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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The power of jeans
January 12, 2024
The power of jeans

FICTION - Part 1 of this story reminds us that the role of leaders in an organization is to set the example for others, behaving the way they want the rest of the company to behave.

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Jim Womack comments on the Volkswagen scandal
September 29, 2015
Jim Womack comments on the Volkswagen scandal

WOMACK’S YOKOTEN – The Volkswagen “defeat device” scandal is the latest example of a company that has chosen to focus on growth rather than the customer. What can we learn from this, and what should we do when such a shift takes place?

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Lean lessons for the climate crisis
December 20, 2021
Lean lessons for the climate crisis

FEATURE – Tackling climate change forces us to rethink everything we do as a society. Here’s three lean lessons that can show us a way forward.

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PL interviews Jeff Sutherland, one of the inventors of scrum
January 15, 2015
PL interviews Jeff Sutherland, one of the inventors of scrum

VIDEO INTERVIEW - Planet Lean speaks with Jeff Sutherland, one of the inventors of scrum software development, about the evolution of this Agile framework and its relationship with lean.

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