Industrial & Manufacturing

How do today's most successful tech companies - Amazon, Google, Facebook - design, develop, and deploy the products that have earned the love of literally billions of people around the world? Find out....

Even the smartest among us can feel inept as we fail to figure out which light switch or oven burner to turn on, or whether to push, pull, or slide a door. The Design of Everyday Things shows that good, usable design is possible....

Full of enthralling tales of the miracles of engineering that permeate our lives, Stuff Matters will make you see stuff in a whole new way....

Lights Out is the definitive history of General Electric’s epic decline, as told by the two Wall Street Journal reporters who covered its fall....

In April 1956, a refitted oil tanker carried 58 shipping containers from Newark to Houston....

This practical guide explains how you can apply key principles in psychology to build products and experiences that are more intuitive and human-centered....

Creative Selection recounts the life of one of the few who worked behind the scenes, a highly respected software engineer who worked in the final years of the Steve Jobs era - the Golden Age of Apple....

Under the aegis of machine learning in our data-driven machine age, computers are programming themselves and solving an extraordinary range of problems....

In this classic text, Taiichi Ohno—inventor of the Toyota Production System and Lean manufacturing—shares the genius that sets him apart as one of the most disciplined and creative thinkers of our time....

Finally, we are learning that simplicity equals sanity. We’re rebelling against technology that’s too complicated, DVD players with too many menus, and software accompanied by 75-megabyte “read me” manuals....

A direct challenge to the status quo "spray and pray" style of innovation, Monetizing Innovation presents a practical approach that can be adopted by any organization, in any industry....

The audio edition of this Shingo Prize-winning bestseller provides critical insights and approaches to make any lean transformation an ongoing success. It tells you how to implement a sustainable, successful transformation....

The best-selling author of Inside Steve's Brain profiles Apple's legendary chief designer, Jonathan Ive....

K. Eric Drexler is the founding father of nanotechnology - the science of engineering on a molecular level....

First, businesses discovered quality as a key competitive edge; next came science....

The World in a Grain is the compelling true story of the hugely important and diminishing natural resource that grows more essential every day, and of the people who mine it, sell it, build with it - and sometimes, even kill for it....

From the humble garden lawnmower to the ear-splitting electric guitar, James May returns with a typically wacky account of what makes these great machines work, one piece at a time....

Why do some programs deliver their product under cost, while others bust their budget? Why do some deliver ahead of schedule, while others experience endless delays....

A just culture is a culture of trust, learning, and accountability. This third edition offers new material on restorative justice and ideas about why your people may be breaking rules....

A thrilling drama of man versus nature, detailing the fierce, ongoing fight against the mightiest and unlikeliest enemy: rust....

Is Cryptography what you want to learn? Always wondered about its history from modern to traditional Cryptography....

Organizations face rising costs and increasing competition every day. With Lean Six Sigma, you can combat these problems and grow your business. 

How could General Electric - perhaps America's most iconic corporation - suffer such a swift and sudden fall from grace? This is the definitive history of General Electric's epic decline, as told by the two Wall Street Journal reporters who covered its fall....

It is more difficult than ever to build a business that can remain competitive in a world where customers can find your competition with just the click of a mouse. Making a business into a Lean business can give it the competitive advantage that the perpetual buyers’ market takes away....

This book makes publicly available for the first time the same inclusive design process used at Google to create user-centric award-winning and profitable products....