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Tag Archives: John Hunter
Hire Me to Manage Your Blog or Web Presence
I would like to add a client for my blog and web presence management services. The most obvious fit is for management consultants, in my opinion, though others may also be interested. My blogs have been honored often over the … Continue reading
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Tagged internet, John Hunter, management consulting
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Some Thoughts on Investing from My Recent Interview
In the first few years of this blog I posted occasionally, but still much more than the last few years, on investing and economics. Now I mainly post on those topics on the Curious Cat Investing and Economics blog (see … Continue reading
Posted in Health care, Investing
Tagged Apple, Google, Health care, Investing, John Hunter
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A Strong Management System Handles the Transition of Leaders With Ease
Part three (of three) of an interview of me with Bill Fox has been published. Leadership While Viewing the Organization as a System …So if I see the weak management system as the problem, the solution is not nearly as … Continue reading
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Tagged Deming, interview, John Hunter, leadership, organization as a system
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Curious Cat Blog Network
I recently created one RSS feed for all the Curious Cat Network blogs (which also includes other blogs I author). Of course, you can also subscribe to the RSS feed for this blog by itself: Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog … Continue reading
Building a Great Software Development Team
Elliot: I worked with some of the best programmers I’ve ever known at the tiny, obscure ASEE Adam Solove: Why do you think that happened? They hired for passion, rather than experience? If I had to pick one thing, passion … Continue reading
Interview on PDSA, Deming, Strategy and More
Bill Fox interviewed me and has posted part one of the interview on his web site: Predicting Results in the Planning Stage (sorry, the link has been hijacked to forward to an unrelated page [so obviously I removed the link], … Continue reading
What is the Explanation Going to be if This Attempt Fails?
Occasionally during my career I have been surprised by new insights. One of the things I found remarkable was how quickly I thought up a new explanation for what could have caused a problem when the previously expressed explanation was … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Innovation, Management, Process improvement, quote, Software Development, Systems thinking
Tagged Creativity, curiouscat, experiments, John Hunter, problem solving, Psychology, Software Development, tips
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Leadership and Management
I don’t think the attempts to separate leadership and management are useful. I read plenty of things that are variations on Peter Drucker’s: “Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.” A manager that is not concerned … Continue reading
Posted in Lean thinking, Management, quote, Systems thinking
Tagged commentary, curiouscat, John Hunter, leadership, lean manufacturing, management, quote, system thinking
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Lean Blog Podcast with John Hunter
Mark Graban interviewed me for the Lean Blog podcast series: Podcast #174 – John Hunter, “Management Matters” (listen using this link). Links to more information on what we discussed in the podcast. Madison, Wisconsin: William G. Hunter, George Box, Brian … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Deming, John Hunter, Madison, management, Management Matters, podcast, Psychology, respect for people
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Deming and Software Development
I am sometimes asked about how use Deming’s ideas on management in a software development context. My belief is Deming’s ideas work extremely well in a software development context. The main issue is often unlearning some assumptions that people might … Continue reading →