Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 America's Productivity Paralysis -- 2 How Did We Get Into This Mess? -- 3 The Quest for the Holy Grail of Production Management -- 4 A Revolution at John Deere -- 5 First Change the Culture, Then Change Production -- 6 Redesigning the Planter Factory for Worker Leadership -- 7 Reaping the Fruits of Worker Leadership at the Harvester Works -- 8 A Bigger Picture of Change at Deere -- 9 Worker Leadership -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Notes -- Index.