Many industrial technologies still in use are failing the needs of modern firms and hindering operational excellence. This contributes to the talent crisis because millennial talent is accustomed to and expects the companies they work for to be digitally fluent, maintaining operational flow through training and skilling embedded in the daily work itself. In Augmented Lean: A Human-Centric Framework for Managing Frontline Operations, experienced startup founder Dr. Natan Linder and futurist Dr. Trond Arne Undheim deliver an insightful and practical discussion of how to facilitate agile processes and no-code interfaces at a modern industrial organization. In the book, you'll learn how to avoid falling prey to overhyped Industry 4.0 trends and the idea that automation, artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, sensors, digital twins, and augmented reality will somehow solve every problem you face. Instead, you'll discover how to reduce cognitive load, complexity, and employee frustration in the workplace with measured cyber-physical technology applications that keep human beings at the center of the equation. Augmented Lean advocates for and demonstrates how to use fluid interfaces that immediately simplify work at an industrial scale without introducing fear, uncertainty, operational disruption, or doubt. It includes a step-by-step walkthrough of a new management framework that shows you when, how, and why to augment your workforce in a way that goes beyond Lean and Agile. It also provides concrete strategies on how to scale these augmentations throughout your workforce and presents real-world case studies of industrial engineers who have done so, combining hacking with governance. A critical, hands-on playbook for workforce enhancement and operational transformation, Augmented Lean will earn a place in the libraries of operators, engineers, industrial workers, executives, managers, and other industrial business leaders in manufacturing and beyond.