John Black LEAN book accuses Sask. of "racist overtones"
The man who brought the province LEAN is not cutting down his thoughts on his time in Saskatchewan.
In his book “The Toyota Way to Healthcare Excellence”, Black wrote that the government was at best “nationalist”.
In 2011, the province signed a four-year, $40 million contract with John Black and Associates (JBA) to introduce the cost-cutting system to health care. That contract was eventually cut short by a few months.
Black writes about the criticism his LEAN system faced both politically, by the NDP and health care unions, and in the media, describing it “as a political football”.