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Tag Archives: quote
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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Does the Data Deluge Make the Scientific Method Obsolete?
The End of Theory: The Data Deluge Makes the Scientific Method Obsolete by Chris Anderson “All models are wrong, but some are useful.” So proclaimed statistician George Box 30 years ago, and he was right. But what choice did we … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Data, Innovation, Science
Tagged cool, Data, engineering, George Box, Google, Innovation, IT, quote, Science
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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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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
Posted in Deming, Management, Management Articles, quote, Toyota Production System (TPS)
Tagged commentary, curiouscat, Deming, management, management history, quote
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How to Develop Thinking People
Toyota’s Top Engineer on How to Develop Thinking People [broken link was removed] Hayashi says, “Developing people requires physical endurance.” Frequent follow up is necessary, in person. It is not acceptable to give an assignment and follow up or scold … Continue reading
Posted in Lean thinking, Management, quote, Respect, Toyota Production System (TPS)
Tagged Psychology, quote, respect for people, Systems thinking, tips, Toyota
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Do What You Say You Will
In Keeping Good Employees I talked about asking some simple questions. The biggest mistake I see managers make is to fail to deliver on what they say in such meetings. There is the saying “It is better to be thought … Continue reading
Posted in Management, Process improvement, Respect, Systems thinking
Tagged coaching, curiouscat, management, Process improvement, quote, tips
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Tilting at Ludicrous CEO Pay
I continue to tilt at the robber barron CEO pay packages. Hopefully, at some point, the people approving these obscene pay packages can be shamed into stopping or replaced by people with some sense of decency. I was taught in … Continue reading
Posted in Deming, Economics, Management, Performance Appraisal, Psychology, Respect, Systems thinking
Tagged curiouscat, Deming, executive pay, management, overpaid executives, quote, respect for people
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Tilting at Ludicrous CEO Pay 2008
I continue to tilt at the robber barron CEO pay packages (2007 post on CEO pay abuses). 2007 pay rank Company CEO Pay 5 Year Pay CEO % of 2007 Earnings 1 Apple Steve Jobs $646,600,000 $650,170,000 18.5% 2 Occidental … Continue reading →