{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Lean Enterprise Institute","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.lean.org","author_name":"Mark Witkowski","author_url":"https:\/\/www.lean.org\/the-lean-post\/articles\/author\/mwitkowski\/","title":"The Birth of Lean: Conversations with the Founders of TPS - Lean Enterprise Institute","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Hlf40yrOdW\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lean.org\/store\/book\/the-birth-of-lean-conversations-with-the-founders-of-tps-2\/\">The Birth of Lean: Conversations with the Founders of TPS<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lean.org\/store\/book\/the-birth-of-lean-conversations-with-the-founders-of-tps-2\/embed\/#?secret=Hlf40yrOdW\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The Birth of Lean: Conversations with the Founders of TPS&#8221; &#8212; Lean Enterprise Institute\" data-secret=\"Hlf40yrOdW\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.lean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/birth-of-lean-book-cover.png","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":900,"description":"Fascinating interviews with the founders of lean. Learn about the origins of the Toyota Production System from the people responsible for its creation.\u00a0As its pioneers explain in\u00a0The Birth of Lean, there was no master plan to create a company-wide improvement system. TPS came about through experimentation, trial and error, and an evolution of ideas that shaped Toyota\u2019s structure and management system."}