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Category Archives: Systems thinking
The Problem with Targets
Targets can seriously damage your health by Simon Caulkin Targets, claim their defenders, are simple, they provide focus, and they work. Yes, they do. Unfortunately, these are also their fatal flaws. The simplicity is a delusion. As Russ Ackoff put … Continue reading
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The Lazy Unreasonable Man
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” – George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman That quote sprang to mind … Continue reading
Posted in Fun, Management, Psychology, quote, Systems thinking
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Fooled by Randomness
This is a nice article discussing how people are often fooled by thinking there must be special causes for patterns in random data. I still remember my father showing my classes these lessons when I was in grade school. Playing … Continue reading
Posted in Data, Management, Statistics, Systems thinking
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Enhancing Passion of Employees
What can we do to enhance passion amongst employees? Some think you need to pay people more. If tomorrow you doubled everyone’s pay they are excited for a short time a few months later everything is the same on the … Continue reading
Posted in Management, Psychology, Respect, Systems thinking
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Bring Me Solutions Not Problems
My comments on: No Problem Without a Solution [I removed the broken link] I understand that most managers feel that their employees should not bring them problems. Instead, expressed in the most positive way, employees should fix things or bring … Continue reading
Posted in Lean thinking, Management, Psychology, Respect, Systems thinking
Tagged curiouscat, management, managing people, problem solving, Process improvement, Respect, Taiichi Ohno, tips
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CEO’s Given Lottery Sized Payouts
Comment on: Fun With Statistics, CEO Life Edition In the US, CEO’s tend to be fairly interchangeable these days and it is rare for their tenure to exceed five years. There are some notable exceptions such as chain-saw Al and … Continue reading
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Seven Fatal Flaws of Performance Measurement
The Seven Fatal Flaws of Performance Measurement by Joseph F. Castellano, Saul Young, and Harper A. Roehm Performance measurement systems are used to establish specific goals, align employee behavior, and increase accountability. Organizations often use these systems to set targets … Continue reading
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Employees That Telecommute are the Most Loyal
In Loyal Employees Stay Home, quotes from the Wall Street Journal (behind a iron curtain still in this day and age – oh well): “When companies allow employees to work remotely or from home, they are explicitly communicating to them … Continue reading
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Keeping Older Workers
We’re Not Finnished With You Yet Abloy and many other Finnish companies are suddenly treating older employees like a precious resource. Instead of nudging them into early retirement, they’re coaxing gray-hairs to work longer with better health benefits, extra weeks … Continue reading
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Deming on being Destroyed by Best Efforts
Best efforts are essential. Unfortunately, best efforts, people charging this way and that way without guidance of principles, can do a lot of damage. Think of the chaos that would come if everyone did his best, not knowing what to … Continue reading
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