Being There: Q&A With Pat Byrne, GE’s Lean Transformation Leader

Pat Byrne first encountered lean management more than two decades ago and has since become an expert practitioner and believer in the power of its philosophy of continuous improvement. So much so that Byrne, CEO of GE Digital, also serves as vice president for lean transformation at GE, which placed lean at the core of its turnaround. “What I learned about lean is that it’s the ultimate engagement tool,” he says. “Lean is not a thing you do at the end of the month to fill out forms, you do it every day. It is a full-contact sport.