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