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Management Improvement Carnival #70

Posted on July 20, 2009 by John Hunter

Shaun Sayers is hosting the Management Improvement Carnival #70 on the Capable People blog, highlights include: 8 ways to get total involvement by Jon Miller: “How do we get total involvement from our people in the good things?” Total company involvement by Peter Abilla: “Most vision or mission statements are hollow, uninspirational artifacts. Sloganeering, as it were: they sound good, but fail to mobilize a team” The limits of customer involvement by Shaun Sayers: “I’m noticing a growing tendency for … Continue reading →

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Management Improvement Carnival #69

Posted on July 13, 2009 by John Hunter

The Curious Cat Management Improvement Carnival provide links to recent blog posts for those interesting in improving management of organizations. Starving the Golden Goose by Michael Neiss – “Where they [the Human Resource Department] should be obsessed with growing talent, they have become partners in reducing investments in that talent….starving the golden goose into a slow death… Fear doesn’t increase engagement, it increases caution.” One Point Lesson: Kamishibai by Jon Miller – “The kamishibai board is particularly useful when there … Continue reading →

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Management Improvement Carnival #68

Posted on July 1, 2009 by John Hunter

The Curious Cat Management Improvement Carnival began in 2006 with the goal to provide links to interesting blog posts for those interesting in improving the practice of management. Reward: Creativity’s Forbidden Fruit by Matt May – “Kaizen does not attempt to light a fire under people. It lights the fire within them.” Elegance and Encapsulation by Pete Abilla – “Encapsulation is an elegant and simple principle to ease the burden on your customer by subtracting or covering the unnecessary and … Continue reading →

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Management Improvement Carnival #67

Posted on June 21, 2009 by John Hunter

Not Invented Here by Nicole Radziwill – “when a NIH culture is observed, perhaps the resources and opportunities that are available to a group or an organization that could use them are truly invisible.” Re-th!nk[ing IT strategy] by David Anderson – “if something is not strategic and we are not good at it then we should outsource it and buy the service instead. If we are good or world class at something but it is not strategic then we should … Continue reading →

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Management Improvement Carnival #66

Posted on June 12, 2009 by John Hunter

The Curious Cat Management Improvement Carnival began in 2006 with the goal to provide links to interesting blog posts for those interesting in improving the practice of management. Jidoka is not just “built-in-quality” by Jason Yip – “Jidoka is not just about stopping and notifying of problems immediately. It also includes the concept of separating human and machine work. Effectively the idea of using machines to free humans.” How to Engage People in Kaizen by Jon Miller – “Frame all … Continue reading →

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Management Improvement Carnival #65

Posted on June 1, 2009 by John Hunter

Checklist for the Agile Manager By Jurgen Appelo. The Curious Cat Management Improvement Carnival began in 2006 with the goal to provide links to interesting blog posts for those interesting in improving the practice of management. We now publish the carnival 3 times a month. Knowledge and Thinking by Ron Pereira – “I truly believe the more you learn the more you’ll be able to think. And the more you’re able to think the better you’ll be at solving problems.” … Continue reading →

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Management Improvement Carnival #64

Posted on May 21, 2009 by John Hunter

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 work is to look at their daily standup meeting.” Japanese CEOs and Leadership by Mark Graban-“When do you ever hear a Western CEO say ‘sorry’ or ‘we were lacking’?” Total Company Involvement by Pete Abilla-“When the hearts and minds of … Continue reading →

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Management Improvement Carnival #63

Posted on May 11, 2009 by John Hunter

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 up the more classes you complete. 18. Remember most policies are to take care of edge cases. They resist writing new policies at Zappos. When they do write a policy, they make sure it really is needed across the company. … Continue reading →

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Management Improvement Carnival #62

Posted on May 2, 2009 by John Hunter

Mark Graban is hosting the Management Improvement Carnival #62 on the Lean blog, highlights include: Why Quality is Dangerous (Dr. John Toussaint – ThedaCare Center Blog): “If we are going to have carrots and sticks it should be centered on what improvements healthcare organizations and providers are making every day, month, and year. Measuring and improving is how we are going to create better performance in healthcare not dictating and punishing.” Beth Israel Deaconess: Systems, safety, and (avoided) severance… (Steven … Continue reading →

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Management Improvement Carnival #61

Posted on April 20, 2009 by John Hunter

Submit suggestions for the management improvement carnival. Unplanned items and legacy issues by Xavier Quesada Allue – “A small change request if you want. How are you going to manage this work? Are you going to create a new story for this? Too much overhead… just put up a task (a post-it) in Legacy Issues, get it done with and forget about it.” Ask Gemba: Nuts and Bolts of the Andon System by Jon Miller – “Each person should have … 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. Shmula describes his experience and observations while sitting in a Jiffy Lube waiting room. Gemba Panta Rei suggests twelve leader standard work questions to ask while at the gemba. Evolving Excellence warns us about the perils of going to China … 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 get to the point of understanding theory we need some more “real life” examples and case studies of how we self-organize in our organizations well – and not so well. Small is the new big. Sustainable is the new growth. … Continue reading →

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Management Improvement Carnival #58

Posted on March 20, 2009 by John Hunter

Submit suggestions for the management improvement carnival. Visit the Curious Cat Management Library for online management improvement articles. No Blame Thinking by Mike Wroblewski – “It’s not who’s wrong, it’s what’s wrong. It’s not who’s right, it’s what’s right. All other thinking leads to hiding the truth, distorting the information and covering up the problem” Three Sigma Bubble? Nonsense! by Marc Hersch – “Grantham’s argument is fallacious. The assumption underlying the use of three-sigma limits is that the system being … Continue reading →

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Management Improvement Carnival #57

Posted on March 10, 2009 by John Hunter

Submit suggestions for the management improvement carnival. Also see the management Reddit (what is this Reddit thing?). 20 cynical project management tips by Michael Krigsman – “Projects with realistic budgets and timetables don’t get approved… If you don’t know where you’re going, just talk about specifics… A realist is one who’s presciently disappointed in the future.” Giving ERP Systems the Finger by Mike Wroblewski – “Anyone of us in business today that has to deal with ERP systems knows that … Continue reading →

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Management Improvement Carnival #56

Posted on March 2, 2009 by John Hunter

Submit suggestions for the management improvement carnival. Can you Buy a Silicon Valley? Maybe. by Paul Graham – “For the price of a football stadium, any town that was decent to live in could make itself one of the biggest startup hubs in the world. What’s more, it wouldn’t take very long. You could probably do it in five years.” [Excellent essay, I wrote about what makes Silicon Valley special on the Curious Cat Science and Engineering Blog.] Error Proofing … Continue reading →

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Management Improvement Carnival #55

Posted on February 20, 2009 by John Hunter

Submit suggestions for the management improvement carnival. visit the Curious Cat Management Library for online management improvement articles. Cut Customer Service? You’ll Lose Customers by Scott D. Anthony – “Companies might think that innovation and survival are discrete choices. They are not. Companies that stop innovating are sowing the seeds of their own destruction.” End Game at Wiremold by Kevin Meyer – “The Wiremold story shows how lean thinking can completely transform a company into a competitive powerhouse… and how … Continue reading →

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