(Note: this is the same article from yesterday, but with a corrected link for my website.)
I’m absolutely thrilled to announce that my newest book, The Conclusion Trap, is now available for sale on Amazon. The book is priced to move — $7.99 for the Kindle version, $9.95 for the paperback — but if you have Kindle Unlimited, you can read the e-book for free.
The Conclusion Trap addresses the bane of problem solvers everywhere: jumping to solutions. In a (delightfully) short 70 pages, I discuss what organizational solution jumping looks like; explain why we do it; and present a four step process for how we to avoid doing it.
As with all my books, I don’t talk about Toyota, use Japanese, or refer to lean in any fashion. The goal is to provide you, and anyone you’re working with, an easy way to teach the value of the “Plan” phase of PDSA without alienating them with stories about car manufacturing.
If you take a spin over to the book’s website here, you can download a host of free supporting materials. And no, you won’t need to enter your email address, sign up for a newsletter, name your first-born male child “Daniel,” or otherwise have a deeper relationship with me than you’d like.
Oh, and did I mention that it’s short? It’s only 70 pages, and that’s with graphics. This is not a magazine article engorged to book length. You can read it in less time it would take you to watch an episode of Tiger King.
I hope you enjoy The Conclusion Trap. Drop me a line and let me know what you think of it. While you’re at it, drop Amazon a line as well and leave a review. (Be generous with the stars — they’re free.) Given that we’re all living in Jeff Bezos’s world now, book reviews are crucial to the success of any book.