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The Lean Strategy: Using Lean to Create Competitive Advantage, Unleash Innovation, and Deliver Sustainable Growth Hardcover – June 23, 2017

by Michael Balle (Author), Daniel Jones (Author), Jacques Chaize (Author),
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A groundbreaking and revolutionary book that will transform how lean is understood, practiced, and used within organizations

A lean strategy is about gaining a competitive edge by offering better quality products at competitive prices and making a sustainable profit by eliminating waste through engaging employees in discovering deeper ways to think about their own jobs and smarter ways of working together. In its current form, lean has been radically effective, but its true powers have yet to be harnessed.

Lean Strategy harnesses that power and delivers a new way of creating value from lean. Leading lean experts address popular misconceptions about the basics of lean/TPS, showing the true purpose of tools, methods, and attitudes that leverage the intelligence of every employee doing the work. You’ll learn how to think―and then act―differently, tapping the power of every person in your organization in a disciplined manner that generates unparalleled, sustainable success that is responsive to today’s most pressing challenges

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Dr. Michael Ballé is a best-selling author and executive coach with twenty years’ experience in lean research and practice. He is associate researcher at Telecom Paristech where he co-founded the Projet Lean Entreprise and the French Lean Institute. Ballé co-authored the Shingo Prize-winning lean novels The Gold Mine, The Lean Manager, and Lead with Respect. He has a background in systems thinking and cognitive sociology. He lives in Paris, France.

Daniel T. Jones was part of the original MIT research team that discovered and codified the system Toyota used to make automobiles and named it Lean. He is the co-author of the classic groundbreaking works The Machine that Changed the World and Lean Thinking. A bestselling, award-winning author, researcher, advisor to executive teams, and keynote speaker, Jones is co-founder and chairman of the non-profit Lean Enterprise Institute in the US, the Lean Enterprise Academy in the UK, and the Lean Global Network of institutes. He resides in England.

Orest (Orry) J. Fiume was chief financial officer and a Director of The Wiremold Company, the internationally recognized leader in lean business management. He has taught workshops on Lean Accounting at the Lean Enterprise Institute, the TBM Institute, the University of Dayton Center for Competitive Change, and Manufacturing Extension Partnerships (MEPs). He serves on the Board of Directors of The Lean Enterprise Institute. Fiume lives in Arlington, VA.

Jacques Chaize is a pioneer in developing lean organizations. He was CEO of Danfoss Water Controls, a leading French/Danish water valve specialist that served as a model of lean practice. Since 2011, he has worked as an entrepreneur and consultant, serving on the boards of companies in Europe and North America. He is the author of two business books and co-founder and president of SOL (Society for Organizational Learning) France. Chaize lives in Paris, France.

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Dr. Michael Ballé is a best-selling author and executive coach with twenty years’ experience in lean research and practice. He is associate researcher at Telecom Paristech where he co-founded the Projet Lean Entreprise and the French Lean Institute. Ballé co-authored the Shingo Prize-winning lean novels The Gold Mine, The Lean Manager, and Lead with Respect. He has a background in systems thinking and cognitive sociology. He lives in Paris, France.

Daniel T. Jones was part of the original MIT research team that discovered and codified the system Toyota used to make automobiles and named it Lean. He is the co-author of the classic groundbreaking works The Machine that Changed the World and Lean Thinking. A bestselling, award-winning author, researcher, advisor to executive teams, and keynote speaker, Jones is co-founder and chairman of the non-profit Lean Enterprise Institute in the US, the Lean Enterprise Academy in the UK, and the Lean Global Network of institutes. He resides in England.

Orest (Orry) J. Fiume was chief financial officer and a Director of The Wiremold Company, the internationally recognized leader in lean business management. He has taught workshops on Lean Accounting at the Lean Enterprise Institute, the TBM Institute, the University of Dayton Center for Competitive Change, and Manufacturing Extension Partnerships (MEPs). He serves on the Board of Directors of The Lean Enterprise Institute. Fiume lives in Arlington, VA.

