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The Gold Mine

A management novel in which a struggling operation learns lean through direct engagement with people and processes.

Key takeaways

  1. Lean transformation changes management thinking
  2. Inventory obscures instability
  3. Learning is social and practical

How to apply it in your business

  1. Use a real bottleneck as the learning site
  2. Have leaders ask employees to explain flow
  3. Compare before-and-after lead time and defect rates

About the authors

Michael Ballé writes about lean thinking; Freddy Ballé led major industrial lean transformations.

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