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Watch Dan Jones speak at the 2014 Lean Summit in the Netherlands

Watch Dan Jones speak at the 2014 Lean Summit in the Netherlands

Dan Jones
August 7, 2014

VIDEO - Dan Jones was one of the keynote speakers at this year's Lean Summit in The Netherlands. Here's a 15-minute excerpt of his talk, with some great insights into the state of lean thinking.


Speaker: Dan Jones, Chairman, Lean Enterprise Academy, UK


The summit was organized by the Lean Management Instituut, based in The Netherlands

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These developers learned what lean can do that agile cannot
May 11, 2018
These developers learned what lean can do that agile cannot

FEATURE – In this article, we learn how a simple andon system and lean problem solving helped Theodo move past some of the most common obstacles that Agile alone can’t overcome.

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Jim Womack on asking questions rather than providing answers
November 29, 2016
Jim Womack on asking questions rather than providing answers
womack yokoten answer man

WOMACK'S YOKOTEN – As a first instinct, most of us tend to provide answers and solutions rather than ask questions. In this month's Yokoten, Jim Womack provides advice on how to fight this behavior and become a coach.

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Extracting waste from our process
January 23, 2020
Extracting waste from our process

CASE STUDY – In a Brazilian insurance company, a team worked hard to streamline the revision of dental claims – a great example of Lean Thinking in an administrative process.

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Michael Ballé identifies a set of lean management values to live by
October 13, 2015
Michael Ballé identifies a set of lean management values to live by

FEATURE – If we see lean thinking as a paradigm, which we do, then we should be able to define a set of values this paradigm is built on. So, are there lean ethics? Michael Ballé identifies 10 undisputed lean values, plus one.

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