Author Archives: John Hunter

Deming’s Seven Deadly Diseases

Posted on August 7, 2005 by John Hunter

Topic: Management Improvement Dr. Deming noted seven deadly diseases in chapter 3 of Out of the Crisis, 1986. Below his words from pages 97-98 are bolded. As with Deming’s other thoughts, his list of deadly diseases was continually modified as … Continue reading →

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Six Sigma at Jaguar

Posted on August 3, 2005 by John Hunter

Six Sigma at Jaguar interview with David Brunson, Powertrain Quality & Reliability, Jaguar Cars Limited by onesixsigma.com. Are there particular tools you want to focus on using more in the future? Yes, it’s very important to focus on the tools … Continue reading →

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Curious Cat Travels: Olympic and Mt. St. Helens

Posted on July 31, 2005 by John Hunter

Topic: Travel I have posted pictures from my recent trip to the Pacific Northwest: Olympic National Park photos and Mount Saint Helens National Volcanic Monument photos. Previous travelogues include: Rocky Mountain National Park, Yellowstone National Park, Paris and Egypt.

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Bezos on Lean Thinking

Posted on July 29, 2005 by John Hunter

Topic: Management Improvement and Investing 10 Questions for Jeff Bezos, time.com via Lean Manufacturing Blog Time: Here’s a question you probably hear all the time: read any good books lately? Bezos: [Laughs.] I read a book recently about Toyota’s lean … Continue reading →

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Peter F. Drucker Award for Nonprofit Innovation

Posted on July 28, 2005 by John Hunter

Topic: Management Improvement Peter F. Drucker Award for Nonprofit Innovation: ““The purpose of the Peter F. Drucker Award for Nonprofit Innovation is to find the innovators, whether small or large, to recognize and celebrate their example, and to inspire others.”” … Continue reading →

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Estate Tax Repeal

Posted on July 28, 2005 by John Hunter

Topic: Economics – Estate Tax The estate tax is the most capitalist tax that exists. Capitalism, which some seem to think is based on people inheriting assets from their relatives, is not. Capitalism is based on the concept that each … Continue reading →

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Stretching Agile to fit CMMI Level 3

Posted on July 27, 2005 by John Hunter

Topic: Management Improvement Stretching Agile to fit CMMI Level 3 by David J. Anderson. I highly recommend reading this article. My work happens to straddle both the management improvement and software development areas that this article covers. But, if you … Continue reading →

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Online Lean Manufacturing Tutorials

Posted on July 27, 2005 by John Hunter

Tutorials on Lean Production / Lean Manufacturing [the broken link was removed] from the Defense Acquisition University. The site includes five short online videos by James Womack [the broken link was removed]. The site provides a nice introduction to lean … Continue reading →

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Design of Experiments Articles

Posted on July 25, 2005 by John Hunter

We have added several Design of Experiments articles to the Curious Cat Management Improvement Library recently, including: Teaching Engineers Experimental Design With a Paper Helicopter by George Box Rethinking the Paper Helicopter [the broken link was removed] by David H. … Continue reading →

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Vice President Presents Baldrige Awards

Posted on July 23, 2005 by John Hunter

Vice President Presents Baldrige Awards (sadly NIST broke the link so it was removed), press release from NIST (July 20, 2005). The 2004 Baldrige Award for Quality recipients (links to case studies, NIST also broke all these links, so removed … Continue reading →

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