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John Shook

Senior AdvisorLean Enterprise Institute — Author, 'Managing to Learn'

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Continuous ImprovementOperational ExcellenceLeadership

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John Shook worked inside Toyota before becoming a leading teacher of Lean management in the West. Through the Lean Enterprise Institute and 'Managing to Learn,' he showed how the A3 problem-solving process develops people as much as it solves problems.

Ideas they're known for

  • A3 thinking as a people-development method
  • Learning by doing on the actual work
  • Management as teaching, not directing

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