Jacques Chaize is a pioneer in developing lean organizations. He was CEO of Danfoss Water Controls, a leading French/Danish water valve specialist that served as a model of lean practice. Since 2011, he has worked as an entrepreneur and consultant, serving on the boards of companies in Europe and North America. He is the author of two business books and co-founder and president of SOL (Society for Organizational Learning) France. Chaize lives in Paris, France.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ McGraw Hill; 1st edition (June 23, 2017)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1259860426
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1259860423
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.15 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.25 x 1.25 x 9 inches
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    Michael Balle, Ph.D., has been studying the link betwen individual reasoning and large-scale change for the past twenty five years; This has led him to experiment and research on various aspects of change in organizations, and, in particular the practice of lean management. Michael works with senior executives on the shop floor improving processes and then writes it up - which is the fun part.

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    Business Leader, Author and Keynote Speaker.

    Jacques CHAIZE has been a pioneer in developing lean and learning organizations in the industrial sector. He has detailed his experience in several books. Active in business associations, he has led the French young entrepreneurs’ association (CJD) and APM, the leading french speaking learning network for business leaders. He is also co-founder and president of SOL France (Society for Organizational Learning).

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René
5.0 out of 5 stars A Comprehensive Guide to Leveraging Lean Thinking for Sustainable Growth
Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2024
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The Lean Strategy" is a must-read for anyone aspiring to create a competitive advantage, foster innovation, and achieve sustainable growth in today's dynamic business environment. The wealth of knowledge presented in this book, combined with its practical approach, positions it as an indispensable guide for those ready to embark on a transformative Lean Journey.
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Audie Penn
5.0 out of 5 stars People and Principles
Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2018
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I have been practicing lean since 1995. I was fortunate to have been exposed to Japanese Sensei from the start. From those early lessons I learned the key to successfully applying lean is people. These examples show how the intersection of people and principles moved these organizations. Too often books about lean are heavily weighted around the understanding and use of tools, neglecting the importance of the people within the organization. This book is a great example of how balance in the two areas, people and principles, can be the difference between another failed deployment and lasting success. Thank you, Michael, Daniel, Orry and Jacques!
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Mike Hoseus
5.0 out of 5 stars Addressing the Lean Leadership Gap
Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2017
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The biggest gap to Lean Transformation in most organizations is due to lack of leadership. This, I have found, is not due to lack of interest or effort, but understanding of their role and the benefit Lean brings to the entire organization, including the bottom line. This book is a tremendous resource for leaders at all levels, but especially the Executive team. The book's helpful overview of the entire "Lean Business System" and still detailed explanation of the principles (such as "people centric organization) make this a must read for any Lean Leader and those wishing to influence them
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Ana Canais Medina
5.0 out of 5 stars A brilliant source of knowledge and inspiration
Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2018
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The Lean Strategy has become my lean bible in terms of inspiration: I always go back to it, read it again, underline it and take examples as exercises to put in practice.
The privilege to be able to read how a company has passed trough difficult times, the guidance of the sensei, the questions around - you can almost feel you're with them, at the gemba - it and how decisions (strategy!) were taken to successfully overcome it, is just priceless!
Thank you so much to the authors!
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Corey Casher
3.0 out of 5 stars Ok book
Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2022
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Concepts made sense, but the language used to describe their implementation was confusing and often more than required to explain the point being made.
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Solomon Adjei-Boateng
5.0 out of 5 stars Package arrived on time and neat. The lean strategy ...
Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2018
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Package arrived on time and neat. The lean strategy is turning our thinking upside down to give give us a new paradigm in management and leadership.
We can’t solve problems by taken out the the impacted people. People should be at the center of the solution.
New thinking path: find - face - frame - form
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robert martichenko
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Read
Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2017
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This is a fantastic book, and must read for any and all people building cultures of continuous improvement. Leadership, learning and the power and essence of people as the most fundamental priority we must have. Great job to the authors.
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Robert
2.0 out of 5 stars This is basic lean - no “lean strategy” found
Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2017
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Kept reading this book, hoping to find the part where the concepts of lean would be translated into strategy. Never found it. It reads like a basic explanation of lean at the manufacturing operations level - and a poor one at that. If you believe that the basic function of a strategy is to determine where you will compete and how you will win with the resources available to you, then you’ll find this book to be very poor too.
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David Hogg
5.0 out of 5 stars A Superb Guide for Success in you Lean Journey
Reviewed in Canada on March 21, 2018
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Thirty years after Lean began transforming manufacturing, this is the most authoritative work on what companies and individuals should consider when committing to a Lean Strategy where success is critical. This one book is a distillation of Lean wisdom from four world-class experts including Dan Jones, who, with Jim Womack birthed Lean in 1990, and drove it viral in their 1996 seminal book, "Lean Thinking".
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Christophe Riboulet
5.0 out of 5 stars L'essence du Lean !
Reviewed in France on October 31, 2017
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Loin des ouvrages de management traditionnels souvent théoriques et sans fondements solides, ce livre retranscrit précisément ce que nous vivons au quotidien dans mon entreprise : le Lean comme une façon différente de penser et non pas comme une collection d'outils à plaquer sur du management traditionnel. Et tout cela au bénéfice des clients, de l'innovation, des collaborateurs et au final de la société dans son ensemble !

