Marty Cagan's "Transformed" explores the evolution of product management and the shift towards a more customer-centric approach. The book emphasizes the importance of building products that truly meet customer needs and solve real problems. Cagan discusses the challenges of scaling product organizations and the need for strong product leadership. He provides practical advice on how to build high-performing product teams and create a culture of innovation. The book is a valuable resource for both aspiring and experienced product managers.
This book, resulting from a five-year research project by the International Motor Vehicle Program at MIT, provides a comprehensive description of the lean production system developed by Toyota. It contrasts lean production with the mass production model pioneered by General Motors and predicts the widespread adoption of lean methods across various industries, including health care, retail, and distribution. The book is considered a seminal work in the field of lean manufacturing and continues to provide essential guidance for managers and leaders seeking to transform their enterprises into lean success stories.
Few entrepreneurs inspire quite like Zingerman’s Ari Weinzweig. Ever since starting his first company over thirty-five years ago, Ari has rejected conformity and embraced creativity to achieve success on his own terms. Shake up any traditional notions of what it takes to be an effective business owner as you listen to my chat with Ari on this week’s donothing podcast.
Ari Weinzweig is the CEO and co-founding partner of Zingerman’s Community of Businesses, which includes Zingerman’s Delicatessen, Bakehouse, Creamery, Catering, ZingTrain, Coffee Company, Roadhouse, Candy Manufactory and Cornman Farms.
Zingerman’s produces and sells all sorts of full-flavored, traditional foods in its Ann Arbor, Michigan home to the tune of $60 million in annual sales. Ari was recognized as a 2006 inductee in the Who’s Who of Food & Beverage in America by the James Beard Foundation, and has been awarded a Bon Appetit Lifetime Achievement Award among many other recognitions.
Ari is the author of works including Zingerman’s Guide to Better Bacon, Zingerman’s Guide to Giving Great Service, Zingerman’s Guide to Good Eating, Zingerman’s Guide to Good Leading, Part 1: A Lapsed Anarchist’s Approach to Building a Great Business and A Lapsed Anarchist’s Approach to the Power of Beliefs in Business.
In 2017, Ari was named one of The World’s 10 Top CEOs by Inc. Magazine. His most recent publication is the pamphlet “The Art of Business: Why I Want to be an Artist”.
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