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The Value of Professional Conferences. Also Why Has There Been So Little Innovation?

Posted on April 28, 2015 by John Hunter

In the most recent ASQ Influential Voices post, Julia McIntosh takes a look at the costs and benefits of professionals attending conferences. I still remember being in high school and George Box talking about the primary value of conferences was talking to colleagues in the hallway. This seemed very odd to me, as it seemed that the reason for going to a conference was to learn from the talks. I also didn’t really understand the value in catching up with … Continue reading →

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Management Improvement Conferences

Posted on August 8, 2006 by John Hunter

The Curious Cat Management Improvement Calendar includes several interesting conferences and seminars [the broken link was removed] taking place the rest of this year including: Deming Immersion Program [the broken link was removed] – an opportunity for no more than 12 Deming students to learn from Dr. Gipsie Ranney, Dr. Michael Tveite, and Dr. Joyce Orsini over 6 days. Lean Accounting Summit W. Edwards Deming Institute Annual Conference [the broken link was removed] – I will be at this conference, … Continue reading →

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