Category Archives: Carnival

Tim McMahon hosts the Management Improvement Carnival #112 on the A Lean Journey blog. Highlights include: Establishing a Classroom Culture – David Kasprzak explores the question of “what if work was like going to school?” Overlooked Waste Reduction of Kanban – Matt Wrye reminds us that kanban can reduce information flow not just inventory but the real goal is about flow. 5 Reasons You Need to do DMAIC – Christian Paulsen shares a personal story explaining why you need to … Continue reading →

The management blog carnival is published 3 times a month with select recent management blog posts. Also try Curious Cat Management Articles for online management improvement articles. Visual Management for having a baby by Xavier Quesada Allue – “The team members (us, the parents) were not working full time on the project. This means that at certain moments, if necessary, we could scale up our efforts on this project to the detriment of other parallel projects we were doing” “Systems … Continue reading →

The management blog carnival is published 3 times a month with select recent management blog posts. Also try our collected management articles and blogs posts at: Curious Cat Management articles. When to coach the process, and when to coach the solution by Jamie Flinchbaugh – “Your focus is not on the solution or the problem itself, but on the process that either created or missed the problem that would end up enabling future problems. Obviously you might end up doing … Continue reading →

Kevin Meyer hosts the Management Improvement Carnival #108 on his blog, highlights include: Gemba Tales: Developing Leader Standard Work – Five Important Steps – key components of leader standard work. Flinchbaugh: Small-i ROI as Applied to Strategy – Sometimes instead of focusing on the big R in ROI, it can pay to find a unique niche requiring just a small i. Lean Blog: Mental Models: Standardized Work and Performance Measures – Standard work and performance measures mean different things in … Continue reading →

The Curious Cat management blog carnival selects recent management blog posts 3 times each month. Since 2006 the carnival has focused on finding interesting posts for managers on improving the performance of organizations (lean manufacturing, Deming, agile software development, six sigma, customer focus, innovation…). “To find out what happens when you change something, it is necessary to change it.” by Andrew Gelman – “From the classic Box, Hunter, and Hunter book. The point of the saying is pretty clear, I … Continue reading →

Jon Miller hosts the Management Improvement Carnival #106 on his blog, highlights include: 3 Observations of Healthcare vs. Construction by Mike Lombard. Lombi gives us his fresh view on the differences between construction businesses and healthcare organizations, two months after moving to a healthcare lean leader position. Culture is all about people and how they look at the world. I’m looking forward to more observations from Lombi on the culture in healthcare as he continues to explore and support process … Continue reading →

Wally Bock hosts his first carnival for us, Management Improvement Carnival #104, on the Three Star Leadership Blog. He has long posted his Leadership Reading to Start Your Week and Midweek Look at the Independent Business Blogs that also highlight great posts. Highlights for this carnival include: From Mary Jo Asmus: Coaching Others: Short Term Pain for Long Term Gain “One of the biggest pushbacks I get from those I teach almost always has to do with the time that … Continue reading →

Jamie Flinchbaugh hosts the Management Improvement Carnival #103 on his blog, highlights include: How do you change a culture? – Obviously a big question and one I spend considerable time on, but LeanRI.org throws in on a challenging and important question. Spot the Northwest Flight Attendant – Simon Sinek demonstrates how pervasive culture can be and how it impacts customer service, and even customer culture. UK Government Wants Lean and Six Sigma or Just Cost Cutting – Mark Graban takes … Continue reading →

12 Things Good Bosses Believe by Robert I. Sutton – “My success – and that of my people – depends largely on being the master of obvious and mundane things, not on magical, obscure, or breakthrough ideas or methods.” [I think this is so true. Ever manager should repeat this over and over every day until they give the boring details the attention it deserves over the flashy stuff – John]. Should You Use a Business/IT Liaison Person? No! by … Continue reading →

Mark R. Hamel is hosting Management Improvement Carnival #99 on the Gemba Tales blog, highlights include: The Downside of Automation by Dan Markovitz – “…When I see companies leaping at technological solutions for time and attention management, I have a feeling that they’re in for a big disappointment.” Inefficiency through Default Meeting Times by Tim McMahon – “…Who decided meetings should be 30 or 60 minutes?” Fake Lean and the Spotting Thereof by Jon Miller – “…While lean is journey … Continue reading →