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Tag Archives: Customer focus
Newspaper Innovation In Kansas
The newspaper industry is facing challenging times. One success story is the Lawrence Journal-World in Lawrence, Kansas. I first heard about their efforts years ago: Watchful Eyes on Kansas Media Innovations, NPR, 2005 Many media companies hoped that convergence — … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Customer focus, Deming, Innovation, IT
Tagged Creativity, Customer focus, Deming, Innovation, internet, IT
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Lame Move by Google
Google does great things and makes good decisions most often. However a recent move on their part has ended very lamely. As part of what their 10th anniversary celebration they provided a search of the 2001 index (the oldest index … Continue reading
Posted in Customer focus, Google, IT
Tagged Creativity, Customer focus, engineering, Google, internet, usability
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Don’t Do What Your Users Say
In, Don’t do what your users say [the broken link was removed], Hanford Lemoore, provides a nice illustration of why customer focus is important but must be done with care. in UI design it’s important to understand that what a … Continue reading
Posted in Customer focus, Deming, Management, Software Development
Tagged Creativity, Customer focus, Software Development, usability
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Google Knows it is a 2.0 World
You can accomplish a great deal by just talking to people. Google Public Relations: I did not really expect it, but the next day I got a call from Jeffrey Korn at Google California. He explained that he was the … Continue reading
Find Joy and Success in Business
David Heinemeier Hansson Talk [the broken link has been removed] at Startup School 2008 (Paul Graham‘s Y-combinator school). It is helpful to appreciate the importance of some simple ideas. Working on web focused businesses people often get carried away with … Continue reading
Posted in Customer focus, Deming, Fun, Innovation, IT, Management, Psychology, Respect, Software Development
Tagged Customer focus, Software Development, startup, webcasts
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Pleasing Customers
Why is 37signals so arrogant? by Don Norman The Brash Boys at 37signals Will Tell You: Keep it Simple, Stupid. Brash is an understatement. I was quoted in the article because of my article arguing that simplicity is highly overrated: … Continue reading
Toyota’s Commitment
From Toyota’s blog, Living Up to Our Commitment We’ve received reports that on a small number of model-year 1995 to 2000 Tacomas, excessive corrosion of the frame has caused perforation of the metal. The reason for this, it appears, is … Continue reading
Posted in Customer focus, Management, Toyota Production System (TPS)
Tagged blogs, cars, Customer focus, Deming, management, Toyota, Toyota Production System (TPS)
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Customers Get Dissed and Tell
There are those rare companies where interacting with them is not a dreaded experience: Trader Joe’s, Southwest Airlines, Ritz Carlton, Crutchfield, Cannon, Groovix. There are not many. And even just providing something that just works is seen as a treat. … Continue reading
Posted in Customer focus, Deming, Management, Psychology
Tagged bad service, blogs, Customer focus, Deming, inspection, internet, overpaid executives, Psychology, Systems thinking
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Losing Consumers’ Trust
Last week their was a recall of 143 million pounds of beef in the USA. Lets take a short systemic view at what is going on. The public has an interest in a safe food supply which is difficult to … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Management, Psychology, Science, Systems thinking
Tagged Customer focus, export, food, government, health, Psychology, regulation, safety, Systems thinking, trade
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Focus on Customers and Employees
As I have stated I believe it is the purpose of organization to serve many stakeholders (customer, employees, stockholders, community…). Thankfully some companies agree: Compensation at Whole Foods – Starbucks: Respect for Workers – Google: Ten Golden Rules – Amazon … Continue reading