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

John Shook
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Shook
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



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

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Follow the gemba walk in a SNCF train maintenance center
November 7, 2016
Follow the gemba walk in a SNCF train maintenance center

NOTES FROM THE GEMBA - We follow the author on a visit to a train maintenance center in France. Through practical examples and pictures from the gemba, she explains how the center is transforming itself.

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The gift that keeps on giving
February 27, 2020
The gift that keeps on giving

FEATURE – The benefits of establishing a lean operating system will support the growth and success of a business in the long term, says Karen Gaudet looking back at her experience at Starbucks.

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From isolated to collective intelligence
May 7, 2025
From isolated to collective intelligence

FEATURE – Learn how Lean Thinking and the establishment of Communities of Practice are transforming automotive reconditioning at Aramis Group.

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An ever deeper analysis of the work
February 16, 2019
An ever deeper analysis of the work

FEATURE – As we progress on our lean journey, results seem to become harder to achieve: it’s because we need to become more granular in our analysis and improvement of the work.

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