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Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog Carnival #173

Posted on July 21, 2012 by John Hunter

The Curious Cat management carnival is published 3 times a month highlighting some recent management blog posts. The posts generally focus on the areas I have focused on in the Curious Cat Management Improvement Guide since 1996. I added a page on our blog showing the most recent blog post from a large number of management blogs. Software Inventory by Joel Spolsky – “Trello works great for a reasonable amount of inventory, but it intentionally starts to get klunky if … Continue reading →

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Management Improvement Blog Carnival #172

Posted on July 10, 2012 by John Hunter

Christian Paulsen is hosting the 172nd Management Improvement Carnival. Highlights include: Waves at Old Lean Dude: Bruce Hamilton (a.k.a. the Toast Guy) writes about surges in production and work load that are self-inflicted. One of the 14 Toyota Way principles is to level-out the work load. Waves of work or production is not Lean or effective. Error Proofing at Beyond Lean: Matt Wrye often sees Lean applications in the real world and not just in the manufacturing plant. He brings … Continue reading →

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Management Improvement Blog Carnival #171

Posted on July 1, 2012 by John Hunter

The Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog 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 reading. Follow me online: Google+, Twitter, Reddit, and more. Ticket Grab: New Game at Caine’s Arcade + 5 lessons for entrepreneurs – 5 Lessons for Entrepreneurs Caine (shown is video above) has Learned: 1) Be nice to customers. 2) … Continue reading →

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Management Improvement Blog Carnival #170

Posted on June 20, 2012 by John Hunter

The Curious Cat management blog carnival is published 3 times a month with hand picked recent management blog posts. I also collect management improvement articles for the Curious Cat Management Articles site; an RSS feed of new article additions is available. Standardized Confusion by Art Smalley – “Changing of a work standard was done very infrequently and normally an engineering activity for the types of items I just described. Maybe we wanted to improve the life of a tool, or … Continue reading →

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Management Improvement Blog Carnival #169

Posted on June 10, 2012 by John Hunter

The Curious Cat management blog carnival is published 3 times a month with some recent management blog posts. The posts generally focus on the areas I have focused on in the Curious Cat Management Guide since 1996. How Kanban visualisations and conversations enable process improvement by Benjamin Mitchell – “Reviewing the board at the daily stand up meeting provided visual feedback that lead to productive conversations about what might be stopping us and how we could improve. After we implemented … Continue reading →

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Management Improvement Blog Carnival #168

Posted on June 2, 2012 by John Hunter

Kevin Meyer is hosting the 168th Management Improvement Carnival. Highlights include: As noted in the last Carnival, several bloggers including yours truly took an appropriately harsh look at an article in Harvard Business Review titled It’s Time to Rethink Continuous Improvement. One of the best responses was by Jon Miller of Gemba Panta Rei with a post titled How is PDCA Inimical to Innovation? Jamie Flinchbaugh has a thought-provoking post asking Are You Working on the Right Problems? Probably not, … Continue reading →

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Management Improvement Blog Carnival #167

Posted on May 20, 2012 by John Hunter

The Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog 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 reading. Follow me online: Google+, Twitter, instant management consulting, and more. Celebrate Learning, Not Success or Failure by Jurgen Appelo – “Failure and success are orthogonal to learning. What you learn from are the experiments and tests that you … Continue reading →

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Management Improvement Blog Carnival #166

Posted on May 11, 2012 by John Hunter

Tim McMahon is hosting the Management Improvement Blog Carnival #166, highlights include: Performance Organizations – Art Smalley answers why is there such a resistance to creating learning organizations and why are leaders letting the future deteriorate without doing anything about it. Trust – Cornerstone of Performance – George Rathburn explains that teams lose trust in their leaders when they fail to show trust and respect in their teams. Lean Snake Oil Cures What Ails Ya – Mike Wroblewski takes some … Continue reading →

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Management Improvement Carnival #165

Posted on May 2, 2012 by John Hunter

Matt May is hosting the 165th Management Improvement Carnival. He takes a look at the wonderful manifestos posted at ChangeThis. ChangeThis really is wonderful, if you haven’t already been looking at what they offer you are in for a treat (and have quite a bit to keep you busy for awhile). Highlights from this management carnival edition include: How Habits Work (and How They Change) by Charles Duhigg. His point: “Most of the choices we make each day may feel … Continue reading →

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Management Improvement Carnival #164

Posted on April 20, 2012 by John Hunter

Paul Borawski is hosting 164th Management Improvement Carnival on ASQ’s View from the Q blog. Highlights from this edition include: Designing Experiments with Gummi Bears. Yes, Gummi bears. What a way to make statistics and quality fun, creative, and topical! “I am surprised at how many organizations don’t recognize the importance of sharing with others their success,” writes Quality Doc, the blogger behind Making Medical Lab Quality Relevant. Kevin Meyer of the Evolving Excellence blog writes about the purpose of … Continue reading →

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Management Improvement Blog Carnival #163

Posted on April 10, 2012 by John Hunter

Jason Yip is hosting Management Improvement Blog Carnival #163. Highlights from this edition include: Enterprise OODA by Richard Veryard – “The limitations of the OODA model appear when there is too much emphasis on speed (especially response speed) and not enough appreciation of complexity.” Why Knowledge is Superstition by Dave Trott – “When you start believing, you stop thinking.” Fall In Love With Your Business, Not Your Business Plan by Dharmesh Shah – “I don’t think business plans are completely … Continue reading →

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Management Improvement Blog Carnival #162

Posted on April 1, 2012 by John Hunter

The Curious Cat management blog carnival is published 3 times a month with hand picked recent management blog posts. I also collect management improvement articles for the Curious Cat Management Articles site; an RSS feed of new article additions is available. Stress Solutions, Not Blame by Kevin Meyer – “My organization often hears me say that 90% of problems are the result of poor processes, not people, and 9%… are probably due to poor leadership.” The Real Leadership Lessons of … Continue reading →

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Management Improvement Blog Carnival #161

Posted on March 21, 2012 by John Hunter

Nicole Radziwill is hosting Management Improvement Blog Carnival #161. Highlights from this edition include: The Odds of Finding a Four-Leaf Clover Coffee Shop Buzz is Good for Your Creativity One Year after the Fukushima Nuclear Accident Make sure you check out the full carnival post on the Quality and Innovation blog.

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Management Improvement Blog Carnival #160

Posted on March 11, 2012 by John Hunter

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, innovation, lean manufacturing, customer focus, process improvement…). Reflections on the 100th Birthday of Taiichi Ohno by Masaaki Imai – “Taiichi Ohno always placed respect for the worker first in his approach to kaizen. His focus was always on the customer, both external and internal” A … Continue reading →

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Management Improvement Blog Carnival #159

Posted on March 1, 2012 by John Hunter

David Kasprzak is hosting Management Improvement Blog Carnival #159 on My Flexible Pencil. Highlights from this edition include: 3 Ways to Go Agile in Your Workplace in the New Year Managing Your Logistics as You Grow Your Business Raising awareness of ROWE [Results Only Work Environment] and Lean Necessary and Valuable are not the same Make sure you check out the full carnival post on My Flexible Pencil.

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Management Improvement Blog Carnival #158

Posted on February 20, 2012 by John Hunter

The Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog 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 reading. Follow me online: Google+, Twitter, LinkedIn, instant management consulting, and more. For complex systems there is no root cause by John Allspaw – “We like to simplify complex problems so we can work on them in a reductionist … Continue reading →

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