Christophe Riboulet CEO de Proditec (société prise en exemple dans ce livre)
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Lee
5.0 out of 5 stars A Strategy..... at last!!!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 4, 2018
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Lean has been heard of by many and has been ‘delivered’ / ‘adopted’ in a lot of organisations over the last 20+ years BUT I believe is still not understood by a lot.

It has been at times over simplified to allow for understanding and application but this I believe has led to a tool centric approach without a true understanding of the problem and purpose the individual business is faced with. You cannot apply what worked for Toyota in every business as every business and culture is different. This is what this book really hits home - A Strategy and how to deliver but with people at the heart of it.

The book written by 4 at the fore of ‘Lean’ clearly articulates the meaning of Lean and doing so as a strategy raises it far, far above the normal tools approach as it’s focus is people centric, as ultimately it is people who need to think differently.

My fear is that those who do not read this book are the ones who could learn the most from it!

A great read and a must read for anyone who has a desire to approach things in the right way.
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5.0 out of 5 stars What do you think?
Reviewed in Germany on September 26, 2017
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The most important question for a lean manager: "What do you think?". This is one of the most interesting insights of the book. It changes completely the approach to employees. In order to do this, management has to change behaviour, attitude and approach. With a lot of details and examples, the author shows that instead of going to make work better, we are going to explore with the team members what working better means. For sure to have the context, you have to be on the shop floor and apply well known and well described lean tools on daily basis, but instead of a further operational excellence program, the lean manager has to teach and to learn thinking deeply about the relationship between team member and work on a 1:1 basis: Seeing how people think and deepening their relationship with their job. This doesn't treat anymore employees as commodities. And that leads to meaningful work, respect and mutual trust.

And literally - yes - this is a "cognitive revolution first and that leads to an organizational revolution". This leads to a better stream of values and that means a stream of better products.

Starting with customer satisfaction through individual know how and improved collaboration across functions by problem solving. And not by committee. This can't be delegated. This is training one on one in the shoes of the team members. This is learning and teaching in both directions. And by doing this, the lean approach is the strategy itself because decisions are made on a deep understanding of the business.

To make it easier changing the own approach the author gives us the thinking model of find - face - frame - form. Again - the question is: "What do you think?".

It is important to understand, that there is no lean company. If someone believes, it is possible to create a lean company, the approach is again a committee approach. It is a project. But this is missing the point. There are only companies led by lean leaders. Again - it's all about gemba, training, teaching, learning, thinking, practising. Find - face - frame - form.

To become a lean leader, the leader has to follow. He has to follow the team members and to follow his sensei. To become a lean manager, you have to be taught. The lesson: A lean leader has always a sensei. So - find a sensei.

This is for me one of the most important books I have ever had the pleasure to read. Because it summarizes all insights about lean management in a new thinking approach based on 25 years of experiences. The problem: Without doing the journey, it's difficult to see how obvious the insights are. Nevertheless: A must read.
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John Nasar
5.0 out of 5 stars Great buy
Reviewed in Canada on April 8, 2020
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