The recipient's of this year's Shingo Prize have been announced.

The Research and Professional Publication Prize category is a great reading list for new lean books:

• Steven Spear - Chasing the Rabbit. A book on how to catch up with your lean competiors. HBR review here.
  
• Mark Graban - Lean Hospitals. The book by the productive author of leanblog.org.
  
• John Shook - Managing to Learn. Focuses on Toyota's visual A3 management tool.
  
• Professor Peter Hines; Dr. Pauline Found; Gary Griffiths; and Richard Harrison - Staying Lean: Thriving, Not Just Surviving.
  
• Jeffrey K. Liker, Michael Hoseus and the Center for Quality People and Organizations - Toyota Culture. Great author, new book. What's not to like?
  
• Durward K. Sobek II and Art Smalley - Understanding A3 Thinking. Another winning book on Toyota's A3 tool from Productivity Press.