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Author Archives: John Hunter
What’s the Value of a Big Bonus?
What’s the Value of a Big Bonus? by Dan Ariely To look at this question, three colleagues and I conducted an experiment. We presented 87 participants with an array of tasks that demanded attention, memory, concentration and creativity. We asked … Continue reading
Posted in Data, Deming, Management, Psychology, Respect, Systems thinking
Tagged bonus, Data, executive pay, experiments, extrinsic motivation, Psychology
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The Manager FAQ
This is a great set of answers for programmers on the behavior of managers, that can also be of interest to some non-programmers. The Manager FAQ by Peter Seebach The following list is an attempt to cover some of the … Continue reading
Posted in Management, Software Development
Tagged management, Psychology, Software Development
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CMMI and Agile Development
CMMI or Agile: Why Not Embrace Both! is a new report that is worth reading. All too often, CMMI has been applied rather than implemented. The standards-centric application of CMMI has contributed to some spectacular failures and losses of time … Continue reading
Ford’s Camaçari Plant in Brazil
Brazil’s Camaçari plant is model for the future This state-of-the-art manufacturing complex in the northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia is not only the centerpiece of Ford’s Brazilian turnaround plan, it is also one of the most advanced automobile plants in … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation, Manufacturing, Respect, webcast
Tagged cars, Innovation, Manufacturing, Respect, South America, webcast
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Management Improvement Carnival #47
Posted in Carnival, Management
Tagged agile management, Carnival, management, project management, Software Development
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Lean and Kanban for Software Developers
Lean and Kanban for Software Developers by Clinton Keith Time-boxing allows us to employ a very powerful aspect of Kanban. The cards in each column represent capacity for each stage of the value stream. As we see above, each stage … Continue reading
Posted in Lean thinking, Management, Management Articles, Software Development
Tagged Lean thinking, management, Software Development
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6 Leadership Competencies
At the recent Annual W. Edwards Deming Institute Annual conference (this year held in Madison, Wisconsin) Peter Scholtes gave an excellent speech on the 6 Leadership Competencies from his book: The Leader’s Handbook. Those competencies are: The ability to think … Continue reading
Posted in Deming, Management, Psychology, Systems thinking
Tagged Deming, John Hunter, Madison, Peter Scholtes, quote, tips, variation
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ASQ William Hunter Award 2008: Ronald Does
The recipient of the 2008 William G. Hunter Award is Ronald Does. The Statistics Division of the American Society for Quality (ASQ) uses the attributes that characterize Bill Hunter’s (my father – John Hunter) career – consultant, educator for practitioners, … Continue reading
Posted in Design of Experiments, Statistics
Tagged awards, Bill Hunter, engineering, Statistics
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Easiest Countries for Doing Business 2008
Singapore is again ranked first for Ease of Doing Business by the World Bank. For some reason they call the report issued in any given year as the report for the next year (which makes no sense to me). The … Continue reading
Posted in Competition, Economics, Management
Tagged Data, Economics, entrepreneur, global, Japan, UK, USA
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Tilting at Ludicrous CEO Pay 2008
I continue to tilt at the robber barron CEO pay packages (2007 post on CEO pay abuses). 2007 pay rank Company CEO Pay 5 Year Pay CEO % of 2007 Earnings 1 Apple Steve Jobs $646,600,000 $650,170,000 18.5% 2 Occidental … Continue reading →