Monthly Archives: March 2010

Aligning Marketing Vision and Management

Posted on March 23, 2010 by John Hunter

Why do so many companies market one thing and provide something else? I know it might be easier to sell something different than what you offer your customer today. But if you decide to market one vision, why don’t you … Continue reading →

Posted in Customer focus, Management, Popular, quote, Respect, Systems thinking | Tagged Customer focus, customer service, John Hunter, management, marketing, Popular, quote, respect for people, Systems thinking | 6 Comments

Management Improvement Carnival #92

Posted on March 20, 2010 by John Hunter

The Curious Cat Management blog carnival selects recent management blog posts 3 times each month. Also visit the Curious Cat Management Library for online management improvement articles. The 7 Software Development Wastes by Jack Milunsky – “1) Keep your stories … Continue reading →

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Toyota’s Journey to Lean Software Development

Posted on March 18, 2010 by John Hunter

Toyota’s journey from Waterfall to Lean software development by Henrik Kniberg Toyota builds cars (duh). In the past that didn’t involve much software, and the little software that was needed was mostly developed by suppliers and embedded in isolated components. … Continue reading →

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Bill George on Leadership

Posted on March 15, 2010 by John Hunter

Bill George is professor of management practice at the Harvard Business School and former chairman and CEO of Medtronic, the world’s leading medical technology company. Under his leadership, Medtronic’s market capitalization grew from $1.1 billion to $60 billion, averaging 35 … Continue reading →

Posted in Management | Tagged leadership, management, webcast | 6 Comments

Management Improvement Carnival #91

Posted on March 11, 2010 by John Hunter

The Curious Cat Management Blog Carnival provides links to recent articles to help managers improve the performance of their organization. A Mindless Worker is a Happy Worker “when people are given a chance to participate in creating something good, solving … Continue reading →

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Improving Software Development with Automated Tests

Posted on March 8, 2010 by John Hunter

Automated software testing is a mistake proofing (poka-yoke) solution for software development. The way automated testing works is that software code is written that tests the software code of the application. This automated testing code test that business rules are … Continue reading →

Posted in IT, Lean thinking, Management, Process improvement, Quality tools, Software Development | Tagged agile management, Deming, John Hunter, Lean thinking, poka yoke, Process improvement, Quality tools, quote, Ruby, Software Development, software testing | 8 Comments

Improving Education with Deming’s Ideas

Posted on March 4, 2010 by John Hunter

This interview (link broken, so removed) with David Langford discusses how to improve education using ideas from Deming. Along with Alfie Kohn, David have long been the learning and management experts I find most valuable. I have long remembered is … Continue reading →

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Management Improvement Carnival #90

Posted on March 2, 2010 by John Hunter

The Curious Cat Management Improvement blog carnival provides links to recent blog posts for those interesting in improving management of organizations. Leader Standard Work Should Be…Work! by Mark Hamel – “A lean leader’s standard work, among other things, may require … Continue reading →

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