7 Books like The Lean Builder

The Magician's Way

by William Whitecloud • 2004

Buried in inventory, a CEO learns a retired executive's system for turning waste into profit.

4.13

652

🏭 Lean Manufacturing 📚 Business Fable 🔄 Process Improvement

The Magician's Way 93%

Buried in inventory, a CEO learns a retired executive's system for turning waste into profit.

by William Whitecloud 2004

4.13

652 ratings

🏭 Lean Manufacturing 📚 Business Fable 🔄 Process Improvement

Critical Chain

by Eliyahu M. Goldratt • 1997

A professor and a tech team unlearn everything about project safety to finally finish on time.

4.02

4k+

📋 Project Management 📖 Business Novel 🔗 Systems Thinking

Critical Chain 93%

A professor and a tech team unlearn everything about project safety to finally finish on time.

by Eliyahu M. Goldratt 1997

4.02

4k+ ratings

📋 Project Management 📖 Business Novel 🔗 Systems Thinking

The Lean Manager

by Michael Ballé • 2009

To save a failing plant, a manager must swap his spreadsheets for the factory floor.

4.18

253

🏢 Business Novel 🔄 Lean Transformation 👥 Shop Floor Culture

The Lean Manager 92%

To save a failing plant, a manager must swap his spreadsheets for the factory floor.

by Michael Ballé 2009

4.18

253 ratings

🏢 Business Novel 🔄 Lean Transformation 👥 Shop Floor Culture

The Phoenix Project

by Gene Kim • 2013

An IT manager's sudden promotion comes with crashing payroll systems and a flagship project on fire.

4.26

50k+

🏢 Business Parable 💻 Tech Industry 🧠 Systems Thinking

The Phoenix Project 91%

An IT manager's sudden promotion comes with crashing payroll systems and a flagship project on fire.

by Gene Kim 2013

4.26

50k+ ratings

🏢 Business Parable 💻 Tech Industry 🧠 Systems Thinking

Soup

by Jon Gordon • 2010

A failing soup CEO finds the recipe for turning her company around in a grandmother's kitchen.

4.07

1k+

🍲 Business Fable 🏢 Organizational Culture 👵 Wise Mentor

Soup 91%

A failing soup CEO finds the recipe for turning her company around in a grandmother's kitchen.

by Jon Gordon 2010

4.07

1k+ ratings

🍲 Business Fable 🏢 Organizational Culture 👵 Wise Mentor

Necessary But Not Sufficient

by Eliyahu M. Goldratt • 2000

When technology removes a limitation but old rules stay, the best systems deliver nothing.

4.10

717

🏢 Business Novel 🔗 Theory Of Constraints ⚙️ Operations Management

Necessary But Not Sufficient 90%

When technology removes a limitation but old rules stay, the best systems deliver nothing.

by Eliyahu M. Goldratt 2000

4.10

717 ratings

🏢 Business Novel 🔗 Theory Of Constraints ⚙️ Operations Management

The Rollout

by Alex Yakyma • 2016

A change agent teaches a resistant tech company to ship together, before the market buries it.

4.05

166

💼 Business Fiction 🔄 Agile Transformation 🏢 Organizational Change

The Rollout 90%

A change agent teaches a resistant tech company to ship together, before the market buries it.

by Alex Yakyma 2016

4.05

166 ratings

💼 Business Fiction 🔄 Agile Transformation 🏢 Organizational Change

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