Planet Lean: The Official online magazine of the Lean Global Network
John Shook on transformations and lean in a crisis

John Shook on transformations and lean in a crisis

John Shook
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Shook
November 4, 2022

VIDEO INTERVIEW – We recently caught up with John Shook at the Lean Healthcare Academic Conference in Stanford and asked him to share his thought on the questions we need to ask ourselves in a lean journey and on lean in turbulent times.


Interviewee: John Shook, Senior Advisor, Lean Global Network

Interviewer: Roberto Priolo, Editor, Planet Lean



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John Shook
John Shook is Senior Advisor to the Lean Global Network

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Designing human-centered organizations in the age of AI
July 3, 2026
Designing human-centered organizations in the age of AI

FEATURE – The Lean Global Connection 2026 will take on the defining challenge of our time: how to build organizations where people and technology bring out the best in each other. Our editor explains why this conversation can't wait.

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AI, human judgment, and the lean advantage
July 15, 2025
AI, human judgment, and the lean advantage

INTERVIEW – AI will shrink companies and workflows, challenging human relevance. In a world of accelerating technological disruption, Lean Thinking and adaptability are more important than ever.

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Sorting out sourcing
February 20, 2020
Sorting out sourcing

FEATURE – The Sourcing team at insurance company SulAmérica tells us about how they were able to transform the process in their department in order to become more efficient in dealing with their workload.

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Lean helps save lives in South Africa
October 10, 2019
Lean helps save lives in South Africa

FEATURE – Only when we go where the action is, do we begin to truly understand the work. Rose Heathcote joins the Emergency Medical Services in Cape Town for a day.

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