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Tag Archives: John Hunter
Mount Timpanogos Trail, Utah Photos
In 2007, I kept failing to plan for a vacation, finally I just booked some tickets to Utah without much of a plan. And still had done little to plan as I departed. So I bought some travel books and … Continue reading
Posted in Travel photos
Tagged John Hunter, photos, Travel photos
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What to Wear to an Interview
Response to What to Wear for an IT Job Interview?. Is this just a huge bit stereotypical? Who can blame them for not wanting to bother with their wardrobes? Fashion is fickle. Fashion is expensive. Fashion requires imagination and inspiration, … Continue reading
Posted in Career, IT, Psychology, Software Development
Tagged Career, commentary, curiouscat, hiring, jobs, Joel Spolsky, John Hunter, productivity, programming, Software Development, tips
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Managing Passionate Employees
Passion vs. Productive There are actually few organizations that can support passionate employees – even if they say they want them. That’s because the original industrial revolution was designed to support productivity. Productivity means you produce. That’s how you’re measured. … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Management, Psychology, quote, Respect, Systems thinking
Tagged commentary, curiouscat, John Hunter, management, managers, productivity, Psychology, quote, respect for people, Systems thinking, tips
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Online Management Resources
Since long before I started this blog I have maintained the Curious Cat Management Improvement web site. In fact, that web site has been online since 1996; the blog started in 2004. I feel the web site has tremendous resources … Continue reading
Posted in curiouscat.com, Management
Tagged Curious Cat Links, Deming, John Hunter, lean manufacturing, management, Management Articles, management history, quote, Six sigma
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Information Technology and Business Process Support
I moved from management improvement work into information technology work (where I continue to practice management improvement). Many IT practices follow quality management guidelines well (agile software development for one). I have found it far easier to design and provide … Continue reading
6 Leadership Competencies
At the recent Annual W. Edwards Deming Institute Annual conference (this year held in Madison, Wisconsin) Peter Scholtes gave an excellent speech on the 6 Leadership Competencies from his book: The Leader’s Handbook. Those competencies are: The ability to think … Continue reading
Posted in Deming, Management, Psychology, Systems thinking
Tagged Deming, John Hunter, Madison, Peter Scholtes, quote, tips, variation
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Righter Incentivization
Incentive schemes to get people “motivated” often backfire. Why can’t we figure out how to incentivize the behavior we desire and have it not backfire on us? What is the righter way to dangle incentives in front of our employees … Continue reading
Posted in Deming, Management, Psychology, quote, Respect, Systems thinking
Tagged curiouscat, Deming, Douglas McGregor, extrinsic motivation, John Hunter, motivation, quote
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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
Posted in Management, Psychology, Respect
Tagged commentary, curiouscat, Deming, John Hunter, Psychology, quote, respect for people
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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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Federal Government Chief Performance Officer
A Quality Manager for Obama President-Elect Obama has hired a quality manager, and her name is Nancy Killefer. She is the newly appointed “Chief Performance Officer” whose mandate is to manage budget reforms while eliminating waste in government processes, ultimately … Continue reading →