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Monthly Archives: July 2011
6 New Kiva Loans to Manufacturing Entrepreneurs
I have been a big fan of Kiva for quite some time, and have written about it previously: Kiva – Giving Entrepreneurs an Opportunity to Succeed, Thanksgiving: Micro-financing Entrepreneurs. I made 6 new loans today to manufacturing entrepreneurs in the … Continue reading
Posted in Investing, Manufacturing
Tagged entrepreneur, Investing, Manufacturing, respect for people
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Management Improvement Carnival #137
The Curious Cat management blog carnival is published 3 times a month with select recent management blog posts. I also collect management improvement articles through Curious Cat Management Articles, you can subscribe via RSS to new article additions. Photo is … Continue reading
Posted in Carnival, Management
Tagged management, teams
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Touring Factories on Vacation When I Was Young
Growing up, occasionally, a family vacation would include a factory tour related to my Dad’s work. He was providing some management or engineering consulting and took the opportunity to check in on progress and visit the gemba. Here is a … Continue reading
Posted in Lean thinking, Manufacturing
Tagged Bill Hunter, gemba, John Hunter, Manufacturing, visual management
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Management Improvement Carnival #136
The Curious Cat Management blog carnival highlights recent management blog posts 3 times each month. The posts generally focus on the areas I have focused on in the Curious Cat Management Guide since 1996 (Deming, leadership, agile software development, lean … Continue reading
Management Improvement Carnival #135
The Curious Cat Management blog carnival highlights recent management blog posts 3 times each month. The posts generally focus on the areas I have focused on in the Curious Cat Management Guide since 1996 (Lean manufacturing, Deming, agile software development, … Continue reading
