The Lean Strategy

After more than 40 years of research, this groundbreaking book describes lean as a complete business strategy based on fostering continuous learning across the organization. It provides an in‑depth analysis of the strategy and its rationale, along with real life stories of lean CEOs.

Learning is at the heart of lean. Behind all the tools for operational excellence lies a much deeper challenge: how to develop the potential of everyone to create a culture of accelerating continuous improvement and meet today’s changing circumstances. This book provides both a conceptual and hands‑on toolkit for developing lean leaders—and becoming one yourself.

As a startup grows past a few dozen employees, "big company diseases" start creeping in, and it becomes more and more difficult to adapt to external and internal changes. This handbook provides a framework and concrete exercises, based on the Lean Strategy, that you can practice in the field with your teams, and build resilience and agility.

From zero to 1 billion! See how Aramis Group founders integrated lean and digital to fuel rapid growth by developing employees. This blow‑by‑blow account of learning at the workplace reveals how relentless focus on solving customers’ problems, encouraging teamwork across silos, and using lean principles and tools to visualize learning opportunities paved a path to enduring success.

The powerful new framework for building an Agile culture in a tech organization to streamline value, empower teams, produce higher quality, and accelerate delivery—while continuing to innovate. Whether you're a product manager, a tech leader, or a CEO, The Lean Tech Manifesto provides what you need to dramatically improve your organization and get ahead of the competition.

Have you ever been baffled by a decision from your boss that seemed completely absurd? You're not alone. Often, the issue isn't so much about a leader's intelligence or decision-making abilities—it's the process itself. That's where the '4F' method comes in: find the problems where they occur, face the hardest parts of the problem, frame the intent and orientation, and form the solutions collaboratively to craft a shared future.

90% of new ventures fail within 5 years. Some fail to make products that satisfy a real need. Others manage to find a "market fit" but the customer experience is poor. For the rest, even though things appear to run smoothly, their processes start to hinder customer delivery. Build To Sell is the lean response to these unavoidable challenges and a handbook for startup and scaleup founders, leaders, managers, and everyone involved in building a product or service.

Lean management is not just a method or a philosophy—it is, above all, a practice. Its principles are easy to understand but require guidance. This book serves as a management guide that goes beyond the typical caricature of 'waste hunting.' Drawing on 25 years of field observations and organizational coaching with proactive lean companies, the authors explore the essential keys to a successful lean practice. So, what are you waiting for to go lean?