Lean Resources
Creating a Lean Culture, 2nd Edition
- David Mann
Lean Thinking (new edition)
– James Womack & Daniel Jones
The New Economics (for industry, government and education) – 2nd Edition
– W. Edwards Deming
Inside the Mind of Toyota
– Satoshi Hino
Toyota Production System Beyond Large-Scale Production
– Taiichi Ohno
The Machine that Changed the World
– James Womack, Daniel Jones and Daniel Roos
The Toyota Way to Lean Leadership – Achieving and Sustaining Excellence through Leadership Development
– Jeffery Liker & Gary Convis
The Toyota Way, 14 Management Principles
– Jeffery Liker
The Effective Executive
– Peter Drucker
The Art of Supportive Leadership
– J. Donald Walters
If Disney Ran Your Hospital
– Fred Lee
Zero Quality Control
– Shigeo Shingo
Better
– Dr. Atul Gawande
Silos, Politics and Turf Wards: A Leadership Fable about Destroying the Barriers that Turn Colleagues into Competitors
– Patrick Lencioni
Lead with Respect: A novel of lean practice
– Michael Balle & Freddy Balle
Leading the Lean Healthcare Journey: Driving Culture Change to Increase Value
– Joan Wellman
Everything I learned about Lean I learned in First Grade
– Robert Martichenko
Toyota Kata: Managing People for Improvement, Adaptiveness and Superior Results
– Mike Rother
Influencer: The Power to Change Anything
– Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan & Al Switzler
Gemba Walks
– James Womack
Testimonials & Results
During his tenure as Board Chair, Jim was an advocate and supporter of the adoption of the Saskatchewan lean management system. Not only was he involved in setting and supporting this strategy, he also walked the talk. Jim was the first board chair to become a fully certified lean leader in Saskatchewan.
- Jackie Mann, Vice President Integrated Health Services at Saskatoon Health Region
Jim is committed to lean methodology with his strong focus on safety and continuous improvement as tools to transform our health system. His is a natural and insightful provincial leader.
- Richard Anderson, Board Chair at Heartland Health Region
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