http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2005/07/14/fast-company-interview-jeff-immelt/ Management Improvement focused on Deming, lean thinking, innovation, customer focus, six sigma, etc. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:35:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2005/07/14/fast-company-interview-jeff-immelt/comment-page-1/#comment-33045 Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog » Appropriate Management Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:30:45 +0000 http://management.curiouscatblog.net/?p=281#comment-33045 Stop chasing some new shiny thing and adopt solutions that are effective - even if they seem boring... Stop chasing some new shiny thing and adopt solutions that are effective – even if they seem boring…

]]> http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2005/07/14/fast-company-interview-jeff-immelt/comment-page-1/#comment-32458 david foster Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:00:58 +0000 http://management.curiouscatblog.net/?p=281#comment-32458 Maybe what Jeff I is really doing here is distinguishing his own management priorities from those of his predecessor, without being directly critical of Mr Welch. Maybe what Jeff I is really doing here is distinguishing his own management priorities from those of his predecessor, without being directly critical of Mr Welch.

]]> http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2005/07/14/fast-company-interview-jeff-immelt/comment-page-1/#comment-32250 CuriousCat: Toyota Execution Not Close to Being Copied Wed, 07 May 2008 11:45:34 +0000 http://management.curiouscatblog.net/?p=281#comment-32250 Toyota's innovation is not limited to process and execution. Toyota’s long term vision results in very dramatic innovation (that granted is not getting the press today - check back in 20 years, I think you will be reading about it then)... Toyota’s innovation is not limited to process and execution. Toyota’s long term vision results in very dramatic innovation (that granted is not getting the press today – check back in 20 years, I think you will be reading about it then)…

]]> http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2005/07/14/fast-company-interview-jeff-immelt/comment-page-1/#comment-29083 CuriousCat: Six Sigma and Innovation Sat, 01 Sep 2007 13:46:34 +0000 http://management.curiouscatblog.net/?p=281#comment-29083 As I have stated many times, while bad six sigma efforts may harm innovation but there is no reason good six sigma efforts would. In fact good six sigma efforts help innovation... As I have stated many times, while bad six sigma efforts may harm innovation but there is no reason good six sigma efforts would. In fact good six sigma efforts help innovation…

]]> http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2005/07/14/fast-company-interview-jeff-immelt/comment-page-1/#comment-674 Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog » New Rules for Management? No! Sun, 10 Dec 2006 16:07:31 +0000 http://management.curiouscatblog.net/?p=281#comment-674 [...] "New" rule: Look out, not in. - What kind of rule is that? It is pretty obvious you need to do both. I find it incredible the amount of time that is taken trying to show “new” ideas that amount to absolutely nothing. [...] [...] “New” rule: Look out, not in. – What kind of rule is that? It is pretty obvious you need to do both. I find it incredible the amount of time that is taken trying to show “new” ideas that amount to absolutely nothing. [...]

]]> http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2005/07/14/fast-company-interview-jeff-immelt/comment-page-1/#comment-80 Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog » Blog Archive » Quality and Innovation Tue, 04 Jul 2006 15:07:50 +0000 http://management.curiouscatblog.net/?p=281#comment-80 [...] I really don’t understand how people can talk about innovation as if it were some new discovery. Yes I understand we can bring a different focus to innovation. We can reconfigure management structures to encourage and support innovation. That is good. And new ideas are being developed, but the innovation fad is silly. And accepting the notion that this innovation stuff is some new idea will make managers less effective than if they understand the past. [...] [...] I really don’t understand how people can talk about innovation as if it were some new discovery. Yes I understand we can bring a different focus to innovation. We can reconfigure management structures to encourage and support innovation. That is good. And new ideas are being developed, but the innovation fad is silly. And accepting the notion that this innovation stuff is some new idea will make managers less effective than if they understand the past. [...]

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