Karen Martin

I've published four business books. Value Stream Mapping is now available for order: www.bit.ly/VSMbk. The Outstanding Organization (www.bit.ly/TOObk), represents my foray into hard cover leadership books. My other two, Metrics-Based Process Mapping (www.bit.ly/MBPMbk) and The Kaizen Event Planner (www.bit.ly/TKEPbk), contain practical tools that support an organization's journey to "outstandingness."

In addition to writing, I keynote frequently and maintain a full client load. For more information, please visit my website www.ksmartin.com and join us on any of the social media sites listed on my home page.

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