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Monthly Archives: May 2009
Pixar Movie Management Magic
Image of Wall-e, from the Pixar film of the same name. Pixar’s secrets on display in ‘Up’ “I think it comes down to two basic things: one is that we’re run by artists. … John Lasseter is a film director, … Continue reading
Posted in Management, Management Articles, Respect
Tagged Customer focus, Innovation, Investing, management, respect for people
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CEOs Want Health-Care Reform
Decades ago Dr. Deming emphasized the deadly disease of excessive health care costs in the USA. Since then, year after year, the situation has become worse (reaching $2.2 trillion in spending in 2007 – 16.2% of GDP). During that time … Continue reading
Posted in Deming, Economics, Health care
Tagged Deming, Economics, government, Health care, health care system, leadership
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In-N-Out Burger’s Six Secrets for Success
In-N-Out Burger’s six secrets for out-and-out success [the broken link was removed] Listen to Your Customers — One of the company’s mottos is “Our customer is everything.” Applying that belief led to the company policy of preparing burgers just the … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Customer focus, Management, Respect
Tagged Books, Customer focus, management, managing people, respect for people
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Google’s Innovative Use of Economics
Secret of Googlenomics: Data-Fueled Recipe Brews Profitability Google depends on economic principles to hone what has become the search engine of choice for more than 60 percent of all Internet surfers, and the company uses auction theory to grease the … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Data, Economics, Google
Tagged Data, Google, Innovation
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Management Improvement Carnival #64
Mike Wroblewski is hosting the Management Improvement Carnival #64 on the Got Boondoggle? blog, highlights include: Daily Scrum against the Board by Xavier Quesada Allue-“A good way to know if your team is using their taskboard to really manage their … Continue reading
Warren Buffett Answers Shareholder’s Questions – 2009
Each year Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger answer questions in front of crowds of tens of thousands of Berkshire Hathaway shareholders in Omaha, Nebraska. The question and answer sessions provide great wisdom on economics, investing and management. Here are some … Continue reading
Posted in Management
Tagged Google, Investing, management, Warren Buffett
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Revealed Preference
Revealed Preference: the preference consumers display by their action, in contrast to what they may say they prefer. While surveys may be useful people often say they will do one thing and actually when given the choice to do so, … Continue reading
Posted in Data, Deming, Management, Psychology, Statistics
Tagged Customer focus, Data, Psychology, Statistics
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Dr. Russell Ackoff Webcast on Systems Thinking
Dr. Ackoff is one of two management thinkers that any manager, that is serious about improving management results in their organization, should study (the other is Dr. Deming). There are plenty of others that are also great resources. From part … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Deming, Management, quote, Science, Systems thinking, webcast
Tagged Ackoff, Creativity, quote, Systems thinking, theory of knowledge, webcast
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Management Improvement Carnival #63
Also visit the Curious Cat Management Library for online management improvement articles. What You Can Learn Zappos by Robert Scoble – “6. Train, train and train some more. Zappos has a whole department that puts together classes. Your pay goes … Continue reading
Toyota Posts Loss of $6.9 Billion in Last Quarter
Toyota Posts Loss of $6.9 Billion in Last Quarter For January-March, Toyota booked a $6.9 billion loss, in line with consensus estimates, and cut its annual dividend nearly 30 percent — the first cut since at least 1994, when it … Continue reading
