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Office Lean: Understanding and Implementing Flow in a Professional and Administrative Environment Feb, 2020 Video Efficiency and Operational Performance Read time: Watch as Ken Eakin explains the business system known as Lean, its effectiveness in manufacturing and other sectors and poorly applied in the knowledge economy. Ken Eakin (Rotman MBA ’13) is a senior advisor, operational excellence at Export Development Canada (EDC), a government-owned financial services company that runs on commercial principles. Based in Ottawa, Ken has been a Lean coach to EDC leaders at all levels, including senior executives, in the areas of financing, insurance, corporate finance, IT and corporate services of EDC. He’s the author of Office Lean: Understanding and Implementing Flow in a Professional and Administrative Environment (Routledge, 2019). Keywords: automation behavioural economics business history efficiency management operational performance productivity strategy

Office Lean: Understanding and Implementing Flow in a Professional and Administrative Environment

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Watch as Ken Eakin explains the business system known as Lean, its effectiveness in manufacturing and other sectors and poorly applied in the knowledge economy.

Ken Eakin

Ken Eakin (Rotman MBA ’13) is a senior advisor, operational excellence at Export Development Canada (EDC), a government-owned financial services company that runs on commercial principles. Based in Ottawa, Ken has been a Lean coach to EDC leaders at all levels, including senior executives, in the areas of financing, insurance, corporate finance, IT and corporate services of EDC. He’s the author of Office Lean: Understanding and Implementing Flow in a Professional and Administrative Environment (Routledge, 2019).

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Office Lean: Understanding and Implementing Flow in a Professional and Administrative Environment

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