Monday, October 10, 2011

GLEAN: The Book

GLEAN is a book-in-process. After 5 years of thinking about where to start and what to write, it all coalesced about 4 months ago into the outline of this book.  Gaining the experience to write this book has been a journey. 

Writing the book is a different journey.  I am looking forward to the months ahead as ideas turn into words.  Which in turn will lead to the discovery of more ideas. 

As I write, draft sections of the book will be posted to this blog.  Two reasons.  One is produce value early and often.  Nine years ago, I was able to increase my knowledge of Lean from the drafts of a book-in-process posted online by Marry Poppendieck.  Perhaps others can benefit today from these postings today.

The second reason is to gain feedback on what has been written.  Writing is a solitary process.  Ideas are not.  Ideas only matter if they can be effectively communicated to others in a manner that enables them to connect with the idea so it spurs additional thought or action.  Without feedback a writer cannot tell if this connection occurs.

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