Join Us for a Conversation with Jim Womack

May 16th, 2004 by Hal

Join us this week for our conversation with Jim Womack. Jim is the co-author of The Machine that Changed the World and Lean Thinking. These two books brought the Toyota Production System from the industrial engineering department to the front office. We will be exploring how lean thinking is transforming how projects are planned and delivered. If you haven't already signed up for the series on conversations with project authors then do so now at leader.halmacomber.com/project_authors.html. We'll have our conversation on Thursday May 20, from 1:00 - 2:15 PM Eastern.

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Hal Says:
May 17th, 2004 at 12:45 pm
Yes, we will be on the phone with Jim. It’s a concall for 100 people. If you haven’t signed up, then do so now by visiting http://leader.halmacomber.com/project_authors.html.

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