You don’t need a book; you need to find one tiny example/experiment where putting in place a simple, visual information system will make things better according to them.

Then, build from there. You’re not going to get him to make a large change to, from his perspective, accommodate your need for structure.

Get a small whiteboard and make some kind of magnetic status system for jobs or whatever. Nothing that uses a single transistor or has a manual to explain it.