Planet Lean: The Official online magazine of the Lean Global Network
Lean's on the menu

Lean's on the menu

Javier Gomez, Leo Milanesio, Aaron Quintana and Pedro González
June 7, 2023

VIDEO INTERVIEW – This hotel in the Canary Islands is bringing lean to its Kitchen Department, hoping to streamline the process and provide a better service to diners.


Interviewees: Javier Gomez, Leo Milanesio, Aaron Quintana and Pedro González



THE INTERVIEWEES

Javier Gomez (left) is Director of Hotel Cristina. Leo Milanesio (right) is a Change Agent.
Aaron Quintana (left) is Kitchen Manager at Hotel Cristina. Pedro González (right) is Maitre at Hotel Cristina.

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Faster delivery, happier customer
April 28, 2023
Faster delivery, happier customer

WEB SERIES – In the fourth and final episode of Season 1 of our docuseries, we visit home improvement and gardening retailer Leroy Merlin and learn about their efforts to lean out their supply chain.

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Leveraging lean thinking to build community prosperity
October 18, 2017
Leveraging lean thinking to build community prosperity

FEATURE – Riverview Gardens in an NGO striving to build prosperity for the community around it through capability development. The authors suggest this should be the goal for the lean community as a whole.

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Leading with Lean at EHA Clinics
September 24, 2025
Leading with Lean at EHA Clinics

INTERVIEW – In this Q&A, the CEO of EHA Clinics in Nigeria shows how leadership embraced continuous improvement, empowered staff, and shifted from firefighting to coaching, creating safer, more efficient patient-centered care.

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The lean candidate
October 19, 2020
The lean candidate

CASE STUDY – Have you ever considered how Lean Thinking could apply to politics? The author explains how the result of a mayoral race in southern Italy was ultimately determined by the lean approach adopted by one of the candidates.

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