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Augmented Lean: A Practical Management Framework For Modern Manufacturers

When it comes to approaching digital transformation initiatives, executives need a framework that prioritizes the workers across their operations over shiny new machines and technology.

Augmented Lean highlights the importance of adopting a human-centric approach to digital transformation and provides a clear roadmap to navigate this changing landscape and empower frontline workers.

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Natan Linder & Trond Undheim presenting their book, Augmented Lean

Empowering the next generation of frontline workers

Augmented Lean: A Human-Centric Framework for Managing Frontline Operations provides a practical approach to facilitate agile processes amongst a new generation of millennial workers entering the manufacturing workforce. The book demonstrates how to abandon ​legacy industrial technology that is failing modern operations and hinders operational ​excellence and digital progress.

An Overview of Augmented Lean

About the authors

  • Trond Arne Undheim Augmented Lean Headshot

    Trond Arne Undheim, PhD

    Trond is a futurist, scholar, podcaster, venture partner, nonresident Fellow at the Atlantic Council, co-founder of Yegii, and Lead Ecosystem evangelist at Tulip. He’s an author of Health Tech, Future Tech, Pandemic Aftermath, Disruption Games, and Leadership From Below. In addition, he hosts two podcasts, Augmented and Futurized, and is a Forbes columnist. He holds a Ph.D. in the future of work and artificial intelligence.

  • Natan Linder Augmented Lean Headshot

    Natan Linder, PhD

    Natan is a pioneering entrepreneur of industrial tech. He’s the co-founder and CEO of frontline operations platform Tulip, and a co-founder and chairman of the Board of Formlabs, an industry leader in professional desktop 3D printing. Natan's work aims to fuse design with engineering to create novel human experiences. He’s a Forbes columnist, holding a Ph.D. from MIT Media Lab.

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Uncover the organizational-, process-, and ​management-level techniques you need to get the most out of your employees.

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