The Lean Manager: A Novel of Lean Transformation

There are many "best business books" in one's professional life, this is the one for me right now. Not "the best business book" right now if you are leading teams of less than 20 and not planning to grow in the near future. But for those who are struggling to deal with scale, you follow the path of fellow Andy who is also struggling and learn with him how you could become a Lean Manager. Inspiring and so to the point!

A great follow on from the first book. It didn't 'grip' me straight away as the first book did - this is more of a 'slow burn' ; but I'm glad I stuck with it as it delivered even more great insights into the world of lean management. Buy this book if you want to learn more about lean.

The media could not be loaded. Learning about Lean Transformation through a novel was much more interesting than reading business/management 'concepts'. The book brought the philosophy of mean transformation to life!Anyone that manages, leads or works with people will gain great insights by reading this book.Christine Brown-QuinnAuthorStep Aside Super Woman

This book brilliantly describe how an insecure manager (at first) completely changed an automotive plant guided, mainly, by its CEO (Lean expert) and his own mistakes. You’ll find here some lean practices that ‘Andy’ applied to (try to) turn his factory around. Great read.

This 'novel' style explanation of the Toyota way really emphasises the most important factor in successful lean deployment - people. For that alone I would give it 5 stars, but it is also an easy read with fairly realistic characters and scenarios which is a bonus in this style of business book. Thoroughly recommend for anyone interested in lean.

Is actually a proper novel. Covered so many different areas, I learned so much, and yet didn't go on too long.I am intrigued and want to read more by the authors and in this series.

A good follow up to the gold mine, and great views on moving lean into executive management and product development.

For whom that want really understand what is the real meaning of lean, this is one of the most important books that I was read.

J’ai adoré ce livre qui m’ouvre à de nouvelles façons de voir les choses et d’agir dans mon travail - c’est rare qu’un livre ait autant d’impact !Je n’aime pas tellement les livres de théorie que je trouve au final ennuyeux… ici c’est l’inverse , l’esprit du roman nous amène à découvrir avec curiosité tous les aspects du Lean.C’est très bien pensé et ingénieux - merci pour cette belle entrée en matière !

The story leaves a inner sense o thruth , going deep into the essense of every transormation. You can apply these concepts as a guide line for the day to day activity.

Every time I read on Kindle, I find myself highlighting even more sections as new thoughts reveal themselves. Always stimulating.

This book gives lots of information based on a story, which could be your own.It is a good eye opener to real world problems and gives ideas how to start solving it.