Daniel T. Jones is coauthor (with Jim Womack) of the books that exposed the performance leap made by Toyota (The Machine that Changed the World), defined how to follow their example (Lean Thinking), and demonstrated new ways of defining customer value (Lean Solutions). He is a missionary, coach, and speaker, and he and Dr. Womack are the Founding Chairmen of the Lean Global Network of 17 nonprofit institutes around the world, including the Lean Enterprise Institute in the US and the Lean Enterprise Academy in the UK.