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Tag Archives: change
How to Successfully Lead Change Efforts
ASQ has asked their Influential Voices to explore the question “How can an individual become a successful Change Leader?” I have participated with the program since 2012: see my past blog posts as part of the ASQ Influential Voices program. … Continue reading
Posted in Management, Psychology
Tagged ASQ Influential Voices, Career, change, leadership
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Effective Change Management Strategies and Tactics
ASQ has asked their Influential Voices to respond to the question: What are some recommended strategies or tactics to help achieve successful change management? See my past blog posts as part of the ASQ Influential Voices program (I have participated … Continue reading
The Importance of Critical Thinking and Challenging Assumptions
There are many factors that are important to effectively practice the management improvement ideas I have discussed in this blog for over a decade. One of the most important is a culture that encourages critical thinking as well as challenging … Continue reading
Why Do People Fail to Adopt Better Management Methods?
It is confusing to know that better methods exist but to see those better methods being ignored. It seems that if there were better ways to manage, people would adopt those methods. But this just isn’t the case; sometimes better … Continue reading
Posted in Competition, Innovation, Management, Psychology
Tagged change, Innovation, leadership, Process improvement, Psychology, sports
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Podcast: Building Organizational Capability
The Software Process and Measurement Cast 420 features an interview with me, by Thomas Cagley, on Building Organizational Capability (download podcast). John Hunter in the podcast: Changing how organizations are managed makes a huge difference in people’s lives, not all … Continue reading
Bell Labs Designing a New Phone System Using Idealized Design
I remember hearing this same story when Russ Ackoff spoke at the Hunter Conference on Quality (which was named in honor of my father) in Madison, Wisconsin. If you haven’t heard this story you are in for a treat. And … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation, Management, Process improvement, Systems thinking
Tagged Ackoff, case study, change, engineering, Innovation, management, Systems thinking, transformation, webcast
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Transform the Management System by Experimenting, Iterating and Adopting Standard Work
In this short video, Dr. John Toussaint describes how ThedaCare applied leadership standard work to create a successful management transformation. The changes to the management system were tested by applying standard work for all positions in 2 parts of the … Continue reading
Posted in Management, webcast
Tagged change, experiments, leadership, management system, standardization, transformation, webcast
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Culture Change Requires That Leaders Change Their Behavior
This month The ASQ Influential Voices are reacting to Luciana Paulise’s post: Facing Cultural Barriers by Leaders to Strengthen a Culture of Quality. As Luciana stated: leaders need to change their behavior first if they want to change the entire … Continue reading
Posted in Deming, Management
Tagged ASQ Influential Voices, change, culture, leadership, transformation
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Making Your Case to Senior Executives
This month Dr. Suresh Gettala writes about the Talking To the C-Suite About Quality in the monthly ASQ Influential Voices post. My take is a bit different than Dr. Gettala (and most others) in that I believe CEOs are so … Continue reading
Change Management: Create a Culture Seeking Continual Improvement or Use Band-Aids?
Successfully shepherding change within an organization is often a challenge. Often change management strategies are mainly about how to cope with a toxic culture but exclude the option of fixing the toxic culture. Why not address the root causes instead … Continue reading
Posted in Deming, Lean thinking, Management, Psychology, Respect, Systems thinking
Tagged change, culture, curiouscat, leadership, managing people, organization as a system, Psychology, respect for people, root cause, trust
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