The Lean Book of Lean: A Concise Guide to Lean Management for Life and Business

by John Earley (Author)

AN ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO BRINGING LEAN TO YOUR BUSINESS AND YOUR LIFE

The Lean Book of Lean takes Lean out of the factory and explains its core concepts in everyday terms, demonstrating how its general principles can be applied in any professional or personal situation.

Do you need to be more agile, efficient, responsive, productive and smart? This conversational guide shows you how to gain these advantages in every aspect of life and business, from your morning routine, to the factory floor, to the C-suite. Written specifically to demystify Lean, this quick, smart guide discards unnecessary specialisation and shows how Lean principles can be used every day to do more with less. Look inside to:

Master the basic principles of Lean
Recognise and develop Lean behaviours in your everyday life
Study examples of Lean practices, policies, behaviours and operations
Apply Lean concepts in all areas of your life
Lean is about achieving a desired outcome with the minimum amount of fuss and effort, and this hands-on guide practises what it preaches. While covering all of the essentials you need to know, The Lean Book of Lean is concise enough to be read in a couple of sittings.

About the Author
JOHN A. A. EARLEY is a Founding Partner of SmartChain International LLP (www.smartchainllp.com) who provide consulting support to large companies to transform their supply chains. He has a long international career as both a consultant and in industry where he held a number of senior leadership roles, enabling him to see things from both sides. Lean has been at the forefront of John's thinking from his early days at Rolls Royce Aero Engines through a successful career at PriceWaterhouseCoopers to his role of Global Head of Lean at AstraZeneca PLC.

John has learned what works and what doesn't through over 30 years of practical experience in all walks of business and life. As a result, he is a pragmatist who strongly believes that a simple common sense solution, done well by people who understand it, will always deliver better results than a complex one which may be better in theory, but is more difficult to implement.



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