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3rd Annual Management Blog Review Part 2 of 2

Posted on January 19, 2011 by John Hunter

The management blog review this year, had 14 management bloggers review close to 50 management blogs. See part one of the roundup. And here are links to the new review posts: Mark Hamel posted his 3rd review (the first 2 … Continue reading →

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Respect for People Doesn’t Mean Avoiding Any Hint of Criticism

Posted on January 14, 2011 by John Hunter

As I said in a post a few years ago on respect for people and Taiichi Ohno‘s sometimes very aggressive style: The difference between respect and disrespect is not avoiding avoiding criticism. In fact often if you respect someone you … Continue reading →

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Is Google Failing Too Often?

Posted on January 11, 2011 by John Hunter

I think Google is extremely successful, but they do seem to consistently have problems adding to their portfolio. They did a great job with gmail. Android has been very successful. Google Maps is great. They did well building YouTube. Chrome … Continue reading →

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Annual Management Blog Review: Software, Manufacturing and Leadership

Posted on January 9, 2011 by John Hunter

In my contribution to the 3rd annual management blog roundup I will take a look at 3 blogs: Dennis Stevens, How to implement “Lean Thinking” in a Business and the Three Star Leadership Blog. This year 14 management bloggers contributed … Continue reading →

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3rd Annual Management Blog Review Part 1

Posted on January 2, 2011 by John Hunter

This year the management blog review has 14 management bloggers taking a look at close to 50 management blogs. Here are links to the blog roundups published so far: Jamie Flinchbaugh started things off with posts on: Curious Cat Management … Continue reading →

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Deming Seminar in Singapore: New Philosophy of Management

Posted on December 27, 2010 by John Hunter

The W. Edwards Deming Institute is working with the NTUC LearningHub to offer management seminars in Singapore. I will be co-facilitating at several seminars in Singapore with Kelly Allan and Kevin Cahill next month. The 2 1/2 day Seminar, Deming’s … Continue reading →

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The 3rd Annual Management Blog Review Has Begun

Posted on December 20, 2010 by John Hunter

Jamie Flinchbaugh has started off the management blog year in review with a look back at the year here: Blog Carnival Annual Roundup: 2010 – Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog. Take a look at some of the posts he highlighted … Continue reading →

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The Achilles’ Heel of Agile

Posted on December 14, 2010 by John Hunter

Guest post by Jurgen Appelo When I wrote this, I was working in a big open office space in the Van Nelle Factory in Rotterdam (see photo). About 100 people work in an office that was the first of its … Continue reading →

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Management Improvement Carnival #117

Posted on December 1, 2010 by John Hunter

Bryan Lund is hosting the Management Improvement Carnival #117 on the Training Within Industry blog, highlights include: Mark Hamel at Gembatales warns us against the danger of serving two masters…I love the caricatures that he develops for the reader – … Continue reading →

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Management Improvement Carnival #116

Posted on November 20, 2010 by John Hunter

The management blog carnival is published 3 times a month with select recent management blog posts. Also try Curious Cat Management Articles for online management improvement articles: you can subscribe to an RSS feed for management articles now. Why Google … Continue reading →

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