Dan Markovitz is president of Markovitz Consulting, a firm that helps organizations become faster, stronger, and more agile through the application of lean principles to knowledge work. His first book, A Factory of One, was honored with a Shingo Research Award in 2013. His new book, Building the Fit Organization, will come out in September. Markovitz has published articles in the Harvard Business Review blog,Quality Progress, Industry Week, Reliable Plant, and Management Services Journal, among other magazines. He will be a keynote speaker at the Lean UK Summit later this fall, and keynoted both the 2015 Lean Island Conference in Reykjavik, and the 2015 Printing Industry Association National Conference. He’s also a regular presenter at the Association for Manufacturing Excellence National Conference and the Outdoor Industry Association Rendezvous.