Category Archives: Carnival

2009 Annual Management Blog Review

Posted on December 21, 2009 by John Hunter

Over the next 2 weeks several management blogs will be posting their contributions to the 2009 year in review of management blogs. Posts will highlight some of the best posts on other management blogs in the last year. The home page of the 2009 review of management blogs will be updated as new posts are added. The hosts of the 2009 management blog carnival include the: Lean Blog, Jamie Flinchbaugh, Stats Made Easy, Gemba Panta Rei and Lean Reflections. See … Continue reading →

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Management Improvement Carnival #84

Posted on December 12, 2009 by John Hunter

The Curious Cat Management Improvement Carnival provides links to recent blog posts on improving the management of organizations. How Do You Get from Here to Agile? Iterate. by Mike Cohn – “…following an iterative transition process. Making small changes on a continual basis is a logical way to adopt a development process that is itself iterative.” What is Lean? by Mike Wroblewski – “Do we measure leanness on the number of lean tools being used? Let’s see, 5-S check, Kanban … Continue reading →

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Management Improvement Carnival #83

Posted on December 2, 2009 by John Hunter

Jon Miller is hosting the Management Improvement Carnival #83 on the Gemba Panta Rei blog, highlights include: How to Explain “How To” I am constantly referring people to Bryan Lund‘s valuable TWI Blog wherein one can find public domain Training Within Industry documents as well as Bryan’s articles and practical insights. He shows us an example of a job breakdown sheet on how to compress hundreds of digital photos in under 1 minute. Follow the link at the end of … Continue reading →

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Management Blog Posts From March 2006

Posted on November 27, 2009 by John Hunter

Photo of sunset in Mount Rainier National Park by John Hunter Cease Mass Inspection for Quality – “Deming point 3 is ‘Cease dependence on inspection to achieve quality.’ Eliminate the need for inspection on a mass basis by building quality into the product in the first place.” Lean Management – most organizations will not seriously consider changing the current management thought process without drastic threat (bankruptcy) or numerous successful improvements that give credibility to the new management ideas… Using Design … Continue reading →

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Management Improvement Carnival #82

Posted on November 22, 2009 by John Hunter

Mike Wroblewski is hosting the Management Improvement Carnival #82 on the Got Boondoggle? blog, highlights include: A Problems First Culture by Mark Rosenthal “‘Problems first’ is one of the mantras used by Phil Jenkinson, the CEO character in The Lean Manager by Michael and Freddy Ballé. Now that I have had a few weeks to let it sink in and synthesize with my mental models, I am seeing a concept that is so fundamental I would think it would be … Continue reading →

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Management Improvement Carnival #81

Posted on November 10, 2009 by John Hunter

Womack & Jones at the Gemba: “Spread” and Innovation by Mark Graban – “Jim says, basically, that you’re always going to be innovating and if the next area thinks they can just copy, then they’re missing the point.” The Curious Cat Management Improvement Carnival provides links to recent management improvement blog posts. Kanban Results by David Joyce – “Through various means; working on the system… actively assigning, escalating and removing blockers, recognising and reducing bottlenecks, retrospectives, improving our process by … Continue reading →

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Management Improvement Carnival #80

Posted on November 3, 2009 by John Hunter

Jamie Flinchbaugh is hosting Management Improvement Carnival #80 on his new blog, highlights include: A New Strategy for the Kaizen Blitz from Lean Homebuilding – on PDCA, kaizen, with lots of good comments To Err is Human…To Error Proof is Divine from Ankit Patel – fundamentals of error proofing from a new lean blogger Difference Between Inspect and Adapt and PDCA from Al Shalloway – yes, PDCA works even in non-deterministic systems Is the Answer Right There in Front of … Continue reading →

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Management Improvement Carnival #79

Posted on October 22, 2009 by John Hunter

Mark Graban is hosting Management Improvement Carnival #79 on the lean blog, highlights include: A Natural Match (Deborah Dolezal, Lean Healthcare Grand Rounds): “As a healthcare worker and an implementer of lean, I am often struck by the similarity of the human body and the lean methodologies.” Kaizen Corner — for lack of a battery (Paul Levy, Running a Hospital): “The idea is to keep asking why (the 5 why’s) until they discover the root cause, which is defined as … Continue reading →

