Interviews

Awakening

InterviewsFeb 8, 2021
Josh Howell
INTERVIEW – The extraordinary events of the past year have encouraged lean organizations around the world to ask deeper questions about purpose and value creation, says Josh Howell.

A better way to learn lean

InterviewsOct 8, 2020
Dave Brunt
INTERVIEW – The Lean Enterprise Academy just launched the Lean Learning Journey, an online platform from which practitioners can pull the practical knowledge they need in their lean transformation.

A lean view on… the media

InterviewsSep 28, 2020
Michael Ballé
INTERVIEW – If we truly believe lean can change society, then we should use it as a lens through which to look into different aspects of our lives – even when those associations are hard to make. This month, we discuss the world of media.

A lean view on racism

InterviewsJun 15, 2020
Michael Ballé
INTERVIEW – Racism is not a problem many lean thinkers are called to tackle in their daily lives at work, but that doesn’t mean that Lean Thinking has nothing to say about it.

Moving forward

InterviewsSep 5, 2019
Gabriel Lam
INTERVIEW – This moving company in Singapore has taken its first steps down the lean road, reminding us that translating your strategy into small, actionable improvements people can make at the gemba is the way to a transformation.

The harvest of the future

InterviewsAug 15, 2019
Luis Guillermo Amu
INTERVIEW – This agro-industrial business in Colombia is applying lean thinking to its harvesting process. The harvest manager explains the difficulties and opportunities encountered on the journey so far.

Leading large-scale lean change

InterviewsAug 1, 2019
Rose Keanly
INTERVIEW – Rose Keanly discusses the role of lean in a strategic business transformation in the financial services sector and the dos and don’ts of bringing lean to a large organization.