For more than three decades, the Shingo Institute has recognized authors, practitioners, and academicians with the Shingo Publication Award. The Shingo Publication Award recognizes and promotes writing that has had a significant impact and advances the body of knowledge regarding organizational excellence. The Shingo Institute will continue to recognize thought leadership as it has always done, but the process has now changed.
Effective June 2021, the Shingo Institute will accept nominations for the Shingo Publication Award from sources independent of authors and publishers, such as Shingo Executive Advisory Board members, examiners, academy members, licensed affiliates, faculty fellows, and alumni. Nomination forms will be made available to these individuals upon request. The form should only be completed by the nominator, although he or she will need to gather some information from the author(s). The form is comprehensive and provides much of the information necessary for the Shingo Executive Advisory Board Publication Award committee to review for award consideration. The nominator’s feedback will serve as a testimonial of the qualifying nature of the work in question. Publications can be nominated in three separate categories:
• Historic
A publication that has stood the test of time. It is still one that is commonly used and referenced when referring to organizational excellence. It has historic significance to the development or discovery of principles, systems, concepts, tools, and techniques of organizational excellence. Its content has been expanded upon to build the body of knowledge.
• Impact
A publication that has demonstrated high sales and/or distribution. The content is currently used successfully by many organizations to improve their ability to sustain a culture of organizational excellence. The publication has been widely recognized as new knowledge or an expansion to existing knowledge. The author or authors have a track record of speaking engagements as a result of the publication.
• Up & Coming
A new publication with the potential to be impactful. Sales and/or distribution is encouraging. It has been endorsed publicly by thought leaders. The author or authors are sought-after speakers, on the topics covered in the publication, for conferences, webinars, podcasts, and other third-party learning platforms.
The Shingo Institute is most interested in recognizing thought leadership, and therefore is seeking publications to be nominated that practitioners won’t want to miss reading, because the submission is “the next great read!” and an exceptional publication that can help organizations on their path to excellence. Once an eligible nomination is received, the nomination form will be reviewed by the Shingo Publication Award Committee. The committee will present publications to the Shingo Executive Advisory Board to be considered for recognition. Not all eligible nominees will become recipients. Because there are no fees associated with this award, the committee will simply notify the nominator with a yes or no decision; no additional feedback will be provided. Decisions made by the Shingo Executive Advisory Board are final.
