Publisher comments
"Reading The Gold Mine is like eavesdropping on a sensei dispensing gems to a client," says co-publisher Daniel Jones, founder of the Lean Academy in the UK. "Readers, especially those individuals working on the shop floor, will gain revelation and inspiration by living through the experiences of the hero. Managers and executives just beginning a lean transformation will learn valuable insights about how to sidestep the technical and people problems that lay ahead. And experienced lean thinkers will discover fresh insights about overcoming resistance to change."
Back Cover copy
This engaging novel - The Gold Mine - shares the human side of implementing lean principles. While offering the technical knowhow to get lean done, it also shows the messy human dynamics that occur when the workplace, people, and practices clash.
The Gold Mine is a gold mine for those who really want to create lean enterprise. It does what no other book - fiction or nonfiction - has done, by comprehensively tackling both the human and the technical dimension of a lean transformation progresses.
James P. Womack President and Founder Lean Enterprise Institute
This gripping companion to your lean journey comes from a unique team. Freddy Balle is one of the very first gaijen to figure out the Toyota system. He was taught by Toyota, built the Valeo Production System, and has personally led dozens of lean turnarounds. Michael Balle, his son, is a cognitive sociologist who has taught more than anyone about how we learn to think lean, both cognitively and emotionally. This is the organizational prescription you will turn to again and again on your way to lean.
Daniel T. Jones Chairman and Founder Lean Enterprise Academy
