About ”This is Lean”
The Efficiency Paradox
Resolving the Efficiency Paradox
Lean is the most widespread management philosophy of our time and is currently present in every industry, yet the concept is still vaguely defined and widely misunderstood.
This is Lean – Resolving the efficiency paradox was launched in October 2011 and has been translated into 14 languages. The book has sold over 220,000 copies. By using clear, concise language and insightful examples, the book has brought greater clarification to the essence of lean and revolutionized top-executives and employees understanding of what lean actually is.
The book also introduces the idea of the efficiency paradox, which claims that organisations’ understanding of “true efficiency” is incorrect. It suggests that when organisations focus too much on utilising resources efficiently – the traditional and most common form of efficiency – it tends to lead to an increase in the amount of work there is to do. Consequently, the more organisations try to be efficient (being busy), the more inefficient they will actually become (taking care of non-value adding but necessary work). This is Lean addresses how to resolve this paradox.
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Niklas & Pär
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Creating a common mindset
Companies and organizations began to use This is Lean as a tool for developing a common understanding. Top-management teams read the book and used it as a base for discussion when evaluating if lean was something they should implement. Some companies distributed the book to all managers within their organization with the message “this should be our view of what lean is”. Other companies took this further and 100% of employees read the book.
In response, we developed a “Company edition” which is a tailor-made version of the book. It can include a number of company-specific “add-ons” and contributions. For example, the company’s logo can appear on the cover and a specific foreword can be written by a company representative, usually the CEO. It can also include texts written by the top-management team between chapters.
A company edition can be tailor-made in any way the company chooses to suit their individual needs. By including company-specific information, it is no longer just a book, it becomes an asset in the development of the company. It serves as a symbol for the whole transformation program, “this is our way forward”.
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