Summary: Is Lean anything more than a Hypothesis? Dr Jim Womack: “The life of lean is experiments. All authority for any sensei flows from experiments on the gemba [the place where work takes place], not from dogmatic interpretations of sacred texts or the few degrees of separation from the founders of the movement. In short, lean is not a religion but a daily practice of conducting experiments and accumulating knowledge.” <br> <br> Listen to Dr. Womack discuss Lean in the first part of a two part podcast Part 2 of the podcast will be next Tuesday. We discussed his new book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1934109150/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=business901-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=1934109150">Gemba Walks</a> and many of the problems in implementing Lean. <br> <br> Dr. Womack is the founder of and senior advisor to the <a href="http://www.lean.org/">Lean Enterprise Institute, Inc</a>., a nonprofit training, publishing, conference, and management research company chartered to advance a set of ideas known as lean production and lean thinking. <br> <br> Related Information: <br> <br> <a href="http://business901.com/blog1/lean-quality-six-sigma-consultants-and-organizations-28-day-marketing-program/">Lean, Quality, Six Sigma Consultants and Organizations – 28 Day Marketing Program</a> <br> <br> <a href="http://business901.com/blog1/lean-is-the-tool-that-creates-the-customer-relationship/">Lean is the tool that Creates the Customer Relationship</a> <br> <br> <a href="http://business901.com/blog1/why-lean-marketing-because-it-is-the-future-of-marketing/">Why Lean Marketing? Because it is the Future of Marketing …</a> <br> <br> <a href="http://business901.com/blog1/pdca-for-lean-marketing-knowledge-creation/">PDCA for Lean Marketing, Knowledge Creation</a> <br> <br> <a href="http://business901.com/blog1/lean-marketing-creates-knowledge-for-the-customer/">Lean Marketing Creates Knowledge for the Customer</a>
