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Lean Quotes from John Shook to Inspire You and Your Team

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Lean Quotes from John Shook to Inspire You and Your Team

By Lean Leaper and John Shook

February 8, 2017

We share with you some inspiring quotes from LEI CEO John Shook.

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Here are a few of our favorite quotes from John Shook’s eletters, summit talks, and articles.

 

Helping people create more value on their own represents on of the highest forms of respect

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Lean isn't lean if it doesn't involve everyone

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Start somewhere and learn from experience

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Almost all innovations are actually improvements

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Embrace all reasonable ideas, but then let the ideas, the facts, speak for themselves

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I wish I knew more about learning

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Put down your firefighter hat and become an impartial, objective investigator

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Why does your organization exist?

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What is the purpose of your work?

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Don’t be afraid to admit when you don’t know

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Do you have a quote from John or another lean thinker that has helped you? Please share below in the comments. 

 

Join Keynote Speaker, John Shook and other lean thinkers for two days of learning, sharing and networking in Carlsbad, California, at the 2017 Lean Transformation Summit. Learn more at lean.org/summits

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About John Shook

John Shook learned about lean management while working for Toyota for 11 years in Japan and the U.S., helping it transfer production, engineering, and management systems from Japan to NUMMI and other operations around the world. While at Toyota’s headquarters, he became the company’s first American kacho (manager) in Japan.…

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