Productivity Reimagined: Shattering Performance Myths to Achieve Sustainable Growth
By Jacob Stoller
Written by Shingo Prize winner Jacob Stoller, Productivity Reimagined shows how re-thinking productivity can launch companies on a path to sustainable growth.
The book surveys mindsets and practices around productivity in a variety of settings, including lean transformations, sustainability projects, technology adoption, and community development. Case studies show how companies have overcome barriers to productivity such as over-reliance on financial numbers, segmentation of purpose, and treating people like cogs in a machine.
The key to success, the book argues, is building cultures that respect every person and engage them in continuous improvement teamwork. Arguments are reinforced by the latest science on human behavior and systems theory and supported by more than 60 interviews from prominent CEOs, consultants, academics, executive directors, and EVPs.
As companies face the new realities of the global economy, Productivity Reimagined is an essential resource for forward-thinking executives, managers, and business leaders looking to solve the productivity puzzle and empower their workforces to perform at their best.
Available October 14, 2024. Pre-order now:
For more information, contact Jacob Stoller at jacob@stollerstrategies.com
Endorsements for Productivity Reimagined
“Productivity Reimagined paints a picture of the incredible outcomes possible when you create environments of caring, collaboration and continuous improvement. Stoller’s latest is an exceptional guide for anyone looking to improve output as well as the lives in their span of care!”
Bob Chapman, CEO of Barry-Wehmiller, author of Everybody Matters: The Extraordinary Power of Caring for Your People Like Family
“Productivity Reimagined author Jacob Stoller does a stellar job of connecting the concept and the practices of productivity and identifying the misunderstandings that so often cause productivity initiatives to be counterproductive.”
John Shook, Senior Advisor, Lean Enterprise Institute and Chairman, Lean Global Network
“Stoller provides an exceptional blueprint for companies striving to solve the productivity puzzle and empower their workforce to excel in today’s global economy.”
Kerry Siggins, CEO of StoneAge and author of The Ownership Mindset
“In Productivity Reimagined, author Jacob Stoller draws on both the wisdom of the ages and the most modern ideas of workplace psychology using compelling examples to dispel the myths of what it means to be engaged and productive. He reveals a superior way of thinking that all of us can aspire to and draw on. If you’ve been stuck for a while now, this is the book to get you on the road to new levels of results.”
Richard Sheridan, CEO, Chief Storyteller, Menlo Innovations, Author, Joy, Inc. and Chief Joy Officer
“Imagine a business book that you can’t put down! Stoller is engaging, comprehensive and concise as he draws on a wealth of real-world examples to bring the transformative ideas of Deming and Ohno to a new generation of leaders and practitioners.”
Kelly Allan, Deming Practitioner and Principal, Kelly Allan Associates, Ltd.
“Whether you’re a CEO, manager, or entrepreneur, this book will change how you view productivity and provide the roadmap to achieving it in a way that benefits everyone. Don’t miss reading it.”
Michael Ballé, author of The Gold Mine Trilogy, co-founder of Institut Lean France
“Jacob Stoller is a true mythbuster as he navigates us through evolved mindsets and practices that show how productivity works in many contexts from the manufacturing shop floor to addressing social justice in a community.”
Jason Schulist, Chief Flourishing Officer, Generative Local Community Institute
“In Productivity Reimagined, Stoller uses excellent examples to expand the vision of what productivity means. I think it will be an important contribution to the discussion about productivity.”
Orest Fiume, retired CFO at Wiremold, co-author of Real Numbers: Management Accounting in a Lean Organization