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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The road to ownership-based leadership
January 15, 2026
The road to ownership-based leadership

FEATURE - Based on his 25-year leadership journey, the author discusses how ownership-based leadership fosters responsibility, resilience, and sustained organizational excellence.

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Turn the beat around
September 3, 2019
Turn the beat around

FEATURE – One year ago, the author started coaching organizations in her town of Maun, Botswana. Here she reflects on her experience and draws an interesting parallel between lean management and dancing.

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Lean product development for new Jaguar Land Rover vehicles
August 11, 2016
Lean product development for new Jaguar Land Rover vehicles

INTERVIEW – Following two successful experiments with kanban boards, Jaguar Land Rover decided to extend the reach of its lean product development activities to include all new vehicle programs. Here’s how the story unfolded.

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Just say the word: Stupidity
June 4, 2026
Just say the word: Stupidity

FEATURE – The author examines the term “stupidity” as the brain's default mode—motivated reasoning, cognitive dissonance, and groupthink—and how Lean's problem-awareness culture counters willful blindness to inconvenient truths.

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