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Author Archives: John Hunter
Lessons for Managers from Wisconsin and Duke Basketball
What can managers learn from Duke and Wisconsin’s basketball teams? Duke and Wisconsin are in the college basketball championship game tonight. They reached this stage through a great deal of hard work, skill, training and coaching. Raw talent matters to … Continue reading
Posted in Management, Systems thinking
Tagged Madison, management, sports, system thinking, teams, Wisconsin
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Encouraging the Next Generation of STEM Professionals
In the most recent ASQ Influential Voices post, Bill Troy, ASQ CEO, asks: how should we encourage the next generation of STEM Professionals? I addressed a similar question in: Future Engineers and Scientists, which provides many details on this question. … Continue reading
Transforming a Management System – A Case Study From the Madison Wisconsin Police Department
This post in an excerpt from The Quality Leadership Workbook for Police by Chief David Couper and Captain Sabine Lobitz (buy via Amazon). Transformational Steps A Case Study Madison, Wisconsin (1981-1993) Step 1: Educate and inform everyone in the organization … Continue reading
Posted in Customer focus, Data, Deming, Management, Respect, Statistics
Tagged Books, case study, change, continual improvement, Customer focus, Data, Deming, leadership, Madison, management, organization as a system, Public Sector, respect for people, TQM, transformation
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Hire Me to Manage Your Blog or Web Presence
I would like to add a client for my blog and web presence management services. The most obvious fit is for management consultants, in my opinion, though others may also be interested. My blogs have been honored often over the … Continue reading
Posted in curiouscat.com
Tagged internet, John Hunter, management consulting
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Improving Management Globally
In the most recent ASQ Influential Voices post, Bill Troy, ASQ CEO, asks: Why Should Quality Go Global? ASQ’s mission statement talks about increasing the use and impact of quality in response to the diverse needs of the world. Are … Continue reading
Some Thoughts on Investing from My Recent Interview
In the first few years of this blog I posted occasionally, but still much more than the last few years, on investing and economics. Now I mainly post on those topics on the Curious Cat Investing and Economics blog (see … Continue reading
Posted in Health care, Investing
Tagged Apple, Google, Health care, Investing, John Hunter
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Who Inspires Your Management Thinking and Action?
This month Bill Troy, ASQ CEO, asked ASQ Influential Voices bloggers: “who influenced or inspired your management thinking and in what ways?” He discussed Paul O’Neill’s influence on his thinking [the broken link was removed – so many websites have … Continue reading
Posted in Management
Tagged curiouscat, George Box, John Hunter, leadership, Madison, management, William Hunter
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10 Most Popular Posts on the Curious Cat Management Blog in 2014
Here is a list of the 10 most popular posts on this blog last year (as measured by views counted by my analytics applications). The posts were published in 2010 (4 posts), 2013 (2), 2014 (2), 2005 (1) and 2012 … Continue reading
Is Quality Ambitious Enough?
This month Bill Troy, ASQ CEO, asked ASQ Influential Voices bloggers to explore the question – Is Quality Ambitious Enough? Bill Troy suggests a vision for ASQ of To improve the function and value of goods and services worldwide, and … Continue reading
Posted in Career, Management, Respect
Tagged aim, ASQ Influential Voices, Bill Hunter, respect for people, system thinking
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Good Startup Ideas from Startup Weekend JB (Malaysia)
I like all these startup ideas from Startup Weekend JB (Malaysia). I can’t figure out how to comment on their blog (I am guessing Tumbler just eliminates commenting?), so I started this post – and ended up adding much more … Continue reading
Posted in Customer focus, Innovation, IT
Tagged Asia, business, Customer focus, customer service, Innovation, IT, management, Software Development, startup
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