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Management Improvement Carnival #78

Posted on October 10, 2009 by John Hunter

The Curious Cat Management Improvement Carnival provides links to recent blog posts for those interesting in improving management of organizations. Journey from Agile To Lean by Kenji Hiranabe – “Agile is a connector between business and software engineering…. From the business perspective, IT or software development is just one activity in the value stream of a company.” Planning Managerial Capacity by Dan Markovitz – “While it’s very easy to take on more projects and responsibilities, it’s *stopping* work that’s critical … Continue reading →

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Management Improvement Carnival #77

Posted on October 1, 2009 by John Hunter

The Curious Cat Management Improvement Carnival provide links to recent blog posts for those interesting in improving management of organizations. A lesson in strategy, taught by a Cat by Mark Hurst – “Without direction, we’re presenting our flipcharts and our powerpoints to the Cheshire Cat. And he just griiiiiiins.” Respect for People, Underutilized People, and Waste by Pete Abilla – “Worldview and Values matter – those dictate the behaviors of everybody in the company. When ‘tools’ don’t work, that is … Continue reading →

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Management Improvement Carnival #76

Posted on September 20, 2009 by John Hunter

Kevin Meyer is hosting the Management Improvement Carnival #76 on the Evolving Excellence blog, highlights include: The World Used to be Flat (Indexed): Question what is accepted as fact, ubiquitous in effect, and practiced by people. Traditional accounting…? The Retrospective of Retrospectives (Agile Tips): How large agile teams with multiple sub-teams can effectively implement the Retrospective phase. Timeboxing for Creative Professionals (Change Order): Using short, structured sprints to defeat procrastination. Standard Work and the Folly of Multitasking (Time Back): Even … Continue reading →

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Management Improvement Carnival #75

Posted on September 10, 2009 by John Hunter

Agile Lessons from a Management Guru by Ahmed Yousuf – “Agile methodologies have a fundamentally different approach to quality – an approach that is inherent in this teaching from Deming. Quality cannot be achieved by testers inspecting work done by developers. Quality can only be achieved if developers, business analysts, architects and testers – all take measures to ensure that it is part of every task they perform.” How Resource Constraints Can Set You Free by Matthew E. May – … Continue reading →

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Management Improvement Carnival #74

Posted on September 1, 2009 by John Hunter

Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog Carnival What Else Can Software Development and Testing Learn from Manufacturing? Don’t Forget Design of Experiments (DoE). by Justin Hunter – “In short, Design of Experiments methods are a proven approach to creating and manage experiments that alter variables intelligently between each test run in a structured way that allows the experimenter to learn as much as possible in as few experiments as possible.” The Versatile Leader by Ron Pereira – “I firmly believe the … Continue reading →

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Management Improvement Carnival #73

Posted on August 20, 2009 by John Hunter

Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog Carnival The Maddening Effectiveness of Root-Cause Analysis – “And I wonder: how often this is a subtle blockage to individuals and teams doing good root cause analysis? How often am I fearful of Really Knowing just what is at the root of some undesirable outcome?” Lean and Basketball – “in a strong Lean business, it is essential to have a well-trained and motivated staff to execute all of the good tools and methodologies that have … Continue reading →

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Management Improvement Carnival #72

Posted on August 10, 2009 by John Hunter

Jon Miller is hosting the Management Improvement Carnival #72 on the Gemba Panta Rei blog, highlights include: Three Key Principles when Leading without Authority – One piece of advice passed down by Toyota managers is to “lead as if you had no power” George Ambler writes about the three key principles of leading without authority. They are built around having enthusiasm, humility and the strength to not let results come before leadership. Most of us who lead or attempt to … Continue reading →

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Management Improvement Carnival #71

Posted on August 1, 2009 by John Hunter

Read the previous management carnivals. Caring for Your People: Part of the Boss’s Job by Wally Bock – “Caring for your people means helping them grow and develop. You can help them develop skills to keep them out of trouble in the future.” Maker’s Schedule, Manager’s Schedule by Paul Graham – “You can’t write or program well in units of an hour. That’s barely enough time to get started. When you’re operating on the maker’s schedule, meetings are a disaster.” … Continue reading →

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