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Tag Archives: commentary
Six Sigma v. Common Sense
Response to LinkedIn question [the broken link was removed]: “Whether Six Sigma as a quality tool really delivers the benefits ? How does it makes difference from a common sense approach ? (Where the process wastes and the required solution … Continue reading
Posted in Management, Quality tools, quote, Six sigma
Tagged commentary, curiouscat, John Hunter, Quality tools, quote, Six sigma, Systems thinking
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Motivate or Eliminate De-Motivation
A huge failure I still see is managers thinking in a theory x way, 50 years after McGregor’s The Human Side of Enterprise. Continue reading
Posted in Deming, Management, Psychology, Respect
Tagged commentary, curiouscat, demotivate, John Hunter, motivation, Psychology, respect for people, Software Development
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Agile PDSA
Dr. Deming encouraged the use of the Plan-Do-Study-Act cycle to improve. Agile Management encourages a similar mindset – to test out ideas in practice and adapt quickly. A key to both strategies is to quickly iterate over possible solutions. Tesco … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Deming, Management, Process improvement, quote
Tagged agile management, commentary, curiouscat, Deming, management, PDSA, quote, Tesco, tips
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Our Failed Health-care System
The bad idea behind our failed health-care system by Malcolm Gladwell One of the great mysteries of political life in the United States is why Americans are so devoted to their health-care system. … Americans spend $5,267 per capita on … Continue reading
Posted in Deming, Economics, Health care
Tagged commentary, economy, health care system, USA
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New Management Truths Sometimes Started as Heresies
‘New’ management truths sometimes started as heresies by Cecil Johnson “The most effective management ideas follow a life cycle — from heresy to outlier (championed by a small group of people) to ingrained practice to conventional wisdom,” Kleiner writes. “In … Continue reading
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Tagged commentary, curiouscat, Deming, management, management history, quote
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Keeping Good Employees
Understanding Why Good Workers Quit [the broken link was removed] “What do you need to want to stay?” Most managers, she acknowledges, are afraid to ask this question and that is a reason why their companies have to do plenty … Continue reading
Posted in Career, IT, Management, quote, Respect
Tagged commentary, respect for people, Software Development, tips
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Businesses Tell the IRS They Are Not American but Executives Stay in USA
I have previously written about the ethically challenged companies that claim they are not American to avoid paying the taxes that they owe. For some reason the executives, often seem to stay in the USA though? It is sad that … Continue reading
Toyota Execution Not Close to Being Copied
The Open Secret of Success Toyota’s innovations, by contrast, have [focused] on process rather than on product, on the factory floor rather than on the showroom. That has made those innovations hard to see. But it hasn’t made them any … Continue reading
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Post Number 1,000
This is the 1,000th post to the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog. Here are some highlights: Post number 2: Dangers of Forgetting the Proxy Nature of Data – “We use data to act as a proxy for some results of … Continue reading
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Tagged commentary, Data, Deming, John Hunter, management, tags
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Flaws in Understanding Psychology Lead to Flawed Management
I people are self interested and somewhat rational. However, self interest, is complex. People want to be liked, people want to be part of something good, people want to feel they are appreciated… Continue reading →