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Pascal Dennis
Pascal Dennis (born in 1957) is a Canadian entrepreneur, business consultant, board advisor, speaker, author and composer, known for his work on Strategy Execution, Continuous Improvement and Innovation, and for an ongoing series of original musical albums. His music is a blend of multiple genres, including country, blues, rock, jazz and bossa nova

Biography

Born in 1957 in Toronto, Canada, Dennis’ parents were migrants who escaped the Greek Civil War of 1946 to 1948. The family settled in Toronto’s Kensington Market area, and eventually opened a small family diner, the Imperial Grill, which figures prominently in Dennis’ books and songs.

Dennis obtained a Masters of Engineering at the University of Toronto’s School of Chemical Engineering in 1982 and received his Professional Engineer license from the Professional Engineers of Ontario in 1991. Dennis studied the Toyota Production System while working at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada in the 1990’s. Starting in 2000, Dennis founded and co-founded a number of startups including the business consulting firms, Lean Pathways and Digital Pathways. In 2022 Dennis completed INSEAD’s International Director Program.

Dennis has written six books on business, continuous improvement and innovation, including the trilogy, Andy & Me, The Remedy and Andy & Me and the Hospital. His latest book is Harnessing Digital Disruption – How Companies Win with Design Thinking, Agile, and Lean Startup. Four of Dennis’ books have received the Shingo Prize for Research.

Dennis is a prolific songwriter and musician and has released four albums of original musical, and a stream of singles. His latest album, Love is a Drug from Hell, was released in March, 2024.

Selected Publications


 * Dennis, Pascal and Laurent Simon. Harnessing Digital Disruption – How Companies Win with Design Thinking, Agile and Lean Startup. CRC Press 2021
 * Dennis, Pascal. Lean Production Simplified – a Plain Language Guide to the World’s Most Powerful Production System 3rd Edition, Productivity Press, 2016 (Shingo Prize)
 * Dennis, Pascal. The Remedy – Bringing Lean Thinking out of the Factory to Transform the Entire Organization. Wiley 2010 (Shingo Prize)
 * Dennis Pascal. Getting the Right Things Done – a Leader’s Guide to Planning and Execution. Lean Enterprise Institute, 2006 (Shingo Prize)
 * Dennis, Pascal. Andy & Me – Crisis and Transformation on the Lean Journey 2nd Edition, Productivity Press, 2011 (Shingo Prize)

Original Music Albums

External links and Sources
 * Crazy Angels, August 2021
 * Nicaragua Moon, July 2022
 * Shame on the Sun, March 2023
 * Love is a Drug from Hell, March 2024