Yearly Archives: 2009

Building a Great Workforce

Posted on April 13, 2009 by John Hunter

How P&G Finds and Keeps a Prized Workforce by Roger O. Crockett “We actually recruit for values,” says Chief Operating Officer Robert McDonald. “If you are not inspired to improve lives, this isn’t the company you want to work for.” … Continue reading →

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Build Your Business Slowly and Without Huge Cash Requirements

Posted on April 12, 2009 by John Hunter

Get Rich Slow by Josh Quittner At no other time in recent history has it been easier or cheaper to start a new kind of company… These are Web-based businesses that cost almost nothing to get off the ground … … Continue reading →

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Management Improvement Carnival #60

Posted on April 10, 2009 by John Hunter

Kevin Meyer is hosting the Management Improvement Carnival #60 on the Evolving Excellence blog, highlights include: TimeBack asks why “thinking time” isn’t part of our standard work. Unfolding Leadership gives us some practical words of wisdom in dealing with layoffs. … Continue reading →

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How We Know What We Know

Posted on April 9, 2009 by John Hunter

Dr. W. Edwards Deming’s management philosophy is a system of management composed of four interdependent areas: knowledge about variation, understanding psychology, systems thinking and the theory of knowledge. The theory of knowledge is the least understood, and the least adopted … Continue reading →

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Checklists in Software Development

Posted on April 7, 2009 by John Hunter

Verify your work with checklists WHO has recently shown that surgical deaths can be reduced by a third when hospitals follow their Surgical Safety Checklist. The checklist is very low tech. It includes questions like whether the patient has been … Continue reading →

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Another Year of CEO’s Taking Hugely Excessive Pay

Posted on April 6, 2009 by John Hunter

I continue to do my part to publicize the abusive CEO pay packages that the current crop of unethical CEO’s, and those sitting on corporate boards have supported (Tilting at Ludicrous CEO Pay 2008 – 2007 post on CEO pay … Continue reading →

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The Importance of Making Problems Visible

Posted on April 2, 2009 by John Hunter

Great, short, presentation webcast by Jason Yip showing the importance of making problems visible. Anyone interested in software development should watch this, and it is valuable for everyone else, also. Great visuals. Related: Future Directions for Agile Management – Agile … Continue reading →

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Management Improvement Carnival #59

Posted on April 1, 2009 by John Hunter

Nicole Radziwill is hosting the Management Improvement Carnival #59 on the Quality and Innovation blog, highlights include: June Holley, talking about self-organizing to achieve systems-level innovation. She notes that because theory is lacking, this process might be protracted, but to … Continue reading →

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Out of the Crisis Seminar

Posted on March 31, 2009 by John Hunter

I will be co-presenting an Out of the Crisis seminar for the W. Edwards Deming Institute next month, April 20-22, in Philadelphia. Companies around the world are on the brink of destruction. When they get bailed out, or economies improve, … Continue reading →

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Management Blog Posts From December 2005

Posted on March 30, 2009 by John Hunter

One of my long time campaigns is to raise awareness of the huge problems caused by massively excessive executive pay. As I said in my December 2005 post: The executive pay excesses are so great now they will force companies … Continue reading →

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