The Lean Tech Manifesto: Learn the Secrets of Tech Leaders to Grasp the Full Benefits of Agile at Scale

The powerful new framework for building an Agile culture in a tech organization to streamline value, empower teams, produce higher quality, and accelerate delivery—while continuing to innovate.

Whether you're a product manager, a tech leader, or a CEO, The Lean Tech Manifesto provides what you need to dramatically improve your organization and get ahead of the competition.
 
"This is an important book. It describes the business system that organizations around the world so desperately need, and it reminds us that when it comes to solving the complex and urgent problems of our time, human decision-making and teamwork are just as important as technology."

—DANIEL T. JONES, coauthor of The Machine That Changed the World and Lean Thinking
 

"Scaling your business while remaining agile can feel like an impossible task, but fear not! Fabrice and Benoît have developed a practical playbook that is based on their deep experience, providing you with the tools you need to continue to reap the benefits of Lean as your business grows."

—COLIN BRYAR, coauthor of Working Backwards, and former Amazon VP


"After more than twenty years, it was clear that the Agile Manifesto needed Kaizen. This book is doing exactly that, based on the rare experience of a tech company that has combined agility with the genuine Toyota Production System (Lean), implemented thoroughly with some of the best sensei. I highly recommend it to all those who want to deliver more and more value to their customers. And there should not be any others."

—DR. PIERRE MASAI, Lean coach, former CIO of Toyota Motor Europe, and Senior Advisor to Toyota Systems Corporation in Japan


"If Lean thinking alone were enough, the most valuable car company in the world would still be Toyota. But it isn't. This is the book you need, combining the experience of mastering Agile with Lean Thinking. With this book you can prevent hierarchical slowdown and keep people at the center as you scale up and automate."

—Joe Justice, author of Scrum Master, creator of eXtreme Manufacturing, founder of Wikispeed, lecturer on #JoeDX, Tesla alum


"If you are adopting Agile across your organization, but sense that some- thing vital may be missing from your approach, this is an important book for you. Within these pages you will find a wealth of ideas that may lead you to discover solutions for your particular challenges, in pursuit of a "learning organization" that will prepare you to skillfully meet the chal- lenges of an uncertain future."

—Steve Bell, two-time Shingo Research Award recipient, author of Lean IT and Run Grow Transform

 

This groundbreaking guide from Fabrice Bernhard and Benoît Charles-Lavauzelle—the leaders of the international technology consultancy Theodo—shows how to combine Lean Thinking with the speed and scale of technology to create more value with less wasted resources.
 
The Lean Tech Manifesto is the Agile Manifesto that scales. It is a guide to creating and maintaining an Agile culture in a tech organization of multiple teams, to deliver more value to the customer, faster, cheaper, while continuing to innovate. It leverages the decades of experience of Lean Thinking, a key source of inspiration for the Agile movement as well as for tech pioneers like Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos, who were taught Lean Thinking early in their journey.
 
You'll learn how to:
 
 

• Lead your organization with value for the customer
• Empower a network of teams with problem-solving and collaboration technology
• Prevent defects from reaching users with a right-first-time approach
• Deliver continuously in complex environments with just-in-time techniques
• Continue innovating by building a customer-led learning organization

The Lean Tech Manifesto offers a practical blueprint for combining Lean strategy with the speed and scale of technology to create more value with less wasted resources.

Benoît Charles-Lavauzelle is the CEO and Fabrice Bernhard the CTO of Theodo, a leading technology consultancy they cofounded and scaled from 10 people in 2012 to 700 people in 2022. The company was featured in the "FT 1000: Europe's Fastest Growing Companies" and "Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA" rankings and has been awarded the HappyIndex®AtWork label every year since 2015.

Based in New York, London, Paris, Casablanca and Cape Town, Theodo uses Agile, devops, and Lean to build transformational tech products for clients all over the world, including global companies—such as VF Corporation, Raytheon Technologies, SMBC, Biogen, Colas, Tarkett, Dior, Safran, BNP Paribas, Allianz, and SG—and leading tech scale-ups—such as ContentSquare, ManoMano, and Qonto.

Benoît and Fabrice are experts in technology and large-scale transformations and have contributed to multiple startups scaling more sustainably with Lean thinking. They have been invited to share their experience at international conferences, including the Lean Summit, DevopsDays, and CraftConf. Their story has been featured in multiple articles and in the book Learning to Scale at Theodo Group.

Benoît is an active member of the Galion think tank and a prolific angel investor in tech, including success stories Aircall and Ubble. He studied at École Polytechnique and HEC and lives in Paris with his wife and three daughters.

Fabrice is the cofounder of the Paris Devops meetup and an active YPO member. He studied at École Polytechnique and ETH Zürich and lives in London with his two sons.