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Author Archives: John Hunter
Transforming Aggression into Creative Problem Solving
Transforming Aggression into Creative Problem Solving [the broken link has been removed] by Margaret J. Wheatley and Geoff Crinean With their intelligence awakened, people want to contribute, want to change things, want to make things happen. They will work with … Continue reading
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Failed Practice: Forced Ranking
The ABCs of Rank and Fire Management [the broken link has been removed] by Mark Edmondson Due in part to the influence of GE, employee ranking has become more widely adopted over the past 20 years. According to a 2004 … Continue reading
Going Lean in Health Care
Going Lean in Health Care [the broken link has been removed] a report from the Institute for Healthcare improvement based on presentation by James Womack and others. This report is an another excellent resource from IHI, which I have mentioned … Continue reading
Posted in Health care, Lean thinking, Management, Respect
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David Anderson CMMI Webcast Aug 18
CMMI Webcast Scheduled for August 18th [broken link removed] David Anderson will present the Microsoft Solutions Framework for CMMI Process Improvement material live at 11am Pacific Daylight Time on August 18th. After the presentation he will answer questions in a … Continue reading
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Tagged agile management, Software Development
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Collaboration Rules
Collaboration Rules [broken link was removed] by Philip Evans and Bob Wolf: We have found that Toyota’s managerial methods resemble, in a number of their fundamentals, the workings of the Linux community; the Toyota Production System (TPS) owes some of … Continue reading
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Tagged lean manufacturing, Psychology, Toyota Production System (TPS)
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Purpose of an Organization
W. Edwards Deming described the purpose of an organization in New Economics, on page 51, as: The aim proposed here for any organization is for everybody to gain – stockholders, employees, suppliers, customers, community, the environment – over the long … Continue reading
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Tagged Deming, organization as a system, Popular, respect for people, suppliers
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Indian Firms Learning From Toyota
Taking A Page From Toyota’s Playbook [the broken link has been removed], Business Week: The goal for Wipro is to become the Toyota of business services. Toyota preaches continuous improvement, respect for employees, learning, and embracing change. “It’s the soft … Continue reading
Posted in India, IT, Management, Process improvement, Respect, Toyota Production System (TPS)
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Science and Engineering Macroeconomic Investment
I posted to the Curious Cat Science Blog on the Science and Engineering Doctoral Degrees being granted around the world. Why do I post this here as a Economic post? I believe, as do some countries that have made significant … Continue reading
Design of Experiments in Advertising
How Two Guys From the Gold Country Are Changing Advertising Forever [the broken link has been removed] by Robert X. Cringely James Kowalick and Mario Fantoni, two guys who say they can show you how to use science to design … Continue reading
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Tagged Design of Experiments, marketing, sales
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What Business Can Learn from Open Source
What Business Can Learn from Open Source by Paul Graham As usual Paul Graham’s new article is a great read. I think the most important of the new principles business has to learn is that people work a lot harder … Continue reading
Posted in IT, Management, Software Development
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