Lean Culture

<p>The hard part of implementing a lean transformation according to most experts is dealing with the <i>soft</i> issues such as culture change. Getting employees to live and breathe lean -- actively supporting and buying into lean concepts and philosophy always searching for ways to eliminate waste and continuously improving processes and providing greater value for customers -- is the real challenge when building and sustaining a lean culture.</p><p><b><i>Lean Culture: Collected Practices and Cases</i></b> provides a variety of case studies taken from articles previously published in <i>Lean Manufacturer Advisor</i>: the monthly newsletter by Productivity Press. All focus on cultural issues ranging from the role of top management to training and development of workers and managers to building buy-in and to sustaining the culture.</p><h3>Highlights include:</h3><ul> <li>Practical in-depth descriptions of cultural issues in a lean transformation written in a conversational easy-to-read style.</li> <li>Many case studies unavailable from any other single source.</li> <li>Articles categorized by specific area - all desired information is easily located.</li> <li>Real-world information about culture change collected in one handy book.</li> </ul>