Planet Lean: The Official online magazine of the Lean Global Network
Interview with Dan Jones, René Aernoudts and Michael Ballé

Interview with Dan Jones, René Aernoudts and Michael Ballé

Planet Lean
June 3, 2014

INTERVIEW - In this video interview, René Aernoudts, Michael Ballé and Dan Jones answer a few key questions on what's next for the lean movement.


Interviewees: René Aernoudts, Lean Management Instituut; Michael Ballé, Institut Lean France; Dan Jones, Lean Enterprise Academy


1. What distinguishes real lean from “fake” lean?

2. How has lean evolved in the past decade?

3. What have you learned most recently about lean healthcare?

4. What do you think about the lean startup movement?

5. What are the biggest challenges lean is facing?

6. What are the most common mistakes you see companies make?

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How to spread lean principles without hindering results
March 4, 2014
How to spread lean principles without hindering results

CASE STUDY - What does having a new “true north” mean? Following the merger with a large group, cancer center IOV is looking to seamlessly spread its lean management system to new operations and facilities.

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What's the impact of lean thinking on a startup's growth?
March 3, 2015
What's the impact of lean thinking on a startup's growth?

FEATURE - An initial look into the impact of lean management principles on the growth of young organizations hopes to encourage further analysis into why and how lean startups succeed.

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What the election of Donald Trump tells us about leadership
January 19, 2017
What the election of Donald Trump tells us about leadership

OPINION – Tomorrow, January 20, Donald J. Trump will be sworn in as 45th President of the United States. What can his campaign and dumbfounding victory teach us about leadership?

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Lean as a two-step engine
March 14, 2019
Lean as a two-step engine

FEATURE – One of the things making lean thinking so hard to explain in general terms is its dual nature as both an organizational and managerial approach. The authors explain how to handle this tension.

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