings — published 2018
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Disrupt Her: A Manifesto for the Modern Woman Disrupt Her: A Manifesto for the Modern Woman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as lean-thinking)
avg rating 3.83 — 435 ratings — published
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The Business of Expertise: How Entrepreneurial Experts Convert Insight to Impact + Wealth The Business of Expertise: How Entrepreneurial Experts Convert Insight to Impact + Wealth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as lean-thinking)
avg rating 4.31 — 736 ratings — published
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Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as lean-thinking)
avg rating 3.94 — 270,055 ratings — published
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Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as lean-thinking)
avg rating 4.01 — 904,205 ratings — published 2005
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Traction: A Startup Guide to Getting Customers Traction: A Startup Guide to Getting Customers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as lean-thinking)
avg rating 4.11 — 9,855 ratings — published 2014
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“Forward movement is not helpful if what is needed is a change of direction.”
David Fleming, Lean Logic: A Dictionary for the Future and How to Survive It