Lean Strategy - by Radek Drzewiecki (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Why was this book written? I chose to write this book for three reasons. First of all, I would like to inspire you with a strategic approach to lean, instead of doing project, which are focused on implementation of selected tools. Secondly, I am really annoyed with the way lean is treated, and I want to deal with all the myths concerning this subject. Thirdly, I dream of a situation where people willingly come to work, and where companies have excellent results, at the same time.

What is this book about? This book is not about lean. This book is about how to become LEAN. Lean strategy brings to a company a purpose of existence, belonging, influence, trust and conscious leadership among its managers. It strengthens the autonomy and responsibility of individual employees, and ultimately provides an everyday feeling of collaborative winning. This is my strategic approach to lean.

Lean Strategy consists of two parts. The first is to help you understand the problem. What are the great five business pathologies? What situations damage companies from the inside? How is lean perceived, and what is it really? I have included in this part many stories from companies in which I had the pleasure of carrying out transformations. The second part of the book is a kind of manual. A compendium of practical knowledge on how to conduct the strategic transformation of a company in five steps, how to achieve the five target conditions, and thus how to get rid of the pathologies described in the first part of the book. You will learn how to bring about a situation in which everyone consciously implement the company's strategy, while at the same time identify and eliminate waste.

Who should read this book?

- Company owners, CEOs, manager who think of lean transformation as a serious undertaking and not an optimalization project conducted "off-the-cuff";

- Team leaders, who want to learn about conscious leadership and how to build effective teams as well as engage employees;

- Everyone who wants to know, how to lay the foundations for a GREAT COMPANY AND FOR PEOPLE TO BE HAPPY.

Book includes:

- Content full of stories, anecdotes, inspiration, management techniques

- 2 parts / 10 chapters summerizing 15 years of lean experiments

- 100+ drawings, tables, charts, illustrations

- Several dozen examples of transformations from various industries

- Album with over 40 photos

Review Quotes

Why Lean Strategy and not just lean? Because the strategic approach to lean in the 5-step version is not another project that we implement for some shorter period of time. Lean according to Radek is not only a methodology of continuous improvement, which is placed next to "normal" business, but is actually its integral part. Therefore, I would like to sincerely encourage those who are looking for a recipe for a significant increase in employee productivity and commitment to read this book.

Wojciech Karpiński

Center Head

AMWAY BUSINESS SERVICE CENTER EUROPE

We have chosen 5 steps of the Lean Strategy in order to implement our BETTER EVERY DAY improvement program. Apart from an improvement in business results, the greatest satisfaction comes from the increase in the engagement rate of employees from 48% to 60%. Becoming lean is hard work. So I thank my team for not giving up and for being better every day.

Tomasz Olenderek

General Director

FRESH LOGISTICS POLSKA

Simple, readable, but complete language enriched with a multitude of practical examples - all this makes the Lean Strategy a very valuable book - a must-read for everyone - from high-level managers to anyone willing to explore lean from the strategic side.

Pawel Kaczalski

Vice President of the Management Board for production and logistics

SOLARIS BUS & COACH