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Tag Archives: John Hunter
The Biggest Manufacturing Countries in 2008 with Historical Data
Once again the USA was the leading country in manufacturing for 2008. And once again China grew their manufacturing output amazingly. In a change with recent trends Japan grew output significantly. Of course, the 2009 data is going to show … Continue reading
Posted in Data, Economics, Manufacturing
Tagged charts, curiouscat, Data, economic data, Economics, John Hunter, Manufacturing, quote
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Making Better Decisions
I think the most important thing you can do to make better decisions is to learn from the decisions you make. It sounds easy, but very few people do so effectively. The best strategy to learn from decisions is to: … Continue reading
Posted in Management, Process improvement, quote, Systems thinking
Tagged Career, continual improvement, Data, John Hunter, learning, management, Process improvement, Quality tools, quote, Systems thinking, tips
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Highlights from Recent George Box Speech
The JMP blog has posted some highlights from George Box’s presentation at Discovery 2009 [the broken link was removed] Infusing his entire presentation with humor and fascinating tales of his memories, Box focused on sequential design of experiments. He attributed … Continue reading
Posted in Data, Design of Experiments, Six sigma, Statistics
Tagged Bill Hunter, Data, Design of Experiments, Fun, George Box, John Hunter, Madison, Six sigma, Statistics
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Learn Lean by Doing Lean
In response to: Developing Your Lean Education Plan [the broken link was removed] If you actually let the lean leaders practice lean management you are probably doing more to help them learn than anything else. Reading is great, but 10 … Continue reading
Posted in Career, Education, Lean thinking, Management, Respect, Systems thinking
Tagged Career, coaching, curiouscat, Education, John Hunter, Lean thinking, management, managing people, respect for people, Systems thinking, training
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Peter Scholtes
Peter Scholtes died peacefully this morning [11 July 2009] in Madison, Wisconsin. His family was with him. My father wrote about the First Street Garage project in W. Edwards Deming’s Out of the Crisis (pages 245-247). Peter (who was working … Continue reading
Posted in Deming, Management, quote, Systems thinking
Tagged Bill Hunter, Deming, John Hunter, Madison, management, Peter Scholtes
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Leadership
Leadership is the act of making others effective in achieving an aim. Leadership is not about being great yourself. Leadership does involve more than making others effective. Leaders need to know what needs to be done, and then make others … Continue reading
Posted in Deming, Management, Systems thinking
Tagged curiouscat, John Hunter, leadership, management, Systems thinking
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How We Know What We Know
Dr. W. Edwards Deming’s management philosophy is a system of management composed of four interdependent areas: knowledge about variation, understanding psychology, systems thinking and the theory of knowledge. The theory of knowledge is the least understood, and the least adopted … Continue reading
Posted in Deming, Management, Psychology, quote
Tagged Deming, John Hunter, management, Psychology, quote, theory of knowledge
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Out of the Crisis Seminar
I will be co-presenting an Out of the Crisis seminar for the W. Edwards Deming Institute next month, April 20-22, in Philadelphia. Companies around the world are on the brink of destruction. When they get bailed out, or economies improve, … Continue reading
Posted in Career, Deming, Management
Tagged Deming, Education, John Hunter, management, seminar
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Management Blog Posts From December 2005
One of my long time campaigns is to raise awareness of the huge problems caused by massively excessive executive pay. As I said in my December 2005 post: The executive pay excesses are so great now they will force companies … Continue reading
Posted in Management, Management Articles
Tagged blogs, John Hunter, overpaid executives
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Community Banks Ask Why They Must Pay for Wall Street Greed
Minnesota Bank Asks Why It Pays for Wall Street Greed TCF is among more than 8,300 banks and lenders insured by the FDIC facing increased fees and a one-time “emergency” charge designed to raise $27 billion this year for the … Continue reading →