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Yearly Archives: 2011
Networking is Valuable But Difficult to Quantify
Networking works incredibly well. Unfortunately it isn’t as simple as peddling your bike where you want to go. The benefits of networking are unpredictable and not easy to control (to specifically target – you can do this, it just has … Continue reading
Management Improvement Carnival #145
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, evidence based management, lean manufacturing, … Continue reading
Posted in Carnival, Management
Tagged Carnival, entrepreneur, management
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You’ve Got to Find What You Love
Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Deming, Education, Fun, Innovation, Psychology, quote
Tagged Career, Creativity, Education, Innovation, inspiration, intrinsic motivation, jobs, Joy in Work, motivation, Psychology, respect for people, Software Development
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Interviewing: I and We
In response to: say “I” — not “we” — in your interviews If you are a manager you need to lead teams, lead projects and improve work systems. In an interview I believe you need to say specifically what you … Continue reading
Posted in Career, Management, Process improvement, Psychology, Systems thinking
Tagged build capacity, Career, jobs, managing people, Process improvement, Psychology, Systems thinking
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Management Improvement Carnival #144
Kevin Meyer is hosting Management Improvement Carnival #144 on the Evolving Eexcellence Blog. Posts he chose to spotlight include: The Conversations You Are Not Having Are Killing Your Business – Art Petty describes ten key conversations or difficult decisions most … Continue reading
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The Need to Improve Management While Building Organizations Fit For Human Beings
[embedded video link broken, so that code was removed but you can watch the video by following this link: Gary Hamel: Reinventing the Technology of Human Accomplishment. I agree with Gary Hamel that we need to adopt new management strategies. … Continue reading
Rude Behavior Costs Companies
Approximately one-third of consumers surveyed reported they’re treated rudely by an employee on an average of once a month and that these and other episodes of uncivil worker behavior make them less likely to patronize those businesses. Customers rarely report … Continue reading
Posted in Competition, Customer focus, Psychology, Respect
Tagged bad service, Customer focus, customer service, management research, Psychology, respect for people
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The Theory of Knowledge in Deming’s Management System: How Do We Know What We Know?
I contributed an article to the Process Excellence Network’s Deming Files that was published yesterday: How Do We Know What We Know?. I took on the task of explaining the theory of knowledge, as one article in a four part … Continue reading
Management Improvement Carnival #143
The Curious Cat Management Improvement Carnival has been published since 2006. We find great management blog posts and share them with you 3 times a month. We hope you find these post interesting and find some new blogs to start … Continue reading
Posted in Carnival, Management
Tagged management
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Management Improvement Carnival #142
The Curious Cat management improvement blog carnival is published 3 times a month with hand picked recent management blog posts. I also collect management improvement articles through Curious Cat Management Articles, you can subscribe via RSS for new article additions. … Continue reading
