Daniel T Jones was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Science by the University of Buckingham in the UK at its degree ceremony on 20 March. As far as we know this is the first academic recognition of...
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Lean Product and Process Development
What springs to mind when we hear the word lean? For many people I’m sure they firstly think about the lean manufacturing or lean operations area of their organization. It can be argued that this...
Read moreDesert Island Lean: Key Lean Books
At the beginning of a New Year many of us define a list of things we want to accomplish over the next 12 months. Towards the end of 2014 two activities prompted me to think more deeply about what has...
Read morePlanet-Lean.com interviews Daniel T Jones and James P Womack at the UK Lean Summit 2014
One of the highlights of our UK Lean Summit 2014 in Kenilworth last month was bringing the pioneers of Lean Thinking, James P Womack and Daniel T Jones (authors of The Machine that Changed the...
Read moreDesign a system for Lean leadership capability
As Lean Leaders, we often question whether we have an environment which encourages Lean leadership capability and behaviours to engage and develop people. Peter Watkins and the team at GKN have been...
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