How to Succeed with Continuous Improvement
A Primer for Becoming the Best in the World
by Joakim Ahlstrom
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Pub Date Nov 21 2014 | Archive Date Mar 02 2015
Description
Your organizational transformation begins here!
Comprehensive, detailed, and easy to read and understand, How to Succeed with Continuous Improvement takes you through a real-life case study of one organization’s journey to a world-class continuous improvement process.
Joakim Ahlstrom—one of the world’s most respected continuous improvement experts—serves as your coach. He first helps you decide whether you want to embark on the continuous improvement journey and takes you through the entire process step by step, all the way through generating remarkable business results with his unique methods.
In each chapter, Ahlstrom describes a specific stage of the transformation story and provides a clear analysis of each one to help you apply his methods in your own company. In no time you’ll grasp all the concepts you need to know. How to Succeed with Continuous Improvement covers it all, including:
How to shift mindsets and behaviors using the often neglected practice of coaching
Common pitfalls to help you plan out how you will apply the principles and practices
Using “six-legged spiders” and “fishy” diagrams to achieve measurable results
Ways to avoid “Watermelon” key performance indicators that often mask the truth
Ahlstrom explains rational behind all the methods in the book—the results they produce, and why—and offers practical advice on how to get full input from everyone involved. Ahlstrom concludes the book with a chapter offering a current-state analysis tool and a simple template to apply in your company.
If you’re seeking to design and launch a continuous improvement program, How to Succeed with Continuous Improvement is the first book you should turn to—and it’s the last one you’ll ever need!
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Advance Praise
“Using a story he lived through, Joakim vividly brings to life for us the
transformation from a mediocre top-down organization depending on a few internal
experts for its survival to a high performance organization of empowered
employees engaged in continuous improvement.”
–Jeffrey Liker, bestselling
author of The Toyota Way
“This succinct book packs an enormous amount of wisdom and experience into an
entertaining fast read. It gives a clear roadmap for any leader to implement a
strong continuous improvement program in his or her unit. Highly recommended!”
–Alan G. Robinson, Professor of Management, University of Massachusetts
and author of Corporate Creativity and Ideas are Free
“The most valuable and lean book I have read about lean.”
–Göran
Martinsson, Continuous improvement Manager, IKEA
“Well written, easy to read, filled with excellent examples . . . If you only
plan to read one change management book this year, this is the book you should
read.”
–Dag Näslund, Professor of Management, University of North
Florida
“An amazing guide in lean principles, with simple tools for simplifications.”
–Susanne Schipper, Continuous Improvement Coach, AstraZeneca
“Simplicity is the essence of this great book. Ahlstrom delivers a
straightforward and simple approach to support your work with continuous
improvement.”
–Ronny Ålund, Productivity Management, Volvo CE
“This book is a little gem with large content! Unlike many other books on the
subject, you only have to read it once because it sticks.”
–Johan Valett,
Vice President Haldex Way, Haldex
“I recommend How to Succeed with Continuous Improvement to anyone who
needs a fast and inspiring introduction to continuous improvement.”
–Janne Lundberg, Global Lean Innovation Manager, Assa Abloy
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Available Editions
EDITION | Hardcover |
ISBN | 9780071835237 |
PRICE | $23.00 (USD) |