ABSTRACT
This chapter draws conclusions based on the theoretical and empirical findings of the book. It argues that Lean thinking is not just another form of post-Fordism but biocapitalism par excellence. Lean changes the roles and arrangements of gender, labour, and working bodies; it highlights the role of affects, social qualities of humans, and their capabilities to anticipate and get excited, as the key aspects of work performance in biocapitalism. While workers encountering Lean may obtain tools to control their work better, this encounter also includes several risks. The chapter summarises how welfare service workers come across Lean in the context of Lean training and its implementation and how, as a consequence, gendered and embodied habits slowly become reorganised in daily care work.
