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The Lean Professor

The Lean Professor

The Lean Professor: Become a Better Teacher Using Lean Principles and Practices describes how to use Lean principles and practices to improve college and university teaching. It shares with readers 15 years of classroom experience in applying Lean principles and practices. Learn the art and science of Lean teaching. This inspiring book guides professors to learn [...]

The Lean Entrepreneur

The Lean Entrepreneur

You are not a Visionary . . . yet. The Lean Entrepreneur shows you how to become one. Most of us believe entrepreneurial visionaries are born, not made. Our media glorify business outliers like Bezos, Branson, Gates, and Jobs as heroes with X-ray vision who can look to the future, see clearly what will be, [...]

The Mastery of Innovation

The Mastery of Innovation

By Katherine Radeka What do Ford Motor Company, Steelcase, Scania, Goodyear, Novo Nordisk, and Philips Electronics have in common? They all need to get their best ideas to market as fast as possible. They need to achieve the mastery of innovation. When these companies needed to accelerate time-to-market, get more new products to customers, and [...]

Workplace Management – Special 100th Birthday Edition

Workplace Management – Special 100th Birthday Edition

By Taiichi Ohno and Forward by Fujio Cho Commeorating the 100th birthday of Taiichi Ohno. Businesses worldwide are successfully implementing the Toyota Production System to speed up processes, reduce waste, improve quality, and cut costs. While there is widespread adoption of TPS, there is still much to be learned about its fundamental principles. This unique [...]

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