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100% of proceeds given to charity! About the book: If we keep practicing, we might get good at it eventually. We all have a starting point in our personal \"Lean journeys.\" Looking back at our first year of work in Lean or continuous improvement methodologies, we probably weren't very good at it. This is a compilation of those lessons and stories.

As of 7/1/2018, $3900 has been raised so far for the Louise H. Batz Patient Safety Foundation. The book can now also be purchased through the Amazon Kindle Store. It can also be purchased as a paperback book. Or, select the audiobook package here on LeanPub to receive MP3 recordings along with the eBook formats. You can get the book for free, but we hope you'd choose to pay, as 100% of author proceeds are being donated. If you get the book for free and like it, please consider donating directly the Batz Foundation.

Doctors don't \"implement medicine,\" they practice medicine.

Lawyers don't \"implement cases,\" they practice law.

Shouldn't Lean facilitators, consultants, managers, and the like, also \"practice Lean?\"

When most of us start with Lean, the practices and principles are new. We might struggle to make change happen. I know I did. Our initial clumsy efforts hopefully turn into proficiency and mastery over time. We shift from \"doing Lean\" to \"being Lean\" and teaching others how to be Lean.

This book is a collection of honest and unvarnished first hand stories about learning, failing, and getting better at leading Lean transformation efforts. What mistakes have been made? What are the lessons learned? How do we \"Plan, Do, Study, Adjust\" our way to more effective Lean transformation models?

We ended up with a diverse set of 16 contributors - manufacturing, healthcare, software, startups, etc. - from across the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom... a doctor, engineers, business owners, and other great leaders and change agents (although they'd be too humble to call themselves great).

Authors include:

Mark Graban

Author of the books Lean Hospitals and Healthcare Kaizen, blogger at LeanBlog.org

Nick Ruhmann

Director of Operational Excellence for Aon National Flood Services, Inc.

Michael Lombard

Chief Executive Officer of Cornerstone Critical Care Specialty Hospital of Southwest Louisiana

Paul Akers

President of FastCap, author of 2-Second Lean and Lean Health

Jamie Parker

15 years' experience in operations management / leadership in retail, service, and manufacturing

Harry Kenworthy

Expert in Lean government after a long career in manufacturing

Bob Rush

Lean Manufacturing Group Leader for Tesla Motors

Samuel Selay

Continuous Improvement Manager for the Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton

David Haigh

David works at Johnson & Johnson Canada, the largest consumer healthcare company in Canada

Joe Swartz

Administrative Director, Business Transformation, Franciscan Alliance, co-author of Healthcare Kaizen

Cameron Stark

Physician and Lean improvement leader in Scotland

Harvey Leach

Principal Consultant with The Consultancy Company based near Oxford, England

Andy Sheppard

Author, The Incredible Transformation of Gregory Todd: a Novel about Leadership and Managing Change

Mike Leigh

President and Founder of OpX Solutions, LLC and former Lean leader at General Electric

Jamie Flinchbaugh

Lean advisor, speaker, and author, who has advised over 300 companies on their Lean journey

Lesa Nichols

Founder, Lesa Nichols Consulting and former Toyota leader

The book also contains relevant posts from Mark Graban's LeanBlog.org.

Podcast About the Book:

Listen to Ron Pereira interview Mark Graban about the book as part of the Gemba Academy Podcast.

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