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recommended reading
challenging the norm
Powerful as Lean is; it does not work in isolation. It is part of a larger economic reality which must be equally understood. Some excellent books I've read which put Lean into perspective are...
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Simplexity: Why Simple Things Become Complex (and How Complex Things Can Be Made Simple) by Jeffery Kluger forces the reader to re-think the rules of business. Often things that seem complicated can be astoundingly simple, while simple things can be complex. Why are cell phone instruction manuals so incomprehensible? In the Lean world, moving material is simple logistics; kan ban is a simple manifestation of those logistics, while ERP systems are complex examples of the same logistics. |
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The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb is an eye- opening statement on how the "black swan" shapes our environment, including our marketplace and business world. The Black Swan is a highly improbable event with three principle characteristics: it is unpredictable, it caries a massive impact, and, after the fact, we concoct an explanation that makes it appear less random and more predictable than it was. |
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Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely may change the way we make our managerial decisions. When it comes to making decisions in our lives, we think we are in control, and in business we think we are making smart rational decisions. But are we? This book will challenge and in fact refute the common assumption that we behave in fundamentally rational ways. |
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by Chris Anderson is really about the economics of abundance and a framework for an entirely new business model. What happens when everything in the world becomes available to everyone?