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Most business readers have heard of the Lean principles developed for factories--a set of tools and ideas that have enabled companies to dramatically boost quality by reducing waste and errors--producing more while using less. Yet until now, few have recognized how relevant these powerful ideas are to individuals and their daily work. Every person at a desk, drafting table, workstation, or operating table must (like a factory) deal with the challenge of reducing the waste that creeps into their work. The same Lean principles that have improved efficiencies on the factory floor can be just as powerful--in fact, far more so--in helping individuals boost personal performance.<br /><br /><strong>Winner of a 2013 Shingo Research and Professional Publication Award!</strong><br /><br /><strong>A Factory of One: Applying Lean Principles to Banish Waste and Improve Your Personal Performance</strong> describes how you can foster a new mindset and improve your performance by applying Lean methods