Author of the article here. On Lean, I'd recommend a book called "Notes from Toyota-Land: An American Engineer in Japan" that is in part about the dark side of

Author of the article here. On Lean, I'd recommend a book called "Notes from Toyota-Land: An American Engineer in Japan" that is in part about the dark side of Lean and its impact on workers. Or just read an interview with the author: http://www.gembapantarei.com/2006/05/interview_with_darius_mehri_author_of_notes_from_toyotaland.html http://www.gembapantarei.com/2006/05/interview_with_darius_m... I also recommend reading The Management Myth which is about management theory in general: http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2006/06/the-management-myth/304883/?single_page=true http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2006/06/the-mana... The wikipedia page on participatory design gives a nice overview: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Participatory_design http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Participatory_design Unfortunately most of the work in these areas is highly academic and assumes a lot of background knowledge. I thought this article on participatory design was quite good, but again, it's an academic paper: http://peterasaro.org/writing/Asaro%20PD.pdf http://peterasaro.org/writing/Asaro%20PD.pdf