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Author Archives: John Hunter
Severance Plans to Respect People
Yahoo’s Severance Plans a Defense Against Microsoft? Yahoo’s board of directors has created an expansive severance package for all full-time employees who are either terminated without “cause” or leave on their own with “good reason” following a “change in control … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Management, Respect
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Renting Toys
That kids get tired of many toys long before the toys are worn out is not a recent revelation Those frustrated by this waste surely number in the millions in the last few decades alone. Some attempts to reduce the … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Management
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USA Spent $2.1 Trillion on Health Care in 2006
The percent of GDP spent on health care in the USA increased again in 2006 – to 16%. Health care spending reached a total of $2.1 trillion, or $7,026 per person in 2006, up from $6,649 per person in 2005. … Continue reading
Popular Mechanics: Made in the USA
Five American Manufacturers Doing It Right America’s manufacturing sales stagnated at the $4 trillion mark in the late 1990s. But then something surprising happened. America started selling again—finding more customers for tractors, steel, plastics, knives and medicines than ever before. … Continue reading
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Software Supporting Processes Not the Other Way Around
Rental Car IT What was funny about that exercise were the looks we got from the no nonsense King of IT: “Of course, we want things to be simple and flexible — why are you bothering to tell us this?” … Continue reading
Posted in Data, IT, Lean thinking, Management, Software Development, Systems thinking
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Innovation Strategy
Six Principles for Making New Things by Paul Graham The answer, I realized, is that my m.o. for all four has been the same. Here it is: I like to find (a) simple solutions (b) to overlooked problems (c) that … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Innovation, Management
Tagged Clayton Christensen, Innovation, Paul Graham, strategy
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Samuel Adams Acts Like a Good Neighbor
Some people think business is only about making money. I agree with Dr. Deming that the purpose is much larger than that. Even if you take a view similar to mine though, it is not often companies intentionally help those … Continue reading
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Tagged Creativity, ethics
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Management Improvement Carnival #29
Mark Graban is hosting Management Improvement Carnival #29 on the Lean blog, some of the highlights include: Standard Work for Managers = Go to Gemba (Joe Ely, Learning About Lean) “Get to the workplace. Look. Listen.” Designing What’s Right for … Continue reading
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Don’t Use Performance Appraisals
I like to continue to push for some things that might not seem achievable to many. It is too easy to accept that things have to stay the way they are. Several of Dr. Deming’s list of Seven Deadly Management … Continue reading
Posted in Deming, Management, Performance Appraisal, Psychology, Respect
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New – Different – Better
Comment on New or Different? by Matthew May: So don’t worry about new and different. Ask yourself: Is this clearly better than what’s out there now? And if you think about it, that’s a question you should never stop asking. … Continue reading
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Tagged Deming, Innovation, Management, Process improvement
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