The document discusses the future potential of Lean and challenges with current Lean approaches. It argues that expert-designed Lean programs rely on compliance and static optimization rather than learning. True Lean potential requires active leadership, engaging employees in collaborative problem solving and continuous learning. Pioneering CEOs applying Lean as a strategy saw superior results by focusing on people and cumulative learning to solve problems and translate gains to the bottom line.

1. What next for Lean?
Daniel T Jones

2. Two Challenges
Expert-designed Lean programmes help catch-up
but fail to fulfil the potential of Lean
rely on compliance & static optimisation rather than learning
Seeing Lean through traditional management thinking
will only get traditional results
rule-based bureaucracies & silos resist change
financial metrics can’t see problems or improvements

3. The Potential of Lean
Pioneering CEOs experienced that active leadership is essential
see Lean as their strategy to do things they can’t do today
leading by finding the right problems
developing the capabilities to solve them
translating learning to the bottom-line
Saw superior results from a people-centric system
engaging everyone in mastering the work
collaborating & cumulative learning

4. Books on Leading Lean

5. Top-down Decision-making
Leading from the ground up

6. Toyota Production System is a learning system
Reusable learning
to solve
tomorrows’ problems
Coaching + Challenge

7. Continuous Innovation
Continuous experiments & feedback from users
Kaizen savings into next generation products
Continually increasing value – faster takt time
Judgement on
concept &
new features
Supported
by new
technologies

8. The Promise of Lean
The people-centric management
system for our time
solving user needs
through meaningful work
saving time, capital & resources
Learning for continuous innovation

9. Challenge mental models
One-best-way
Reliance on experts
Bureaucracy
Traditional leaders
Traditional change management

10. Challenge assumptions
Big technology leaps drive change
Lean is learning to do new things
Automation is the answer to complexity
Addressing frictions makes complexity work
Automating routine work kills jobs
But needs more problem solvers to work

11. Champion
Lean software and IT
Beyond platforms - DIY Apps
Lean approaches to the Environment
Inspiring the next generation

12. What next for Lean?
Daniel T Jones