Strength-Based Lean Six Sigma: Building Positive and Engaging Business Improvement
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| Rating | : | 4.74 (654 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00FYYTRS8 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 442 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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Piet Vandenbroucke said Adds an essential part. Strength based lean talks and explains about appreciative inquiry within the lean context. I am a practitioner myself and can recommend this book to be clear and engaging. David shaked explains in simple words the essential elements of strength based and of lean six sigma. I would assume , as David states himself , that the book is for people interested in the topic while having already some exposure to the two topics ( appreciative inquiry and lean six sigma) . Having said that, i can recommend the book to anybody who wants to learn and seeks mastery. How and why one approach to Lean Six Sigma "is more natural to work with and more sustainable in the long run" Robert Morris Where to begin?David Shaked provides an abundance of valuable information, insights, and counsel that will help almost anyone build positive and engaging business improvement. He organizes his material within five Parts whose titles correctly suggest an on-going process that begins with "Define" and (in terms of the book's narrative) concludes with "Deliver/Destiny." Here is what he has to say about what differentiates the strengths-based Lean Six Sigma approach to process improvement:"Instead of focusing on what is broken and inefficient [e.g. first . "Strength-based Lean" according to William Lovejoy. David Shaked’s book is a great starter manual for anybody wishing to merge lean process improvement techniques with positive organizational development methods. I believe both of these communities of practice have a lot to learn from each other, but merging the two has been impeded by the many possible “positive” approaches. David’s book focuses on the positive approach known as “Appreciative Inquiry” which is more systematic than many alternatives, and this focus greatly helps the merger. I would recommend this boo
Strength-based Lean Six Sigma is a new way of approaching process improvement that combines the best practices of two established methodologies to generate a new approach in order to help you develop and deliver increased high performance in any organization. It is the first book to use approaches in business improvement as well as organizational change for optimum organizational performance and improved agility.Combining the energy and motivation released through a strengths-based approach with the focus on quality and efficiency generated by lean six sigma, it offers practitioners from all disciplines the opportunity to understand each other and work successfully together to drive effective and powerful change programmes.
"This book is the first on integrating Lean Six Sigma and Appreciative Inquiry. David does a masterful job blending the principles and processes of Appreciative Inquiry with the rigour of Lean Six Sigma to influence innovation and sustainable results in organizations. The book represents an insightful contribution to both disciplines."