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Lean Blockchain Systems Thinking by John Dennis
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9781032986326
Published:
15 Jun 2025
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
184 pages
Dimensions:
254mm
Weight:
0.000kgs
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This book shows that blockchain, together with Lean and Systems thinking can provide multiple advantages for societies and the environment. It can be used effectively to meet sustainable development goals (SDGs).
Lean Thinking has its roots in ideas developed for process improvement in the 1900s. Systems Thinking was discussed as far back as the 1950s. Blockchain technology is based on work that started in the 1990s and was implemented soon after Satoshi Nakamoto published his Bitcoin whitepaper in 2009. Together, these three components -- Lean, Blockchain, and Systems Thinking provide a revolutionary force in process management efficiency and effectiveness.This book provides a perspective on the advantages of blockchain technology that is rarely covered in business books as well as specialist blockchain-related content. The focus has been the use of Cryptocurrencies as a store of financial value and as an instrument of speculation, like the stock market. This book shows that blockchain, together with Lean and Systems thinking can provide multiple advantages for societies and the environment. It can be used effectively to meet sustainable development goals (SDGs).Readers will appreciate that blockchain within Lean practices and Systems Thinking opens up opportunities for fundamental organizational transformation, improved strategic decision-making, increased interoperability, and a fairer, more sustainable, and less wasteful world. This book clarifies how the integration of blockchain technology as an organizational concept integrates Lean principles and Systems Thinking. This brings a transformative shift in process design, increasing productivity while minimizing waste across sectors such as industry, public services, governance, supply chains, and social frameworks.
About the Author: John Dennis is a Master Black Belt in Lean Six Sigma and a Director at Lean Six Sigma Training Ltd, UK. He is also the current Chairman of the International Lean Six Sigma Institute. John is a seasoned practitioner, facilitator, coach, and trainer of Process Improvement, Quality control, Lean Management, and Project Management in Manufacturing, Services and Information Systems environments. He has worked with Senior Operations Managers and Executives in Capability Transfer via coaching and mentoring to educate them in the application of Lean and Six Sigma methodology. Clients have recently included NHS, USB Bank, STAAR Surgical Group, Hoffman La Roche, Zimmer Biomet, Ferrexpo Mining, Novatis, Croda Chemicals, The Welding Institute (TWI Cambridge UK), Morrison Data Services, Gates Engineering and State Farm Insurance. John gained his experience in Lean Six Sigma process improvement while working for GE Automation, Entergy Systems, and as a Senior Project Manager for IBM Global Services in the USA 2002 - 2010. John has been a PMP with the Project Management Institute since 2000. He graduated from Loughborough University in Physics, and York University in Education and also has an MBA from the University of New Orleans. Experience: National Health Service, NHS, England, UK. Lean Six Sigma Green Belt program for NHS Innovation Group. 24 Green Belts. A 6-month Lean Six Sigma program of facilitated workshops, training sessions, and projects. Ferroexpo, Ukraine. 6th largest open-cast Iron Ore mine in the world 5000+ workers. Onsite training and Green Belt Leadership Training with 20 Senior Managers Machiel Tesser is a pioneer in the blockchain and lean system thinking communities in the Netherlands. He has been an advocate for integrating blockchain technology into lean process improvement and system design for several years. His work emphasizes the use of blockchain in creating an "Economy of Things," where connected devices and agents can autonomously interact and transact, driven by technologies like IoT and AI.
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