Author Archives: John Hunter

Quality is a Journey to Excellence – Improving the System

Quality is a Journey to Excellence is a 2 day management seminar that Bill Hunter (my father) recorded in 1985 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The embedded clip shows the third section of a the seminar on improving the system. Deming … Continue reading

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In Praise of Data-Driven Management (AKA “Why You Should be Skeptical of HiPPO’s”)

Guest post by Justin Hunter, originally published 18 August 2009. Jeff Fry recently linked to a fantastic webcast in Controlled Experiments To Test For Bugs In Our Mental Models. I would highly recommend it to anyone without any reservations. Ron … Continue reading

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Curious Cat Management Improvement Institute

I have established the Curious Cat Management Improvement Institute as a non profit that will serve as an online resource to help those that want to improve the practice of management. Curious Cat Management Improvement Institute is dedicated to furthering … Continue reading

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