Flow Engineering

From Value Stream Mapping to Effective Action

By: Steve Pereira, Andrew Davis

Narrated by: Rene Ruiz

Tired of misalignment, friction, and stalled workflow? Flow Engineering is a practical guide to using value stream mapping techniques to align teams, unlock innovation, and optimize performance.

Based on foundations from Value Stream Mapping, cybernetics, and the Toyota Production System, Flow Engineering's lightweight and iterative practices build the value, clarity, and flow required for effective collaboration and collective action. Written by Value Stream Mapping experts Steve Pereira and Andrew Davis, Flow Engineering provides a step-by-step guide for running fast-paced mapping workshops that rapidly build shared understanding.

Using five key maps to facilitate collaborative “flow conversations,” Pereira and Davis show how teams can surface tangled process dependencies, conflicting priorities, and unspoken assumptions that grind progress to a halt. The result? A clear roadmap owned by the people doing the work to accelerate innovation cycles, optimize workflows, and achieve more effective coordination.

Applicable across any industry, Flow Engineering's techniques have helped leading organizations improve critical workflows like customer onboarding, product development, and hiring.

It's time to stop trying one-size-fits-all frameworks to find value, clarity, and flow to improve culture and performance. Flow Engineering meets your organization where it's at and shows you how to move it where it needs to go.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2024 Steve Pereira and Andrew Davis (P)2024 Steve Pereira and Andrew Davis

Inspires and Guides

I really found this book valuable. It reinforces how critical it is to understand and optimize our value streams. This is backed up by valuable experience and relevant case studies that translate well to real world execution. Section 2 lays out clear guidance on how to drive understanding and measurable improvement. And section 3 address how to apply these principles at scale to your organization. The book addresses challenging situations and provides humane approaches to tackle them in an inclusive way that benefits the organization and the individual. I've done lean value stream mapping events for many years. The authors turned the practice on itself and arrived at a much more practical approach that simplifies the process and drives linearity in the outcomes. I'm already recommending this to my peers.

not for listening while driving

good book with good content, but you probably want to get the hard copy instead of the audio version. there are many visuals to reference, and if you listen to audio books on the go, you don't really have the ability to pull the PDFs to reference it