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

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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



THE INTERVIEWEE

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

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