This is an excerpt from the book "Five Minute Lean", by David McLachlan - a wonderful book that blends teaching of the tools, culture and philosophy of traditional Lean with a modern-day Lean parable. You can get the whole book on Amazon here and enjoy your own copy.

This is an excerpt from the book "Five Minute Lean", by David McLachlan - a wonderful book that blends teaching of the tools, culture and philosophy of traditional Lean with a modern-day Lean parable. You can get the whole book on Amazon here and enjoy your own copy.
Selected chapters from the story within Five minute Lean:
- Lean Parable – Where Lisa Makes a Change
- Lean Parable – Where Lisa Discovers a New Way
- Lean Parable – Where Lisa Performs a Balancing Act
- Lean Parable – Where Lisa Pulls the Trigger
- Lean Parable – Where Lisa Sets a New Standard
- Lean Parable – Where Lisa Becomes a Leader
Check out these selected chapters from the teachings within Five Minute Lean:
- Five Minute Lean – Implement With Agile for Fast Iterations and Feedback
- Five Minute Lean – Put it Together With Design for Ease of Use
- The Five Minute Catch-up
- Five Minute Lean: Glossary
- Five Minute Lean – Introduction
- Five Minute Lean – Use Pareto to Find Where to Start
- Five Minute Lean – Make Feedback Meaningful with Kano Analysis
- Five Minute Lean – The Power of Incentives – What is Measured and Rewarded Improves
- Five Minute Lean – Get Your Map Started with a SIPOC
- Five Minute Lean – Present and Manage Your Change Using an A3 and LCA
- Five Minute Lean – Heijunka: Level the Workload when Demand Fluctuates
- Five Minute Lean – Organise Your Process with Five S
- Five Minute Lean – Value is Determined by the Customer
- Five Minute Lean – Work Towards One-Piece-Flow (and Reducing Silos or Batching)
- Five Minute Lean – Gather Direct Feedback and Indirect Feedback
- Five Minute Lean – Create a New Standard Procedure and Checklist for Quality Control
- Five Minute Lean – Eliminate the Eight Wastes to Improve Flow
- Five Minute Lean – Add Important Data to Your Map
- Five Minute Lean – Create a Pull System with FIFO, Kanban Triggers and Visual Management
- Five Minute Lean – Build in Quality with Error-Proofing and Autonomation