Monthly Archives: November 2005

Carnival of Lean Leadership #3

Posted on November 23, 2005 by John Hunter

Carnival of Lean Leadership #3 [the broken link was removed] from Evolving Excellence once again does a great job of collection links to posts worth reading, including: A big welcome to Norman Bodek, who has started his own blog, Kaikaku. … Continue reading →

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Be Thankful for Lean Thinking

Posted on November 22, 2005 by John Hunter

Topics: Management Improvement and Economics The Dallas Federal Reserve white paper, Supply Chain Management: The Science of Better, Faster, Cheaper [the broken link was removed] by Thomas F. Siems provides a macroeconmic view of what to be thankful due to … Continue reading →

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Performance Transformation

Posted on November 21, 2005 by John Hunter

Six steps to success – How to drive performance transformation by Gautam Kumra (India): Other companies encourage “lean” thinking, which began as an automotive-inspired and assembly-oriented methodology but which today is as established in many financial processes, service industries and … Continue reading →

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Innovation and Research and Development

Posted on November 20, 2005 by John Hunter

Innovation and R&D by John Hagel: From a competitive viewpoint, what matters is the relative rate of productivity improvement. R&D spending and patent filings will matter little if they do not translate into faster productivity improvement -– in fact, they … Continue reading →

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Process Leadership

Posted on November 20, 2005 by John Hunter

Process Leadership [the broken link was removed] by Daniel T Jones: the most promising approach is to create a small team, led by a high potential executive, operating initially outside the normal departmental structure and reporting to the top. They … Continue reading →

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The Economist on Drucker

Posted on November 20, 2005 by John Hunter

Trusting the teacher in the grey-flannel suit: He was a harsh critic of the assembly-line system of production that then dominated the manufacturing sector – —partly because assembly lines moved at the speed of the slowest and partly because they … Continue reading →

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Laurence Haughton on Peter Drucker

Posted on November 19, 2005 by John Hunter

Laurence Haughton on Peter Drucker [the broken link was removed]: He criticized organizations who issued directives to “cut 5 or 10 percent from budgets across the board.” … And I’ll bet others can find 100 additional quoted and ignored lessons … Continue reading →

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Superior Customer Experiences

Posted on November 19, 2005 by John Hunter

Grow Your Business Through Superior Customer Experiences [the broken link was removed] by D. Randall Brandt and Rodger Stotz: In that study, Oakley found that there is a direct link between employee satisfaction and customer satisfaction, and between customer satisfaction … Continue reading →

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Management Science for Software Engineering

Posted on November 19, 2005 by John Hunter

Management Science for Software Engineering [the broken link was removed]: using the Theory of Constraints 5 focusing steps and the drum-buffer-rope solution for production flow problems, it was possible to increase the productivity of a sustained engineering department by more … Continue reading →

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The Man Who Invented Management

Posted on November 17, 2005 by John Hunter

The Man Who Invented Management [the broken link was removed], a cover story in Business Week on Peter Drucker. Posts related to Peter Drucker.

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