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Monthly Archives: January 2009
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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Jeff Bezos and Root Cause Analysis
Using quality tools really works. Lots of people don’t use them. Improving is often not any more difficult than just applying tools that have been used for decades. Continue reading
Posted in Deming, Management, Quality tools, Respect
Tagged Amazon, Bezos, management experts, Quality tools
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Online Data Backup and Corporate Blogging
This is a good example of a sensible corporate blog post, Online Data Backup [the broken link has been removed, breaking links is not a good practice for any website]. Their blog is fairly staid and impersonal (which is not … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity
Tagged blogs, communication, internet, marketing
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Mount Timpanogos Trail, Utah Photos
In 2007, I kept failing to plan for a vacation, finally I just booked some tickets to Utah without much of a plan. And still had done little to plan as I departed. So I bought some travel books and … Continue reading
Posted in Travel photos
Tagged John Hunter, photos, Travel photos
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Using Free Content to Boost Your Sales
I am a big believer in marketing by providing some content for free. It is a great idea for consultants. It is also a great idea for those looking to sell books and audio-visual content. Can Free Content Boost Your … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Innovation
Tagged Creativity, marketing
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Negativity
Don’t be negative. Most people agree with that statement. We see being negative as bad. If you don’t have something good to say, don’t say anything. Well, I don’t agree. While presenting your ideas in a constructive way is helpful, … Continue reading
Management Improvement Carnival #52
The 2008 Annual Management Improvement Carnival Review (published on a number of site) I am counting as #51, making this #52. That annual review turned out to be a very interesting collection, if you have not read all of them … Continue reading
Checklists Save Lives
Checklists are a simple quality tool that have been used widely for decades. Pilots use them, without fail, to save lives. Some surgeons have been using them and the evidence is mounting that checklists can save many more lives if … Continue reading
Curious Cat Management Carnival: Select 2008 Highlights
Over the last couple of years the quality of management material available online has increased dramatically. And blogs have provided much of the best management material. The Curious Cat Management Improvement Carnival now provides highlights 3 times a month. Each … Continue reading
Posted in Carnival, Management, Software Development
Tagged blogs, Carnival, Lean thinking, Software Development
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Federal Government Chief Performance Officer
A Quality Manager for Obama President-Elect Obama has hired a quality manager, and her name is Nancy Killefer. She is the newly appointed “Chief Performance Officer” whose mandate is to manage budget reforms while eliminating waste in government processes, ultimately … Continue reading →