Monthly Archives: January 2006

Engines of Democracy

Posted on January 21, 2006 by John Hunter

Engines of Democracy [the broken link was removed] by Charles Fishman, Fast Company: The 170-plus people who work at this plant try to make perfect jet engines. And they come close. On average, one-quarter of the engines that GE/Durham sends … Continue reading →

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Ackoff Podcast

Posted on January 19, 2006 by John Hunter

I found this great podcast via the post – School Architecture: Doing the Wrong Thing Right. As usually Ackoff provides great ideas, in an interesting and entertaining manner. This talk focuses on learning (and education and teaching) and doing the … Continue reading →

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Improving Communication

Posted on January 18, 2006 by John Hunter

How to Communicate with Me [the broken link was removed] by David Anderson. A nice post, with practical advice on improving communication. He understood that service goes downward in management and he encouraged us to communicate to him, how he … Continue reading →

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Effective Innovation

Posted on January 17, 2006 by John Hunter

Overcoming the barriers to effective innovation [the broken link was removed] by Pierre Loewe and Jennifer Dominiquini The top six obstacles to innovation identified by respondents were consistent across industries: Short-term focus. Lack of time, resources or staff. Leadership expects … Continue reading →

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Management Improvement Leaders

Posted on January 17, 2006 by John Hunter

Who’s Driving Quality Today by Laura Smith, Quality Digest. Ten years ago, in our March 1995 issue, we profiled 45 “New Quality Gurus.” Although it was one of our more popular articles, some of the “gurus” and their causes have … Continue reading →

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Books: Blink, Freakonomics and more

Posted on January 16, 2006 by John Hunter

I finished reading two very popular books this weekend: Freakonomics and Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell. While both books were enjoyable and interesting, they really seemed to offer a few good or interesting ideas stretched … Continue reading →

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What Should GM Do?

Posted on January 16, 2006 by John Hunter

GM must take back concepts that Toyota has capitalized on [the broken link was removed] by W. Harrison Goodenow: It still doesn’t have to be this way. The solution lies in better manufacturing engineering and not in Machiavellian marketing. Concurrent … Continue reading →

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Lean Accounting

Posted on January 15, 2006 by John Hunter

Lean Accounting (Lean Beans) [broken link was removed] by Sue Sondergelt We must get rid of Standard Cost and Absorption Accounting for managing the business. This is 1930’s thinking, when business was all labor, little material, and very little overhead. … Continue reading →

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Improved Web Search

Posted on January 14, 2006 by John Hunter

In my recent post on improving Google one suggestion I made was: Let me remove web sites from my default searches. Today while using Yahoo they provided this option (named “block” by Yahoo). Good. Using Yahoo Search I can now … Continue reading →

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Public Management II

Posted on January 12, 2006 by John Hunter

Public Management-The Bush Administration II by Paul Soglin: Since that time, John Hunter posted a comment in reference to W. Edwards Deming: Newt Gingrich is also a supporter of Deming’s ideas: “I’m a disciple of Edwards Deming. I really believe … Continue reading →

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