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Books
The Gold Mine
by Freddy Ballé and Michael Ballé
Paperback, 360 pages
The Gold Mine deftly weaves together the technical and human pieces of implementing lean in an engaging story that readers will find both compelling and instructive. At the heart of The Gold Mine is Bob Woods, a curmudgeonly sensei coaxed out of retirement by his son Mike to help boyhood friend Phil Jenkinson save his struggling company.
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The Gold Mine (Audiobook)
An unabridged dramatization of The Gold Mine
9 CDs, including an exclusive Q&A with Michael Ballé
Also available as a download from Amazon, Apple iTunes, CDBaby, DigStation, or Napster.
A Leader's Study Guide to The Gold Mine
by Tom Ehrenfeld
Paperback, 41 pages
This reader’s guide to The Gold Mine is designed to help lean leaders support their teams as they work through the process of learning lean from the ground up. With its chapter summaries, suggested discussion points and recommended resources, perhaps the guide can even provide just a little sensei wisdom as well.
The Lean Manager: A Novel of Lean Transformation
by Michael Ballé and Freddy Ballé
Paperback, 471 pages
This sequel to The Gold Mine follows Phil Jenkinson on his lean journey. It presents a compelling story that teaches readers the most important lean lesson of all: how to transform themselves and their workers through the discipline of learning the lean system.
Also available as an ebook from Amazon or Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.de, Apple, Barnes & Noble, and Google.
Webinars
- Go and See: why go to the gemba and what to do when you are there
Featuring Michael Ballé, PhD
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Read the Presenter's Weekly Column The Gemba Coach - Making Lean Stick: What Do Leaders Do?
Featuring Michael Ballé, PhD, and Freddy Ballé
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